New York Islanders vs Montreal Canadiens

NHL

Islanders

39-26-5, 83 PTS

3-7

Final

Canadiens

38-21-10, 86 PTS

Bell Centre

TV: TSN2 / Sportsnet / RDS

On the ice

NYI shoots leftMTL shoots right

Shots on goal

	1st	2nd	3rd	T
NYI	6	8	8	22
MTL	17	7	12	36

In net

Ilya Sorokin26/32 SV, .813

Jacob Fowler19/22 SV, .864

Team	1	2	3	T
NYI	2	0	1	3
MTL	1	2	4	7

Who won: Canadiens 7-3

The Montreal Canadiens beat the New York Islanders 7-3 on Saturday, March 21, 2026 at Bell Centre. The series is tied 1-1. The Canadiens outscored the Islanders 4-1 in the 3rd period. Cole Caufield led the Canadiens in goals (3). Simon Holmstrom led the Islanders in goals (1).

NYI

MTL

Forwards	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	G	YTDG	A	S	SM	FW	FL	FO%	GV	PN	PIM
Zack BolducRW	1	5	0	0	14:11	0:11	0:00	14:00	17	0	10	0	6	1	0	0	0.0	1	0	0
Cole CaufieldRW	0	0	0	2	16:07	3:26	0:00	12:41	19	3	43	2	3	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Phillip DanaultC	0	0	0	0	15:30	0:00	3:20	12:10	20	0	5	0	1	0	6	10	37.5	0	0	0
Ivan DemidovRW	0	1	1	1	16:14	3:25	0:00	12:49	19	0	14	0	2	2	0	0	0.0	1	0	0
Jake EvansC	0	2	0	0	16:02	0:00	3:15	12:47	21	0	10	0	0	2	6	5	54.5	1	0	0
Brendan GallagherRW	1	0	0	0	13:15	0:30	0:00	12:45	16	0	6	1	2	1	0	0	0.0	1	1	2
Oliver KapanenC	0	0	0	1	13:50	0:29	1:07	12:14	19	0	20	1	0	1	3	4	42.9	0	0	0
Alex NewhookC	1	0	0	1	13:52	0:30	0:00	13:22	18	1	10	0	3	1	1	2	33.3	1	0	0
Juraj SlafkovskyLW	1	1	0	2	17:14	3:24	0:00	13:50	17	2	27	2	4	1	0	1	0.0	1	0	0
Nick SuzukiC	0	2	1	2	18:47	3:25	0:07	15:15	18	0	24	4	3	1	10	4	71.4	1	1	10
Alexandre TexierLW	0	2	0	0	11:38	0:00	0:00	11:38	15	0	8	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	2	0	0
Joe VelenoC	0	5	0	0	12:04	0:00	1:18	10:46	16	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0

Defenses	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	G	YTDG	A	S	SM	GV	PN	PIM
Alexandre CarrierD	2	1	0	2	20:37	0:00	3:10	17:27	28	0	7	1	0	0	1	0	0
Noah DobsonD	5	0	2	1	21:27	0:31	0:44	20:12	29	0	12	0	3	5	1	1	2
Kaiden GuhleD	4	2	0	3	16:21	0:00	1:07	15:14	19	1	2	2	3	1	0	3	14
Lane HutsonD	0	0	0	0	21:42	3:25	0:25	17:52	22	0	11	0	1	0	2	0	0
Mike MathesonD	3	2	0	1	21:45	0:19	3:39	17:47	28	0	6	0	3	0	0	0	0
Jayden StrubleD	0	2	0	-1	14:51	0:00	0:00	14:51	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0