MTL @ PHI Gameday Thread

Game date: 2026-04-14 Posted by kaylee on 2026-04-14 04:00:11

MTL @ PHI

Venue: Wells Fargo Center

Puck drop: Tue Apr 14, 2026 7:00pm EDT

Use this thread to talk about the game before, during, and after.


Game Preview

MTL (last 10)
  • Record 8-2-0
  • Streak W1
  • GF/GP · GA/GP 3 · 2.1
  • Power play 6/37 (16.2%)
  • Last game W vs NYI (4–1)
PHI (last 10)
  • Record 7-3-0
  • Streak W2
  • GF/GP · GA/GP 3.7 · 2.6
  • Power play 7/28 (25%)
  • Last game W vs CAR (3–2)

Recent meetings:

  • 2025-12-16 PHI 4 @ MTL 1
  • 2025-11-04 PHI 5 @ MTL 4 OT/SO

Players to watch (last 5 team games):

MTL
  • Nick Suzuki 6 pts · 2 G · 11 SOG
  • Juraj Slafkovsky 6 pts · 1 G · 15 SOG
  • Lane Hutson 4 pts · 0 G · 3 SOG
  • Cole Caufield 3 pts · 2 G · 12 SOG
PHI
  • Porter Martone 7 pts · 3 G · 12 SOG
  • Trevor Zegras 6 pts · 3 G · 9 SOG
  • Matvei Michkov 5 pts · 2 G · 9 SOG
  • Christian Dvorak 4 pts · 2 G · 8 SOG

Prediction:

Expected goals: MTL 2.82 · PHI 3.13 · Win odds: MTL 43.5% · PHI 56.5% · OT/SO chance: 16.5%

  • 2-3 35.3%
  • 3-3 33.7%
  • 3-2 31%

Box Score

MTL 2 Final PHI 4

2026-04-14

Stat MTL PHI
Goals24
Shots2925
Power Play 0/3 (0.0%) 0/0 (0.0%)
PIM410
Faceoffs29 / 2222 / 29
Blocks714
Saves2127
MTL Scorers
GAPTS
Brendan Gallagher 1 0 1
Jake Evans 1 0 1
Alexandre Texier 0 1 1
Arber Xhekaj 0 1 1
Joe Veleno 0 1 1
Kaiden Guhle 0 1 1
PHI Scorers
GAPTS
Matvei Michkov 1 2 3
Oliver Bonk 1 1 2
Porter Martone 1 1 2
Alex Bump 1 0 1
Hunter McDonald 0 1 1

Lineups

As of 2026-04-14 11:52PM EDT

Source: DailyFaceoff.com

Expected lineup

MTL Away

Forwards

Line 1
Cole Caufield
#13 · LW
TOI 21:21xGF/60 5.63xGA/60 1.37CF/60 106.7SC±/60 +57.47G±/60 0.00CF% 76.5xGF% 80.4
Nick Suzuki
#14 · C
TOI 22:54xGF/60 4.89xGA/60 1.60CF/60 91.0SC±/60 +45.48G±/60 0.00CF% 75.7xGF% 75.3
Juraj Slafkovsky
#20 · RW
TOI 22:29xGF/60 6.91xGA/60 2.81CF/60 130.4SC±/60 +60.17G±/60 -5.01CF% 68.4xGF% 71.1
Line 2
Alexandre Texier
#85 · LW
TOI 16:54xGF/60 1.48xGA/60 1.79CF/60 31.7SC±/60 0.00G±/60 +5.28CF% 42.9xGF% 45.2
Alex Newhook
#15 · C
TOI 15:39xGF/60 0.70xGA/60 2.17CF/60 25.5SC±/60 -19.14G±/60 0.00CF% 30.8
Ivan Demidov
#93 · RW
TOI 20:06xGF/60 3.51xGA/60 3.09CF/60 61.0SC±/60 -17.43G±/60 0.00CF% 43.8xGF% 53.2
Line 3
Oliver Kapanen
#91 · LW
TOI 12:16xGF/60 1.86xGA/60 1.84CF/60 37.1SC±/60 +14.85G±/60 0.00CF% 45.5
Zack Bolduc
#76 · C
TOI 12:57xGF/60 2.22xGA/60 3.64CF/60 44.5SC±/60 -7.42G±/60 -7.42CF% 40.0xGF% 37.9
Kirby Dach
#77 · RW
TOI 11:08xGF/60 1.34xGA/60 2.32CF/60 23.8SC±/60 0.00G±/60 0.00CF% 28.6
Line 4
Joe Veleno
#90 · LW
TOI 10:16xGF/60 7.43xGA/60 6.07CF/60 106.4SC±/60 +70.94G±/60 0.00CF% 46.2xGF% 55.1
Jake Evans
#71 · C
TOI 11:15xGF/60 6.49xGA/60 5.88CF/60 109.8SC±/60 +65.85G±/60 0.00CF% 47.6xGF% 52.4
Brendan Gallagher
#11 · RW
TOI 11:34xGF/60 8.93xGA/60 4.34CF/60 136.7SC±/60 +91.14G±/60 +15.19CF% 64.3xGF% 67.3

