New York Islanders @ Montreal Canadiens

39-26-5, 21-15-3 Away

Final

	1	2	3	T
Islanders NYI	2	0	1	3
Canadiens MTL	1	2	4	7

Montreal CanadiensCanadiensMTL

38-21-10, 20-13-2 Home

New York Islanders


forwards
Mathew BarzalM. Barzal#13
Casey CizikasC. Cizikas#53
Anthony DuclairA. Duclair#11
Marc GatcombM. Gatcomb#16
Emil HeinemanE. Heineman#51
Simon HolmstromS. Holmstrom#92
Bo HorvatB. Horvat#14
Anders LeeA. Lee#27
Jean-Gabriel PageauJ. Pageau#44
Ondrej PalatO. Palat#81
Calum RitchieC. Ritchie#64
Brayden SchennB. Schenn#10
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	-2	4	0	0	3	14	2	1	0	20	18:24	2:51	0:00	15:33	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	0	1	1	2	2	0	1	16	13:20	0:00	1:23	11:57	5	3	62.5
0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	17	12:37	1:33	0:00	11:04	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	13	10:46	0:00	0:00	10:46	0	0	0.0
1	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	3	1	0	21	17:46	1:40	1:09	14:57	0	1	0.0
1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	15:09	1:43	1:25	12:01	0	0	0.0
0	1	-2	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	24	20:21	2:51	1:50	15:40	7	12	36.8
0	1	-1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	17:15	1:42	0:00	15:33	0	1	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	19	13:55	0:00	2:01	11:54	9	2	81.8
0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	17	11:40	0:00	0:00	11:40	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	17	14:11	2:48	0:00	11:23	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	0	1	2	1	10	3	0	0	18	15:15	3:01	0:00	12:14	5	7	41.7
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	1	-1	3	0	0	2	4	3	0	1	30	21:03	1:36	0:00	19:27	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	21	14:48	0:00	0:46	14:02	0	0	0.0
0	1	-1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	28	20:29	0:03	3:11	17:15	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	1	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	29	22:19	0:00	3:11	19:08	0	0	0.0
1	0	-2	3	1	2	0	0	1	0	1	28	22:25	2:57	0:00	19:28	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	21	15:24	0:00	0:44	14:40	0	0	0.0

goalies
David RittichD. Rittich#33
Ilya SorokinI. Sorokin#30

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
4	1	3	.750	3	0	0	0	0	8:11	0
32	6	26	.813	20	5	1	0	0	50:47	0

Montreal Canadiens


forwards
Zack BolducZ. Bolduc#76
Cole CaufieldC. Caufield#13
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
Joe VelenoJ. Veleno#90
defensemen
Alexandre CarrierA. Carrier#45
Noah DobsonN. Dobson#53
Kaiden GuhleK. Guhle#21
Lane HutsonL. Hutson#48
Mike MathesonM. Matheson#8
Jayden StrubleJ. Struble#47

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	0	6	1	1	0	0	5	0	1	17	14:11	0:11	0:00	14:00	0	0	0.0
3	2	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	16:07	3:26	0:00	12:41	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	15:30	0:00	3:20	12:10	6	10	37.5
0	0	1	2	2	0	0	0	1	1	1	19	16:14	3:25	0:00	12:49	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	21	16:02	0:00	3:15	12:47	6	5	54.5
0	1	0	2	1	1	1	2	0	0	1	16	13:15	0:30	0:00	12:45	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	13:50	0:29	1:07	12:14	3	4	42.9
1	0	1	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	18	13:52	0:30	0:00	13:22	1	2	33.3
2	2	2	4	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	17	17:14	3:24	0:00	13:50	0	1	0.0
0	4	2	3	1	0	1	10	2	1	1	18	18:47	3:25	0:07	15:15	10	4	71.4
0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	2	15	11:38	0:00	0:00	11:38	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	16	12:04	0:00	1:18	10:46	0	0	0.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	1	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	28	20:37	0:00	3:10	17:27	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	3	5	5	1	2	0	2	1	29	21:27	0:31	0:44	20:12	0	0	0.0
1	2	3	3	1	4	3	14	2	0	0	19	16:21	0:00	1:07	15:14	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	22	21:42	3:25	0:25	17:52	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	3	0	3	0	0	2	0	0	28	21:45	0:19	3:39	17:47	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	15	14:51	0:00	0:00	14:51	0	0	0.0

