Spokesman-Review
National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
New Jersey 5, Montreal 2
When: 7:15 PM ET, Tuesday, October 24, 2023
Where: Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec
Referees: Pierre Lambert, T.J. Luxmore
Linesmen: Ryan Daisy, Ben O'Quinn
Attendance: 21105
Final Scoring Summary
 
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New Jersey 1135
Montreal 1012
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
5:49 - Canadiens Justin Barron (EV) Assists: Michael Pezzetta
13:24 - Devils Alexander Holtz (EV) Assists: Timo Meier , Dougie Hamilton
Penalties
11:23 - Canadiens Johnathan Kovacevic (2) Tripping
 14:40 - Devils Brendan Smith (2) Interference
2nd Period
Scoring
18:22 - Devils Tyler Toffoli (EV) Assists: Jack Hughes
Penalties
10:33 - Devils Kevin Bahl (2) Interference
 13:35 - Canadiens Jake Evans (2) Roughing
 18:40 - Canadiens Justin Barron (2) Cross checking
3rd Period
Scoring
0:34 - Devils Nico Hischier (PP) Assists: Jack Hughes , Jesper Bratt
7:17 - Devils Tyler Toffoli (PP) Assists: Jack Hughes
10:35 - Canadiens Mike Matheson (PP) Assists: Cole Caufield
19:34 - Devils Tyler Toffoli (EV) (EN) Assists: Jack Hughes
Penalties
7:10 - Canadiens Arber Xhekaj (2) Holding
 7:40 - Devils John Marino (2) Roughing
 10:16 - Devils Erik Haula (2) Delay of game
New Jersey Devils
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Akira Schmid G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Vitek Vanecek G 0 0 0 0 0 59:39 47:19 6:01 6:19 0 0 - - - - -
Brendan Smith D 0 0 0 +1 2 2 22 16:11 13:31 0:00 2:40 0 0 3 3 - - -
John Marino D 0 0 0 +1 2 0 25 19:36 16:46 0:11 2:39 0 0 1 1 - - -
Dougie Hamilton D 0 1 1 +1 0 5 27 20:32 18:38 0:56 0:58 0 0 - 2 - - -
Alexander Holtz RW 1 0 1 E 0 2 15 10:24 9:17 1:07 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Nico Hischier C 1 0 1 E 0 4 26 19:28 12:35 4:54 1:59 1 0 1 - 13 6 68
Nathan Bastian RW 0 0 0 E 0 1 20 11:15 9:25 0:00 1:50 0 0 1 1 - - -
Ondrej Palat LW 0 0 0 E 0 2 21 13:54 13:02 0:52 0:00 0 0 2 - 0 1 0
Michael McLeod C 0 0 0 E 0 1 20 10:10 9:35 0:00 0:35 0 0 3 - 13 2 87
Timo Meier RW 0 1 1 +2 0 0 21 15:08 14:06 1:02 0:00 0 0 2 - 0 1 0
Curtis Lazar C 0 0 0 E 0 17 9:50 7:58 0:00 1:52 0 0 1 1 4 0 100
Luke Hughes D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 21 18:59 13:54 5:05 0:00 0 0 1 1 - - -
Erik Haula LW 0 0 0 E 2 1 21 14:14 11:45 0:00 2:29 0 0 1 - 7 2 78
Jesper Bratt LW 0 1 1 E 0 3 25 19:59 13:41 4:58 1:20 0 0 1 - - - -
Jonas Siegenthaler D 0 0 0 E 0 1 27 20:58 16:41 0:00 4:17 0 0 - - - - -
Tyler Toffoli RW 3 0 3 +2 0 6 24 18:38 14:11 4:27 0:00 1 0 - - - - -
Jack Hughes C 0 4 4 +2 0 2 24 21:05 15:53 4:59 0:13 0 0 1 1 1 10 9
Kevin Bahl D 0 0 0 E 2 3 24 18:32 16:26 0:00 2:06 0 0 1 2 - - -
Dawson Mercer C 0 0 0 E 0 0 21 15:09 11:17 1:34 2:18 0 0 - - - - -
Montreal Canadiens
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Cayden Primeau G 0 0 0 0 0 57:48 45:47 6:00 6:01 0 0 - - - - -
Sam Montembeault G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Mike Matheson D 1 0 1 E 0 5 23 26:37 19:25 3:42 3:30 1 0 - 2 - - -
Brendan Gallagher RW 0 0 0 -1 0 4 16 14:15 11:11 3:04 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Nick Suzuki C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 20 19:58 14:41 3:17 2:00 0 0 1 1 10 9 53
Alex Newhook C 0 0 0 -2 0 3 20 19:03 15:42 3:21 0:00 0 0 1 1 5 6 45
Josh Anderson RW 0 0 0 -1 0 1 21 18:05 15:03 3:02 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Juraj Slafkovsky LW 0 0 0 -1 0 0 21 16:28 13:27 3:01 0:00 0 0 2 1 - - -
Cole Caufield RW 0 1 1 E 0 2 19 18:33 15:18 3:15 0:00 0 0 - 1 - - -
Johnathan Kovacevic D 0 0 0 -2 2 2 22 15:30 13:51 0:14 1:25 0 0 1 3 - - -
Gustav Lindstrom D 0 0 0 E 0 1 15 11:47 11:47 0:00 0:00 0 0 - 2 - - -
Rafael Harvey-Pinard LW 0 0 0 -1 0 1 19 14:03 12:55 0:00 1:08 0 0 - 1 - - -
Justin Barron D 1 0 1 E 2 3 24 21:22 16:57 1:13 3:12 0 0 4 2 - - -
Jordan Harris D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 24 17:39 15:16 0:03 2:20 0 0 - 2 - - -
Michael Pezzetta LW 0 1 1 E 0 1 11 6:17 6:04 0:00 0:13 0 0 2 1 0 1 0
Jesse Ylonen RW 0 0 0 +1 0 1 15 12:20 7:56 0:00 4:24 0 0 - - - - -
Tanner Pearson LW 0 0 0 E 0 1 20 16:44 12:05 3:17 1:22 0 0 1 - - - -
Jake Evans C 0 0 0 E 2 0 20 11:13 8:20 0:00 2:53 0 0 1 3 4 10 29
Arber Xhekaj D 0 0 0 -1 2 1 19 19:01 16:14 1:10 1:37 0 0 1 - - - -
Sean Monahan C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 18 17:16 14:01 3:15 0:00 0 0 - - 3 12 20
Goaltending
New Jersey
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Vitek Vanecek W (17-9-3) 29 27 2 .931 0 59:39
Montreal
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Cayden Primeau L (5-5-1) 33 29 4 .879 0 57:48