Sunday, April 5, 2026
- Expected goals, NJD–MTL
- 3.2–2.9
- all situations, empty nets out
- MTL share of xG
- 47.6%
- 50% is even
- Shots on goal
- 20–18
- NJD–MTL
- Pre-game model
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- no projection stored
The story
The Devils beat the Canadiens 3-0 in a game the chances had about even, 3.2 expected goals to 2.8. Jacob Markstrom stopped all 18 shots for the shutout. Timo Meier scored the winner.
- Jacob MarkstromShutout
Jacob Markstrom stopped all 18 shots for the shutout. The shots he faced were worth 2.8 goals to an average goalie. It finished 3-0 for the Devils.
Shot attempts
Running count of unblocked attempts (shots on goal plus misses). Dots are goals. Hover to read any moment.
NJDMTL
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NJD 35MTL 38
1st2nd3rd
Where the shots came from
3 goals from 73 unblocked attempts. Shots from a team's own half are left off.
GoalShot or miss
← NJD shootingMTL shooting →
New Jersey Devils
| Skater | TOI | G | A | SOG | ixG | Hits | Blk | xGF% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nico Hischier C | 23:44 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.55 | 2 | 1 | 53 |
| Jonas Siegenthaler D | 23:41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 4 | 73 |
| Luke Hughes D | 23:08 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 49 |
| Jack Hughes C | 21:41 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0.72 | 1 | 3 | 80 |
| Dawson Mercer C | 21:34 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.34 | 1 | 1 | 36 |
| Connor Brown R | 20:57 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1.13 | 3 | 1 | 70 |
| Dougie Hamilton D | 20:51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 70 |
| Timo Meier R | 18:22 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.51 | 1 | 2 | 55 |
| Simon Nemec D | 17:30 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.27 | 0 | 3 | 51 |
| Johnathan Kovacevic D | 17:29 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.02 | 3 | 1 | 46 |
| Jesper Bratt L | 17:16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.15 | 0 | 0 | 70 |
| Brenden Dillon D | 14:07 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 63 |
| Cody Glass C | 12:05 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.21 | 1 | 0 | 46 |
| Lenni Hameenaho R | 10:59 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.06 | 0 | 2 | 49 |
| Nick Bjugstad C | 9:00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.08 | 1 | 1 | 48 |
| Paul Cotter L | 7:14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 73 |
| Marc McLaughlin C | 7:03 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Brian Halonen L | 5:19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.01 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
Montreal Canadiens
| Skater | TOI | G | A | SOG | ixG | Hits | Blk | xGF% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lane Hutson D | 24:41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 3 | 35 |
| Noah Dobson D | 23:39 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.08 | 0 | 1 | 31 |
| Juraj Slafkovský L | 22:27 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.06 | 0 | 2 | 25 |
| Nick Suzuki C | 21:42 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.18 | 0 | 0 | 32 |
| Mike Matheson D | 20:57 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.19 | 2 | 0 | 36 |
| Cole Caufield R | 20:57 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.70 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| Kaiden Guhle D | 17:05 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.02 | 0 | 1 | 48 |
| Ivan Demidov R | 16:32 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.20 | 0 | 1 | 60 |
| Jayden Struble D | 14:23 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.02 | 4 | 1 | 47 |
| Phillip Danault C | 14:12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.10 | 1 | 1 | 82 |
| Jake Evans C | 13:59 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 17 |
| Zachary Bolduc R | 13:54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.11 | 3 | 0 | 52 |
| Oliver Kapanen C | 13:22 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.56 | 1 | 0 | 54 |
| Alex Newhook C | 13:13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.15 | 2 | 0 | 71 |
| Joseph Veleno C | 12:37 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.36 | 6 | 1 | 29 |
| Arber Xhekaj D | 11:58 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.04 | 4 | 0 | 44 |
| Josh Anderson R | 11:31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.12 | 2 | 0 | 54 |
| Brendan Gallagher R | 11:22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 86 |
Pro: expected goals, minute by minute
The minute-by-minute expected goals flow is part of Pro
The game measured in chance quality, minute by minute, which shows when it tilted and toward whom.