Montreal Canadiens vs New York Rangers

NHL

Canadiens

44-21-10, 98 PTS

3-2

Final

Rangers

31-36-9, 71 PTS

Madison Square Garden

TV: TSN2 / Sportsnet / RDS

Team	1	2	3	T
MTL	0	2	1	3
NYR	0	0	2	2

Who won: Canadiens 3-2

The Montreal Canadiens beat the New York Rangers 3-2 on Thursday, April 2, 2026 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers win the series 2-1. The Canadiens outscored the Rangers 2-0 in the 2nd period. Cole Caufield led the Canadiens in goals (2). Will Cuylle led the Rangers in goals (1).

MTL

NYR

Forwards	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	G	YTDG	A	S	SM	FW	FL	FO%	GV	PN	PIM
Josh AndersonRW	1	0	0	0	16:26	0:09	2:36	13:41	18	0	13	0	3	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0
Zack BolducRW	0	2	1	0	13:07	1:36	0:00	11:31	15	0	11	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	1	0	0
Cole CaufieldRW	0	0	0	2	16:20	2:01	0:00	14:19	20	2	49	0	7	1	0	0	0.0	1	0	0
Phillip DanaultC	0	1	0	-1	13:58	0:15	2:48	10:55	15	0	5	0	2	0	5	2	71.4	0	0	0
Ivan DemidovRW	0	0	0	0	12:30	2:01	0:00	10:29	17	0	16	1	2	0	0	0	0.0	3	0	0
Jake EvansC	0	1	0	0	19:11	0:19	3:15	15:37	21	0	11	0	0	3	10	5	66.7	0	0	0
Brendan GallagherRW	0	1	0	-1	8:50	1:39	0:00	7:11	12	0	6	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Oliver KapanenC	0	2	0	0	11:54	1:40	0:04	10:10	17	0	22	0	0	0	2	4	33.3	2	0	0
Alex NewhookC	0	0	0	0	12:32	1:52	0:04	10:36	18	1	12	0	2	0	5	2	71.4	0	0	0
Juraj SlafkovskyLW	1	0	0	2	20:38	2:01	0:00	18:37	22	0	29	1	2	4	1	0	100.0	1	1	4
Nick SuzukiC	0	1	0	2	21:17	2:01	0:00	19:16	21	0	27	2	1	1	7	8	46.7	4	0	0
Joe VelenoC	0	2	0	-1	10:38	0:00	3:10	7:28	15	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0

Defenses	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	YTDG	A	S	SM	GV
Noah DobsonD	3	1	0	-1	22:43	1:47	2:43	18:13	25	12	0	1	1	0
Kaiden GuhleD	4	4	0	1	18:58	0:12	3:30	15:16	21	2	0	1	2	0
Lane HutsonD	2	1	1	1	25:54	2:01	3:18	20:35	25	11	0	1	0	1
Mike MathesonD	0	1	0	0	23:22	0:26	2:32	20:24	26	7	1	0	0	1
Jayden StrubleD	1	4	1	0	15:57	0:00	0:00	15:57	17	1	0	0	0	1
Arber XhekajD	1	1	0	1	9:45	0:00	0:00	9:45	12	1	0	0	1	0