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Montreal Canadiens at Tampa Bay Lightning

NHLMarch 31, 2026Benchmark International Arena

CanadiensMontrealMTLWon43-21-10

Canadiens 4, Lightning 1

Final
LightningTampa BayTB46-22-6
Score by period
Team123T
MTL1124
TB1001

Scoring

Play-by-play

In order

1st

  1. 0:00Start of 1st Period
  2. 0:00Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Yanni Gourde
  3. 0:25Nick Suzuki hit Zemgus Girgensons
  4. 0:29Cole Caufield Backhand saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  5. 0:30Yanni Gourde hit Jayden Struble
  6. 0:48Anthony Cirelli shot blocked by Jake Evans
  7. 0:51Goalie Stopped
  8. 0:51Phillip Danault faceoff won against Brayden Point
  9. 1:06Josh Anderson Wrist Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  10. 1:16Icing
  11. 1:16Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Jake Guentzel
  12. 1:24Icing
  13. 1:24Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Jake Guentzel
  14. 1:29Juraj Slafkovský Snap Shot Wide Right
  15. 1:32Cole Caufield shot blocked by Emil Lilleberg
  16. 1:49Cole Caufield Wrist Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  17. 1:54Puck in Netting
  18. 1:54Alex Newhook faceoff won against Anthony Cirelli
  19. 2:13Ivan Demidov shot blocked by J.J. Moser
  20. 2:16Puck in Netting
  21. 2:16Yanni Gourde faceoff won against Oliver Kapanen
  22. 2:48Pontus Holmberg Wrist Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  23. 3:06Jayden Struble Holding against Pontus Holmberg served by Brendan Gallagher
  24. 3:06Jake Guentzel faceoff won against Jake Evans
  25. 3:43Nikita Kucherov shot blocked by Mike Matheson
  26. 3:46Giveaway by Noah Dobson
  27. 3:47Brayden Point Backhand saved by Jakub Dobes
  28. 4:02Brandon Hagel Slap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  29. 4:03Brayden Point Wrist Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  30. 4:06Giveaway by Nikita Kucherov
  31. 4:39Brayden Point shot blocked by Kaiden Guhle
  32. 4:40Nikita Kucherov Wrist Shot Wide Right
  33. 5:22Noah Dobson hit Zemgus Girgensons
  34. 5:31Icing
  35. 5:31Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Yanni Gourde
  36. 5:46Yanni Gourde Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  37. 5:47Goalie Stopped
  38. 5:47Jake Evans faceoff won against Corey Perry
  39. 6:02Icing
  40. 6:02Alex Newhook faceoff won against Nick Paul
  41. 6:16Giveaway by Charle-Edouard D'Astous
  42. 6:41Takeaway by Gage Goncalves
  43. 6:57Alex Newhook Snap Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  44. 7:00Hand Pass
  45. 7:00Phillip Danault faceoff won against Nick Paul
  46. 7:19Giveaway by Charle-Edouard D'Astous
  47. 7:19Brendan Gallagher hit Charle-Edouard D'Astous
  48. 7:22Scott Sabourin hit Noah Dobson
  49. 7:30Scott Sabourin hit Joseph Veleno
  50. 8:34Takeaway by Brandon Hagel
  51. 8:44Off-side
  52. 8:44Yanni Gourde faceoff won against Jake Evans
  53. 9:05Zachary Bolduc hit Erik Cernak
  54. 9:11Kaiden Guhle hit Pontus Holmberg
  55. 9:19Ryan McDonagh shot blocked by Jake Evans
  56. 9:24Kaiden Guhle Cross-checking against Pontus Holmberg
  57. 9:24Jake Evans faceoff won against Jake Guentzel
  58. 9:44Brayden Point Wrist Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  59. 9:55Noah Dobson Roughing against Nikita Kucherov
  60. 9:55Nikita Kucherov Interference - Goalkeeper against Jakub Dobes
  61. 9:55Joseph Veleno faceoff won against Brayden Point
  62. 10:25Jake Guentzel Hooking against Lane Hutson
  63. 10:25Alex Newhook faceoff won against Nick Paul
  64. 11:03Charle-Edouard D'Astous Tripping against Lane Hutson
  65. 11:03TV Timeout
  66. 11:03Anthony Cirelli faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  67. 11:17Lane Hutson Snap Shot Above Crossbar
  68. 11:35Ivan Demidov Snap Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  69. 11:45Ivan Demidov Slap Shot Off Crossbar
  70. 12:07Ivan Demidov Slap Shot Wide Right
  71. 12:13Cole Caufield shot blocked by Erik Cernak
  72. 12:25Juraj Slafkovský Goal (29) Snap Shot, assists: Ivan Demidov (42), Cole Caufield (34)
  73. 12:25Yanni Gourde faceoff won against Oliver Kapanen
  74. 12:46Off-side
  75. 12:46Oliver Kapanen faceoff won against Gage Goncalves
  76. 13:04Giveaway by Emil Lilleberg
  77. 13:15Emil Lilleberg hit Alex Newhook
  78. 13:32Zemgus Girgensons Wrist Shot Wide Left
  79. 13:41Jake Guentzel Goal (36) Wrist Shot, assists: Zemgus Girgensons (9), Ryan McDonagh (10)
  80. 13:41Jake Evans faceoff won against Brayden Point
  81. 13:47Icing
  82. 13:47Nick Paul faceoff won against Jake Evans
  83. 14:24Josh Anderson hit Anthony Cirelli
  84. 14:26Phillip Danault hit J.J. Moser
  85. 14:34Brandon Hagel shot blocked by Lane Hutson
  86. 14:54Nick Suzuki Snap Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  87. 15:09Nikita Kucherov Wrist Shot Wide Right
  88. 15:29Nick Suzuki Wrist Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  89. 15:31Goalie Stopped
  90. 15:31Yanni Gourde faceoff won against Oliver Kapanen
  91. 16:07Yanni Gourde Tip-In saved by Jakub Dobes
  92. 16:50Off-side
  93. 16:50Phillip Danault faceoff won against Nick Paul
  94. 17:23Emil Lilleberg hit Joseph Veleno
  95. 17:36Puck in Netting
  96. 17:36Jake Guentzel faceoff won against Jake Evans
  97. 18:09Giveaway by Mike Matheson
  98. 18:39Giveaway by Anthony Cirelli
  99. 18:57Nick Suzuki Backhand saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  100. 19:14Nick Suzuki Snap Shot Wide Right
  101. 19:15Takeaway by Nick Suzuki
  102. 20:00End of 1st Period

