New Jersey Devils at Montreal Canadiens

Tuesday, September 24, 2024, 7:00 PM ET Centre Bell, Montreal Preseason Final

Final score

The Montreal Canadiens beat the New Jersey Devils 3–0 on Tuesday, September 24, 2024 at home.

Final score, New Jersey Devils at Montreal Canadiens
Team	Goals	2024-2025 record
New Jersey Devils	0	42-33-7
at Montreal Canadiens	3	40-31-11

Goals by period

Goals by period, New Jersey Devils at Montreal Canadiens
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
New Jersey Devils	0	0	0	0
Montreal Canadiens	0	1	2	3

Shots on goal by period

Shots on goal by period, New Jersey Devils at Montreal Canadiens
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
New Jersey Devils	8	9	7	24
Montreal Canadiens	8	10	11	29

Three stars

M. Pezzetta, Montreal Canadiens (2 goals)
W. Trudeau, Montreal Canadiens (2 assists)
O. Beck, Montreal Canadiens (1 assist)

Scoring summary

Every goal, New Jersey Devils at Montreal Canadiens. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
2nd	02:42	Montreal Canadiens	Michael Pezzetta (1)	Xavier Simoneau (1), William Trudeau (1)	Even strength	NJD 0, MTL 1
3rd	15:07	Montreal Canadiens	Nick Suzuki (1)	William Trudeau (2)	Even strength	NJD 0, MTL 2
3rd	19:37	Montreal Canadiens	Michael Pezzetta (2)	Owen Beck (1)	Even strength, Empty net	NJD 0, MTL 3

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.

Team stats

Team stats, New Jersey Devils at Montreal Canadiens
Stat	New Jersey Devils	Montreal Canadiens
Shots on goal	24	29
Power play	0 of 6	0 of 8
Penalty minutes	16	12
Hits	21	18
Blocked shots	6	8
Giveaways	18	22
Takeaways	4	5
Faceoffs won	20/44 (45.5%)	24/44 (54.5%)

Box score

New Jersey Devils

New Jersey Devils skaters
Player	Position	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 14 N. Bastian	R	0	2	3	1	0		17:40
Number 15 S. Bowers	C	0	0	0	2	0	66.7%	14:39
Number 23 K. MacDermid	L	-1	6	0	2	0		05:57
Number 29 N. Foote	L	0	0	3	2	0		12:03
Number 37 J. Dowling	C	-1	0	0	2	1	40%	18:40
Number 39 M. Hardman	L	0	0	2	1	0	100%	10:17
Number 42 C. Lazar	C	-1	0	0	3	1	43.8%	17:37
Number 46 M. Willman	C	0	0	2	0	0		14:24
Number 47 P. Cotter	L	-2	0	2	1	0	50%	21:58
Number 48 B. Halonen	L	-2	0	2	0	0		09:15
Number 62 K. Labanc	R	-1	2	2	3	0		19:11
Number 67 X. Parent	C	-2	0	1	0	0	40%	12:12
Number 8 J. Kovacevic	D	0	2	1	2	2		22:08
Number 17 S. Nemec	D	-3	0	3	0	0		23:15
Number 24 S. Casey	D	-1	0	1	1	0		20:20
Number 38 T. Vilen	D	-1	0	0	0	1		14:10
Number 71 J. Siegenthaler	D	0	2	2	1	1		20:06
Number 82 S. Hatakka	D	-1	0	0	0	0		11:19

New Jersey Devils goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 34 J. Allen	13	12	1	.923	28:03	Loss
Number 50 N. Daws	15	14	1	.933	30:51

Montreal Canadiens

Montreal Canadiens skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 11 B. Gallagher	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0		14:25
Number 13 C. Caufield	R	0	0	0	+1	0	3	1	0		18:17
Number 14 N. Suzuki	C	1	0	1	+1	0	2	1	1	61.5%	21:03
Number 20 J. Slafkovský	L	0	0	0	+1	0	2	1	1		20:06
Number 40 J. Armia	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		18:07
Number 43 X. Simoneau	C	0	1	1	+2	0	0	1	0		10:58
Number 46 F. Mesar	R	0	0	0	0	2	5	1	0		13:23
Number 55 M. Pezzetta	L	2	0	2	+2	2	5	1	0		12:10
Number 57 S. Farrell	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1		13:11
Number 60 F. Xhekaj	L	0	0	0	+1	4	0	1	0	60%	11:41
Number 62 O. Beck	C	0	1	1	+1	0	3	1	0	55.6%	12:19
Number 71 J. Evans	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	53.3%	13:57
Number 8 M. Matheson	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		21:39
Number 24 L. Mailloux	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	1		19:26
Number 47 J. Struble	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	3	1		18:30
Number 59 Z. Hayes	D	0	0	0	+1	2	0	1	0		12:24
Number 64 D. Reinbacher	D	0	0	0	+1	0	2	1	2		19:39
Number 84 W. Trudeau	D	0	2	2	+2	2	2	0	1		16:45

