Montréal Canadiens at New Jersey Devils

Tue, Feb 21, 2023 · Prudential Center · 2022–23 Regular Season

Montréal Canadiens

5 – 2

Final

New Jersey Devils

The Montréal Canadiens beat the New Jersey Devils 5–2 on Tue, Feb 21, 2023 at Prudential Center. Mike Matheson led the way with 2 points. Samuel Montembeault made 38 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 18–40.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
MTL	1	2	2	5	18
NJD	1	0	1	2	40

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	03:54	MTL	EV	Justin Barron (3) · snap	Nick Suzuki (26), Rafael Harvey-Pinard (3)	1–0
1st	13:48	NJD	EV	Jesper Bratt (23) · slap	Jack Hughes (35)	1–1
2nd	02:29	MTL	EV	Johnathan Kovacevic (2) · snap	Jesse Ylonen (5), Mike Matheson (11)	2–1
2nd	03:42	MTL	EV	Nick Suzuki (18) · snap	Mike Hoffman (14), Corey Schueneman (1)	3–1
3rd	05:13	MTL	EV	Rem Pitlick (4) · snap	Evgenii Dadonov (14), Christian Dvorak (15)	4–1
3rd	11:58	NJD	PP	Dawson Mercer (16) · snap	Miles Wood (10), Jack Hughes (36)	4–2
3rd	16:13	MTL	SH EN	Mike Matheson (3) · wrist	Christian Dvorak (16)	5–2

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
2nd	08:09	MTL	Christian Dvorak	hooking	2
2nd	11:25	NJD	Brendan Smith	holding	2
3rd	00:40	NJD	Dawson Mercer	hooking	2
3rd	01:33	MTL	Jonathan Drouin	tripping	2
3rd	10:27	MTL	Justin Barron	holding	2

Shot map

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: MTL 2.91 · NJD 5.35 · xG% MTL 35.3

Montréal Canadiens

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
8	Mike Matheson	D	1	1	2	+3	0	1	0	2		27:27	24
14	Nick Suzuki	C	1	1	2	+2	0	2	2	1	60.0	19:27	23
28	Christian Dvorak	C	0	2	2	+1	2	1	1	2	41.2	18:23	24
49	Rafael Harvey-Pinard	L	0	1	1	+1	0	1	1	2		19:04	21
52	Justin Barron	D	1	0	1	+1	2	2	1	1		17:22	21
26	Johnathan Kovacevic	D	1	0	1	+3	0	1	1	2		17:18	21
63	Evgenii Dadonov	R	0	1	1	+2	0	0	1	2		16:26	21
56	Jesse Ylonen	R	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	3		15:46	20
68	Mike Hoffman	C	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	0		13:41	16
64	Corey Schueneman	D	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	5		13:20	15
32	Rem Pitlick	C	1	0	1	+1	0	2	2	0	100.0	12:40	18
58	David Savard	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	2		23:44	26
17	Josh Anderson	R	0	0	0	+1	0	5	1	0		18:19	23
54	Jordan Harris	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	3	2		17:55	24
27	Jonathan Drouin	L	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	1	50.0	15:27	20
60	Alex Belzile	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2		14:14	19
55	Michael Pezzetta	L	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	1		11:26	14
40	Joel Armia	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2:30	3

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35	Samuel Montembeault	W	40	38	2	.950	60:00

New Jersey Devils

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
86	Jack Hughes	C	0	2	2	-2	0	4	0	0	44.4	20:30	23
63	Jesper Bratt	L	1	0	1	-2	0	2	0	0		18:39	22
91	Dawson Mercer	C	1	0	1	-2	2	3	0	1		16:58	22
44	Miles Wood	L	0	1	1	0	0	5	1	0		12:28	17
7	Dougie Hamilton	D	0	0	0	-1	0	5	0	3		22:16	22
28	Damon Severson	D	0	0	0	-2	0	1	1	1		20:57	25
33	Ryan Graves	D	0	0	0	-2	0	1	1	2		19:22	22
71	Jonas Siegenthaler	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	4	0		19:17	25
13	Nico Hischier	C	0	0	0	-2	0	3	1	0	61.5	17:44	20
6	John Marino	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	1		16:54	21
2	Brendan Smith	D	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0		16:32	20
17	Yegor Sharangovich	C	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	1	100.0	15:58	20
56	Erik Haula	L	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	0	66.7	15:02	20
90	Tomas Tatar	L	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0		14:18	18
18	Ondrej Palat	L	0	0	0	-2	0	3	1	0		13:51	17
70	Jesper Boqvist	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		12:45	18
20	Michael McLeod	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	62.5	11:31	17
49	Fabian Zetterlund	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	100.0	11:08	14

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
41	Vitek Vanecek	L	17	13	4	.765	59:50