goalies
Jacob FowlerJ. Fowler#32

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
22	3	19	.864	17	2	0	0	0	60:00	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	T
	Islanders	2	0	1	3
	Canadiens	1	2	4	7

1st Period		NYI	MTL
4:10	Juraj Slafkovsky (26) (Power Play) Assists: Nick Suzuki (58), Cole Caufield (30)	0	1
6:46	Emil Heineman (20) (Power Play) Assists: Anders Lee (21), Tony DeAngelo (28)	1	1
13:19	Simon Holmstrom (17) Assists: Adam Pelech (10)	2	1

2nd Period			NYI	MTL
17:49		Alex Newhook (10) Assists: Kaiden Guhle (7), Oliver Kapanen (14)	2	2
19:08		Cole Caufield (41) (Power Play) Assists: Nick Suzuki (59), Juraj Slafkovsky (33)	2	3

3rd Period		NYI	MTL
0:45	Matthew Schaefer (22) (Power Play) Assists: Mathew Barzal (46), Bo Horvat (21)	3	3
3:17	Kaiden Guhle (2) Assists: Alexandre Carrier (14), Brendan Gallagher (16)	3	4
8:08	Juraj Slafkovsky (27) Assists: Cole Caufield (31), Nick Suzuki (60)	3	5
11:20	Cole Caufield (42) Assists: Juraj Slafkovsky (34), Kaiden Guhle (8)	3	6
14:59	Cole Caufield (43) (Power Play) Assists: Nick Suzuki (61)	3	7

New York Islanders vs. Montreal Canadiens: Game Highlights

1:19

Zack Bolduc scores goal vs. Islanders

0:37

Cole Caufield scores goal for Canadiens

0:51

Regular Season Series

Series tied 1-1

Islanders
4
Canadiens
3

Game 1

27/2

Islanders
3
Canadiens
7

Game 2

21/3

Canadiens
Islanders

Game 3

12/4

Bell Centre

11:00 PM, 21 March 2026

Montreal, QC

Attendance: 20,962

Referees:
Chris Rooney
Peter MacDougall

Linesmen:
Matt MacPherson
Ryan Daisy

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Carolina	44	19	6	94
Pittsburgh	35	18	16	86
Columbus	37	21	11	85
NY Islanders	39	26	5	83
Philadelphia	34	23	12	80
Washington	35	27	8	78
New Jersey	35	32	2	72
NY Rangers	28	33	8	64

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Buffalo	44	20	6	94
Tampa Bay	43	21	4	90
Montreal	38	21	10	86
Boston	39	23	8	86
Detroit	38	24	8	84
Ottawa	36	24	9	81
Florida	34	32	3	71
Toronto	29	29	13	71

Bruins beat the Red Wings 4-2 in an Eastern Conference wild-card showdown

— Defenseman Nikita Zadorov broke a tie at 9:42 of the third period and the Boston Bruins beat the Detroit Red Wings 4-2 on Saturday night in an Eastern Conference wild-card showdown.

Leafs' Anthony Stolarz out after taking puck to throat

Toronto Maple Leafs goaltender Anthony Stolarz missed his expected start in Saturday's loss after taking a puck to the throat during warmups.

Boston Bruins vs. Detroit Red Wings: Game Highlights

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Bruins beat the Red Wings 4-2 in an Eastern Conference wild-card showdown

Leafs' Anthony Stolarz out after taking puck to throat

Boston Bruins vs. Detroit Red Wings: Game Highlights