2nd

  1. 0:00Start of 2nd Period
  2. 0:00Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Yanni Gourde
  3. 0:15Jayden Struble Snap Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  4. 0:18Puck in Netting
  5. 0:18Nick Paul faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  6. 0:22Juraj Slafkovský hit Darren Raddysh
  7. 0:27Icing
  8. 0:27Alex Newhook faceoff won against Nick Paul
  9. 0:30Alex Newhook Snap Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  10. 0:42Nikita Kucherov Wrist Shot Wide Left
  11. 1:28Noah Dobson shot blocked by Anthony Cirelli
  12. 2:26Kaiden Guhle Snap Shot Wide Left
  13. 2:32Arber Xhekaj Snap Shot Wide Right
  14. 2:50Giveaway by Jakub Dobes
  15. 2:54Erik Cernak Slap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  16. 3:22Brendan Gallagher hit Erik Cernak
  17. 3:55Emil Lilleberg hit Juraj Slafkovský
  18. 3:58Nick Paul hit Lane Hutson
  19. 4:00Nick Suzuki Snap Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  20. 4:13Off-side
  21. 4:13Jake Guentzel faceoff won against Jake Evans
  22. 4:53Arber Xhekaj shot blocked by Jake Guentzel
  23. 4:58Giveaway by Jake Evans
  24. 5:08Erik Cernak Wrist Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  25. 5:10Goalie Stopped
  26. 5:10Anthony Cirelli faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  27. 6:27Takeaway by Ryan McDonagh
  28. 7:12Yanni Gourde hit Jayden Struble
  29. 7:16Takeaway by Scott Sabourin
  30. 7:18Corey Perry shot blocked by Jayden Struble
  31. 7:24Emil Lilleberg shot blocked by Alex Newhook
  32. 7:36Jayden Struble hit Nick Paul
  33. 8:09Darren Raddysh Slap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  34. 8:16Phillip Danault Wrist Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  35. 8:18Goalie Stopped
  36. 8:18Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Anthony Cirelli
  37. 8:26Nikita Kucherov Backhand Failed Bank Attempt
  38. 8:33Icing
  39. 8:33Anthony Cirelli faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  40. 8:36J.J. Moser Slap Shot Wide Left
  41. 8:43Darren Raddysh shot blocked by Juraj Slafkovský
  42. 9:42Mike Matheson hit Brandon Hagel
  43. 9:43Charle-Edouard D'Astous shot blocked by Nick Suzuki
  44. 9:50Cole Caufield shot blocked by Emil Lilleberg
  45. 9:52Puck in Netting
  46. 9:52Alex Newhook faceoff won against Brayden Point
  47. 9:54Jayden Struble shot blocked by Jake Guentzel
  48. 10:00Giveaway by Brayden Point
  49. 10:16Emil Lilleberg hit Oliver Kapanen
  50. 10:44Giveaway by Erik Cernak
  51. 10:56Giveaway by Brayden Point
  52. 11:04Kaiden Guhle shot blocked by Gage Goncalves
  53. 11:49Yanni Gourde Tip-In saved by Jakub Dobes
  54. 11:54Goalie Stopped
  55. 11:54Phillip Danault faceoff won against Nick Paul
  56. 12:09Puck Frozen - Goalie
  57. 12:09Anthony Cirelli faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  58. 12:10Darren Raddysh Slap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  59. 12:12Goalie Stopped
  60. 12:12Anthony Cirelli faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  61. 12:15Darren Raddysh shot blocked by Juraj Slafkovský
  62. 12:43Giveaway by Anthony Cirelli
  63. 12:49Cole Caufield Goal (47) Wrist Shot, assists: Juraj Slafkovský (37), Mike Matheson (29)
  64. 12:49Jake Evans faceoff won against Brayden Point
  65. 13:34Giveaway by Emil Lilleberg
  66. 13:57Erik Cernak Slap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  67. 14:55Nikita Kucherov Slap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  68. 15:35Alex Newhook Hooking against Jake Guentzel
  69. 15:35TV Timeout
  70. 15:35Jake Guentzel faceoff won against Jake Evans
  71. 15:54Brandon Hagel Wrist Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  72. 16:10Darren Raddysh shot blocked by Jake Evans
  73. 16:19Darren Raddysh shot blocked by Jake Evans
  74. 16:21Puck in Netting
  75. 16:21Phillip Danault faceoff won against Brayden Point
  76. 16:27Nikita Kucherov Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  77. 16:33Brayden Point Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  78. 16:35Josh Anderson hit Brandon Hagel
  79. 16:37Giveaway by Mike Matheson
  80. 16:41Nikita Kucherov Slap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  81. 16:59Giveaway by Brandon Hagel
  82. 17:22Joseph Veleno Snap Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  83. 17:26Net Dislodged Offensive Skater
  84. 17:26Yanni Gourde faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  85. 18:00Hand Pass
  86. 18:00Oliver Kapanen faceoff won against Jake Guentzel
  87. 18:31Ivan Demidov hit Brayden Point
  88. 19:09Nikita Kucherov Slashing against Cole Caufield
  89. 19:09Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Anthony Cirelli
  90. 19:23Erik Cernak hit Lane Hutson
  91. 19:59Brandon Hagel Wrist Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  92. 20:00End of 2nd Period

