New Jersey Devils 3, Montreal Canadiens 0: final score and stats
New Jersey Devils beat Montreal Canadiens, New Jersey Devils 3 to Montreal Canadiens 0, on Sunday, April 5, 2026 at Bell Centre, Montreal, QC. Below: the box score, top performers, team stats, injuries and recent form for Montreal Canadiens vs New Jersey Devils.
NHLSunday, April 5, 2026
DateApr 5, 2026
Start time7:00 PM ET
VenueBell Centre, Montreal, QC
TVESPN+
Attendance20,962
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Jersey Devils | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Montreal Canadiens | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Top performers
Montreal Canadiens
Team comparison
New Jersey DevilsMontreal Canadiens
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
40-34-3Record45-22-10
2nd in Metropolitan DivisionStanding2nd in Atlantic Division
5-4Road record / home record5-5
LWWWWLast 5LWWLW
L1StreakL1
Team stats
New Jersey DevilsMontreal Canadiens
Blocked Shots
Hits
Takeaways
Shots
Power Play Goals
Power Play Opportunities
Power Play Percentage
Short Handed Goals
Shootout Goals
Faceoffs Won
Faceoff Win Percent
Giveaways
Total Penalties
Penalty Minutes
Injury report
Confirm lineups and injuries close to game time.
New Jersey Devils
Anthony Mantha RW · Neck
Injured ReserveSeamus Casey D · Knee
Injured ReserveJohnathan Kovacevic D · Undisclosed
Day-To-DayMontreal Canadiens
Ivan Demidov RW · Ankle - Fracture
Injured ReserveSam Montembeault G · Lower Body
Injured ReserveBryce Pickford D · Undisclosed
Injured ReserveLucas Condotta LW · Undisclosed
Injured ReserveMike Matheson D · Lower Body
Day-To-DayBox score
New Jersey Devils Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nick Bjugstad | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9:00 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 9:00 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jesper Bratt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:16 | 3:02 | 0:22 | 13:52 | 23 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Connor Brown | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 20:57 | 2:25 | 3:21 | 15:11 | 23 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 100.0 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| Paul Cotter | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7:14 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 7:14 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cody Glass | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12:05 | 0:00 | 2:44 | 9:21 | 19 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 38.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Halonen | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5:19 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 5:19 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Lenni Hameenaho | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:59 | 0:13 | 0:00 | 10:46 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nico Hischier | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 23:44 | 3:47 | 4:45 | 15:12 | 26 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 9 | 69.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Hughes | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 21:41 | 3:41 | 0:25 | 17:35 | 23 | 0 | 25 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 16.7 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Marc McLaughlin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7:03 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 7:03 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Timo Meier | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 18:22 | 1:35 | 0:06 | 16:41 | 20 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dawson Mercer | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 21:34 | 0:58 | 4:08 | 16:28 | 24 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
New Jersey Devils Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brenden Dillon | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 14:07 | 0:00 | 2:39 | 11:28 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 3 | 17 |
| Dougie Hamilton | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20:51 | 0:44 | 4:22 | 15:45 | 24 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Luke Hughes | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 23:08 | 3:16 | 1:44 | 18:08 | 22 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Johnathan Kovacevic | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 17:29 | 0:00 | 1:28 | 16:01 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| Simon Nemec | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:30 | 0:19 | 1:12 | 15:59 | 18 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonas Siegenthaler | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 23:41 | 0:00 | 4:44 | 18:57 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
New Jersey Devils Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacob Markstrom | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1.000 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 60:00 | 0 | 0 |
Montreal Canadiens Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josh Anderson | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11:31 | 0:06 | 1:49 | 9:36 | 15 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| Zack Bolduc | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13:54 | 2:02 | 0:00 | 11:52 | 18 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cole Caufield | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 20:57 | 5:44 | 0:00 | 15:13 | 19 | 0 | 49 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Phillip Danault | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14:12 | 0:06 | 2:02 | 12:04 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 40.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ivan Demidov | 1 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 16:32 | 5:52 | 0:00 | 10:40 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Jake Evans | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 13:59 | 0:06 | 2:11 | 11:42 | 20 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brendan Gallagher | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11:22 | 1:55 | 0:00 | 9:27 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Oliver Kapanen | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 13:22 | 2:01 | 0:00 | 11:21 | 15 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 33.3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Newhook | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 13:13 | 2:02 | 0:00 | 11:11 | 15 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 37.5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Juraj Slafkovsky | 2 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 22:27 | 5:54 | 0:00 | 16:33 | 19 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Suzuki | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 21:42 | 5:51 | 0:00 | 15:51 | 18 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 53.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Veleno | 1 | 6 | 0 | -1 | 12:37 | 0:00 | 1:58 | 10:39 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Montreal Canadiens Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Noah Dobson | 1 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 23:39 | 2:00 | 2:38 | 19:01 | 23 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kaiden Guhle | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 17:05 | 0:00 | 1:00 | 16:05 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Lane Hutson | 3 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 24:41 | 6:00 | 0:38 | 18:03 | 24 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Mike Matheson | 0 | 2 | 0 | -2 | 20:57 | 0:21 | 3:44 | 16:52 | 21 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jayden Struble | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14:23 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 14:23 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arber Xhekaj | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11:58 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 11:58 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Montreal Canadiens Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacob Fowler | 2 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 17 | .895 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 57:29 | 0 | 0 |
Recent form
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Frequently asked questions
Who won New Jersey Devils vs Montreal Canadiens?
New Jersey Devils won, 3-0, on Sunday, April 5, 2026.
What was the final score of New Jersey Devils vs Montreal Canadiens?
New Jersey Devils 3, Montreal Canadiens 0.
Who were the top performers?
New Jersey Devils: Connor Brown (1 goals).
Where is New Jersey Devils vs Montreal Canadiens played?
Bell Centre, Montreal, QC.
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