Montreal Canadiens goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 35 S. Montembeault	11	11	0	1.000	31:28	Win
Number 95 C. Hughes	13	13	0	1.000	28:32

Penalties

Penalties, New Jersey Devils at Montreal Canadiens
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	04:40	Montreal Canadiens	Zack Hayes	Interference	2
1st	07:44	New Jersey Devils	Johnathan Kovacevic	High sticking	2
1st	10:01	New Jersey Devils	Bench	Too many men on the ice (bench minor)	2
1st	11:37	Montreal Canadiens	Filip Mesar	Slashing	2
1st	19:31	Montreal Canadiens	William Trudeau	Tripping	2
2nd	03:03	New Jersey Devils	Kurtis MacDermid	Roughing	2
2nd	03:03	New Jersey Devils	Kurtis MacDermid	Roughing	2
2nd	11:28	New Jersey Devils	Kurtis MacDermid	Hooking	2
2nd	15:45	Montreal Canadiens	Michael Pezzetta	Delaying game puck over glass	2
2nd	17:25	Montreal Canadiens	Florian Xhekaj	Tripping	2
2nd	18:40	New Jersey Devils	Nathan Bastian	Slashing	2
3rd	07:37	Montreal Canadiens	Florian Xhekaj	Slashing	2
3rd	11:25	New Jersey Devils	Jonas Siegenthaler	High sticking	2
3rd	11:25	New Jersey Devils	Kevin Labanc	Slashing	2

Game information

New Jersey Devils head coach: Sheldon Keefe
Montreal Canadiens head coach: Martin St. Louis
Referees: Garrett Rank, Justin Kea
Linesmen: Ryan Daisy, Ryan Jackson
New Jersey Devils scratches: Jacob Markstrom, Michael Hutchinson, Tomas Tatar, Erik Haula, Brenden Dillon, Ondrej Palat, Andy Welinski, Dougie Hamilton, Stefan Noesen, Brett Pesce, Timo Meier, Jakub Zboril, Colton White, Samuel Laberge, Jesper Bratt, Nico Hischier, Nikita Popugaev, Nick DeSimone, Yegor Zaitsev, Ryan Schmelzer, Daniil Misyul, Adam Beckman, Jack Hughes, Nathan Légaré, Arseni Gritsyuk, Dawson Mercer, Ethan Edwards, Luke Hughes, Chase Stillman, Samu Salminen, Viktor Hurtig, Mikael Diotte, Tyler Brennan, Josh Filmon, Charlie Leddy, Isaac Poulter, Daniil Orlov, Artem Barabosha, Landon Sim, Petr Hauser, Spencer Sova, Lenni Hameenaho, Cam Squires, Chase Cheslock, Cole Brown, Daniil Karpovich, Kocha Delic, Matyas Melovsky, Mikhail Yegorov, Herman Träff, Kasper Pikkarainen, Dylan Wendt, Anton Silayev, Max Graham, Veeti Louhivaara, Igor Mburanumwe, Zach Pelletier
Montreal Canadiens scratches: Carey Price, David Savard, Tyler Wotherspoon, Josh Anderson, Vincent Arseneau, Laurent Dauphin, Josh Jacobs, Christian Dvorak, Brandon Gignac, Patrik Laine, Alex Barré-Boulet, Cayden Primeau, Jakov Novak, Rafael Harvey-Pinard, Kirby Dach, Hunter Jones, Alex Beaucage, Alex Newhook, Vincent Sevigny, Kaiden Guhle, Ty Smilanic, Justin Barron, Luke Tuch, Jacob Perreault, Emil Heineman, Jakub Dobes, Alexander Gordin, Jack Smith, Joe Vrbetic, Luke Mittelstadt, Dmitri Kostenko, Daniil Sobolev, Joshua Roy, Oliver Kapanen, Riley Kidney, Arber Xhekaj, Simon Motew, Logan Nijhoff, Lane Hutson, Vinzenz Rohrer, Lucas Condotta, Adam Engstrom, Jared Davidson, Emmett Croteau, Maxime Pellerin, Jacob Fowler, Chris Jandric, Samuel Richard, Bogdan Konyushkov, Quentin Miller, Sam Harris, Yevgeni Volokhin, Filip Eriksson, Israel Mianscum, Tyler Thorpe, Michael Hage, Aatos Koivu, Ivan Demidov, Logan Sawyer, Owen Protz, Mikus Vecvanags, Ben Merrill, Makar Khanin, Rasmus Bergqvist, Justin Larose, Charles Savoie, Emanuelson Charbonneau, Matteo Drobac

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