New Jersey Devils at Montréal Canadiens

Tue, Oct 24, 2023 · Centre Bell · 2023–24 Regular Season

New Jersey Devils

5 – 2

Final

Montréal Canadiens

The New Jersey Devils beat the Montréal Canadiens 5–2 on Tue, Oct 24, 2023 at Centre Bell. Tyler Toffoli scored a hat trick. Vitek Vanecek made 27 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 34–29.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
NJD	1	1	3	5	34
MTL	1	0	1	2	29

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	05:49	MTL	EV	Justin Barron (2) · snap	Michael Pezzetta (1)	0–1
1st	13:24	NJD	EV	Alexander Holtz (1) · backhand	Timo Meier (3), Dougie Hamilton (3)	1–1
2nd	18:22	NJD	EV	Tyler Toffoli (2) · wrist	Jack Hughes (7)	2–1
3rd	00:34	NJD	PP	Nico Hischier (1) · wrist	Jack Hughes (8), Jesper Bratt (6)	3–1
3rd	07:17	NJD	PP	Tyler Toffoli (3) · snap	Jack Hughes (9)	4–1
3rd	10:35	MTL	PP	Mike Matheson (1) · wrist	Cole Caufield (3)	4–2
3rd	19:34	NJD	SH EN	Tyler Toffoli (4) · wrist	Jack Hughes (10)	5–2

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	11:23	MTL	Johnathan Kovacevic	tripping	2
1st	14:40	NJD	Brendan Smith	interference	2
2nd	10:33	NJD	Kevin Bahl	interference	2
2nd	13:35	MTL	Jake Evans	roughing	2
2nd	18:40	MTL	Justin Barron	cross checking	2
3rd	07:10	MTL	Arber Xhekaj	holding	2
3rd	07:40	NJD	John Marino	roughing	2
3rd	10:16	NJD	Erik Haula	delaying game puck over glass	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: NJD 5.81 · MTL 2.76 · xG% NJD 67.7

New Jersey Devils

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
86	Jack Hughes	C	0	4	4	+2	0	2	1	1	9.1	21:05	24
73	Tyler Toffoli	C	3	0	3	+2	0	6	0	0		18:38	24
7	Dougie Hamilton	D	0	1	1	+1	0	5	0	2		20:32	27
63	Jesper Bratt	L	0	1	1	0	0	3	1	0		19:59	25
13	Nico Hischier	C	1	0	1	0	0	4	1	0	68.4	19:28	26
28	Timo Meier	R	0	1	1	+2	0	0	2	0		15:08	21
10	Alexander Holtz	R	1	0	1	0	0	2	1	0		10:24	15
71	Jonas Siegenthaler	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		20:58	27
6	John Marino	D	0	0	0	+1	2	0	1	1		19:36	25
43	Luke Hughes	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	1		18:59	21
88	Kevin Bahl	D	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	2		18:32	24
2	Brendan Smith	D	0	0	0	+1	2	2	3	3		16:11	22
91	Dawson Mercer	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		15:09	21
56	Erik Haula	L	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	77.8	14:14	21
18	Ondrej Palat	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0		13:54	21
14	Nathan Bastian	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1		11:15	20
20	Michael McLeod	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	86.7	10:10	20
42	Curtis Lazar	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100.0	9:50	17

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
41	Vitek Vanecek	W	29	27	2	.931	59:39

Montréal Canadiens

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
8	Mike Matheson	D	1	0	1	0	0	5	0	2		26:37	23
52	Justin Barron	D	1	0	1	0	2	3	4	2		21:22	24
22	Cole Caufield	R	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	1		18:33	19
55	Michael Pezzetta	L	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	1		6:17	11
14	Nick Suzuki	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	1	52.6	19:58	20
15	Alex Newhook	C	0	0	0	-2	0	3	1	1	45.5	19:03	20
72	Arber Xhekaj	D	0	0	0	-1	2	1	1	0		19:01	19
17	Josh Anderson	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0		18:05	21
54	Jordan Harris	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	2		17:39	24
91	Sean Monahan	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0	20.0	17:16	18
70	Tanner Pearson	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		16:44	20
20	Juraj Slafkovský	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	1		16:28	21
26	Johnathan Kovacevic	D	0	0	0	-2	2	2	1	3		15:30	22
11	Brendan Gallagher	R	0	0	0	-1	0	4	0	0		14:15	16
49	Rafael Harvey-Pinard	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	1		14:03	19
56	Jesse Ylonen	R	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0		12:20	15
27	Gustav Lindstrom	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2		11:47	15
71	Jake Evans	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	3	28.6	11:13	20

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30	Cayden Primeau	L	33	29	4	.879	57:48