Defense

Pair 1
Jayden Struble
#47 · LD
TOI 17:17xGF/60 2.89xGA/60 1.62CF/60 55.2SC±/60 +12.74G±/60 0.00CF% 61.9xGF% 64.1
Lane Hutson
#48 · RD
TOI 26:08xGF/60 2.58xGA/60 1.89CF/60 57.5SC±/60 +24.64G±/60 0.00CF% 60.0xGF% 57.7
Pair 2
David Reinbacher
#64 · LD
TOI 15:00xGF/60 2.03xGA/60 2.63CF/60 47.8SC±/60 0.00G±/60 0.00CF% 47.1xGF% 43.6
Kaiden Guhle
#21 · RD
TOI 17:20xGF/60 6.95xGA/60 2.81CF/60 116.4SC±/60 +82.13G±/60 +6.85CF% 68.0xGF% 71.2
Pair 3
Adam Engstrom
#42 · LD
TOI 17:20xGF/60 6.95xGA/60 2.81CF/60 116.4SC±/60 +82.13G±/60 +6.85CF% 68.0xGF% 71.2
Arber Xhekaj
#72 · RD
TOI 19:46xGF/60 3.35xGA/60 3.36CF/60 67.1SC±/60 +4.79G±/60 0.00CF% 48.3xGF% 49.9

Goalies

SlotGoalie
G1 Jakub Dobes [Status: CONFIRMED Start Score: 88]
G2 Jacob Fowler

PHI Home

Forwards

Line 1
Tyson Foerster
#71 · LW
TOI 18:17xGF/60 2.54xGA/60 3.68CF/60 42.0SC±/60 -22.88G±/60 0.00CF% 35.5xGF% 40.9
Trevor Zegras
#46 · C
Owen Tippett
#74 · RW
Line 2
Travis Konecny
#11 · LW
Christian Dvorak
#22 · C
Porter Martone
#94 · RW
TOI 17:37xGF/60 1.91xGA/60 1.52CF/60 48.8SC±/60 -3.75G±/60 -3.75CF% 59.1xGF% 55.7
Line 3
Denver Barkey
#52 · LW
TOI 17:38xGF/60 1.88xGA/60 2.03CF/60 40.8SC±/60 -10.21G±/60 -3.40CF% 50.0xGF% 48.1
Noah Cates
#27 · C
TOI 17:50xGF/60 2.15xGA/60 3.87CF/60 33.4SC±/60 -22.26G±/60 0.00CF% 31.0xGF% 35.7
Matvei Michkov
#39 · RW
TOI 16:18xGF/60 2.34xGA/60 3.53CF/60 42.3SC±/60 -26.92G±/60 +3.84CF% 37.9xGF% 39.9
Line 4
Garnet Hathaway
#19 · LW
TOI 12:43xGF/60 0.30xGA/60 2.47CF/60 30.4SC±/60 -30.38G±/60 0.00CF% 44.4
Sean Couturier
#14 · C
Luke Glendening
#41 · RW
TOI 14:57xGF/60 0.63xGA/60 2.93CF/60 30.0SC±/60 -34.95G±/60 +4.99CF% 40.0xGF% 17.8

Defense

Pair 1
Travis Sanheim
#6 · LD
Rasmus Ristolainen
#55 · RD
Pair 2
Cam York
#8 · LD
Jamie Drysdale
#9 · RD
Pair 3
Nick Seeler
#24 · LD
TOI 26:32xGF/60 1.70xGA/60 2.59CF/60 37.1SC±/60 -29.14G±/60 -2.65CF% 41.2xGF% 39.6
Emil Andrae
#36 · RD
TOI 21:19xGF/60 1.73xGA/60 2.64CF/60 31.3SC±/60 -12.50G±/60 -3.13CF% 40.0xGF% 39.6

Goalies

SlotGoalie
G1 Samuel Ersson [Status: CONFIRMED Start Score: 5]
G2 Dan Vladar

Injuries

As of 2026-04-14 11:52PM EDT

Source: DailyFaceoff.com

MTL

Player Pos # Description Status
Patrik Laine NA 92 IR IR
Noah Dobson NA 53 OUT OUT
Alexandre Carrier NA 45 OUT OUT

PHI

Player Pos # Description Status
Rodrigo Abols NA 18 IR IR
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