New York Islanders @ Montreal Canadiens

33-21-5, 17-11-3 Away

Final/OT

	1	2	3	OT	T
Islanders NYI	0	2	1	1	4
Canadiens MTL	1	1	1	0	3

Montreal CanadiensCanadiensMTL

32-17-9, 16-11-2 Home

New York Islanders


forwards
Mathew BarzalM. Barzal#13
Casey CizikasC. Cizikas#53
Jonathan DrouinJ. Drouin#29
Marc GatcombM. Gatcomb#16
Emil HeinemanE. Heineman#51
Simon HolmstromS. Holmstrom#10
Bo HorvatB. Horvat#14
Anders LeeA. Lee#27
Kyle MacLeanK. MacLean#32
Jean-Gabriel PageauJ. Pageau#44
Ondrej PalatO. Palat#81
Calum RitchieC. Ritchie#64
defensemen
Tony DeAngeloT. DeAngelo#77
Scott MayfieldS. Mayfield#24
Adam PelechA. Pelech#3
Ryan PulockR. Pulock#6
Matthew SchaeferM. Schaefer#48
Carson SoucyC. Soucy#4

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	22	22:19	1:26	0:00	20:53	1	1	50.0
0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	16	12:52	0:00	2:48	10:04	1	2	33.3
0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	19	14:27	0:42	0:00	13:45	6	5	54.5
0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	6	0	0	11	8:59	0:00	0:00	8:59	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	3	1	1	20	13:43	0:36	0:32	12:35	0	0	0.0
0	2	2	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	24	16:02	1:26	1:51	12:45	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	6	3	2	0	0	3	0	0	27	23:50	1:26	2:55	19:29	12	9	57.1
1	0	1	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	20	14:15	0:42	0:00	13:33	1	0	100.0
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	10	9:29	0:00	0:00	9:29	0	2	0.0
1	0	1	3	3	0	0	0	5	0	1	26	14:51	0:01	2:18	12:32	9	8	52.9
0	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	1	0	1	21	16:25	0:41	0:00	15:44	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	21	14:26	1:26	0:00	13:00	2	7	22.2
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	1	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	29	20:45	0:42	0:00	20:03	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	24	13:52	0:00	0:52	13:00	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	0	3	29	22:04	0:00	3:05	18:59	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	32	21:43	0:00	3:44	17:59	0	0	0.0
2	0	1	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	28	25:56	1:32	0:37	23:47	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	22	14:51	0:00	2:14	12:37	0	0	0.0

goalies
Ilya SorokinI. Sorokin#30

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
24	3	21	.875	17	4	0	0	0	61:01	0

Montreal Canadiens


forwards
Josh AndersonJ. Anderson#17
Cole CaufieldC. Caufield#13
Kirby DachK. Dach#77
Phillip DanaultP. Danault#24
Ivan DemidovI. Demidov#93
Jake EvansJ. Evans#71
Brendan GallagherB. Gallagher#11
Oliver KapanenO. Kapanen#91
Alex NewhookA. Newhook#15
Juraj SlafkovskyJ. Slafkovsky#20
Nick SuzukiN. Suzuki#14
Alexandre TexierA. Texier#85
defensemen
Alexandre CarrierA. Carrier#45
Noah DobsonN. Dobson#53
Kaiden GuhleK. Guhle#21
Lane HutsonL. Hutson#48
Mike MathesonM. Matheson#8
Arber XhekajA. Xhekaj#72

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	16	11:55	0:00	0:42	11:13	0	0	0.0
1	0	1	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	22	21:09	3:56	0:00	17:13	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	20	16:09	0:59	0:00	15:10	0	2	0.0
0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	20	13:08	0:00	0:48	12:20	9	6	60.0
0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	20	17:04	4:00	0:00	13:04	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	18	13:25	0:00	1:26	11:59	9	7	56.3
0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	3	1	0	15	11:03	1:18	0:00	9:45	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	2	0	0	17	12:09	0:00	0:00	12:09	2	6	25.0
0	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	17	13:18	1:11	0:00	12:07	5	2	71.4
0	1	-2	0	1	3	0	2	1	0	3	20	18:42	4:03	0:00	14:39	0	1	0.0
0	0	-1	6	2	0	0	0	3	1	1	22	24:36	4:15	0:02	20:19	9	8	52.9
0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	16	13:01	1:14	0:00	11:47	0	0	0.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	20	15:29	0:00	1:28	14:01	0	0	0.0
2	0	-2	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	24	21:54	1:10	0:42	20:02	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	2	1	4	0	0	2	0	1	23	21:37	0:00	1:58	19:39	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	26	24:00	4:04	0:00	19:56	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	1	0	2	1	2	1	0	0	25	21:45	0:00	0:08	21:37	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	1	14	11:58	0:00	0:00	11:58	0	0	0.0

goalies
Sam MontembeaultS. Montembeault#35

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
26	4	22	.846	18	2	2	0	0	61:16	0

* - A player receives a "plus" if they are on the ice when their Club scores an even-strength or shorthand goal. They receive a "minus" if on the ice for an even-strength or shorthand goal scored by the opposing Club. The difference in these numbers is considered the player's plus-minus statistic.

		1	2	3	OT	T
	Islanders	0	2	1	1	4
	Canadiens	1	1	1	0	3

1st Period			NYI	MTL
12:11		Noah Dobson (11) Assists: Lane Hutson (49)	0	1

2nd Period		NYI	MTL
10:06	Noah Dobson (12) (Power Play) Assists: Alexandre Texier (12), Alex Newhook (7)	0	2
17:56	Matthew Schaefer (17) (Power Play) Assists: Mathew Barzal (35), Calum Ritchie (9)	1	2
18:51	Matthew Schaefer (18) Assists: Tony DeAngelo (21), Ilya Sorokin (1)	2	2

3rd Period			NYI	MTL
9:11		Cole Caufield (33) (Power Play) Assists: Ivan Demidov (35), Juraj Slafkovsky (25)	2	3
18:19		Anders Lee (12) Assists: Bo Horvat (17), Simon Holmstrom (17)	3	3

OT Summary			NYI	MTL
1:46		Jean-Gabriel Pageau (13) Assists: Simon Holmstrom (18)	4	3

New York Islanders vs. Montreal Canadiens: Game Highlights

1:19

Jean-Gabriel Pageau nets OT winner for Isles

1:00

Anders Lee scores goal vs. Canadiens

0:42

Regular Season Series

NYI lead 1-0

Islanders
4
Canadiens
3

Game 1

27/2

Islanders
Canadiens

Game 2

21/3

Canadiens
Islanders

Game 3

12/4

Bell Centre

12:00 AM, 27 February 2026

Montreal, QC

Attendance: 20,962

Referees:
Eric Furlatt
TJ Luxmore

Linesmen:
Steve Barton
Jeremy Faucher

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Carolina	37	15	6	80
Pittsburgh	30	15	12	72
NY Islanders	33	21	5	71
Washington	30	23	7	67
Columbus	29	21	7	65
Philadelphia	26	21	11	63
New Jersey	28	29	2	58
NY Rangers	22	29	7	51

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Tampa Bay	38	15	4	80
Detroit	34	19	6	74
Montreal	32	17	9	73
Buffalo	33	19	6	72
Boston	33	20	5	71
Ottawa	28	22	8	64
Florida	30	25	3	63
Toronto	27	23	9	63

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