3rd

  1. 0:00Start of 3rd Period
  2. 0:00Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Anthony Cirelli
  3. 0:36Ivan Demidov Slap Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  4. 1:12Emil Lilleberg hit Juraj Slafkovský
  5. 1:23Yanni Gourde hit Noah Dobson
  6. 1:30Josh Anderson Snap Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  7. 1:49Mike Matheson Snap Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  8. 1:52Goalie Stopped
  9. 1:52Phillip Danault faceoff won against Nick Paul
  10. 1:54Kaiden Guhle Slap Shot Wide Right
  11. 1:56Goalie Stopped
  12. 1:56Nick Paul faceoff won against Phillip Danault
  13. 2:01Joseph Veleno hit Emil Lilleberg
  14. 2:05Brendan Gallagher Tip-In Short
  15. 2:31Nick Paul hit Joseph Veleno
  16. 3:21Nikita Kucherov Wrist Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  17. 3:23Goalie Stopped
  18. 3:23Yanni Gourde faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  19. 3:36Yanni Gourde shot blocked by Mike Matheson
  20. 3:41Giveaway by Pontus Holmberg
  21. 3:47Giveaway by Noah Dobson
  22. 3:51Yanni Gourde Slap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  23. 4:33Josh Anderson Tip-In saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  24. 4:40Giveaway by Kaiden Guhle
  25. 4:42Gage Goncalves Wrist Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  26. 4:45Goalie Stopped
  27. 4:45Emil Lilleberg Roughing against Zachary Bolduc
  28. 4:45Zachary Bolduc Roughing against Emil Lilleberg
  29. 4:45Jake Guentzel Roughing against Josh Anderson
  30. 4:45Josh Anderson Roughing against Jake Guentzel
  31. 4:45Emil Lilleberg Roughing against Zachary Bolduc
  32. 4:45Zachary Bolduc Roughing against Emil Lilleberg
  33. 4:45Josh Anderson Roughing against Jake Guentzel
  34. 4:45Jake Guentzel Roughing against Josh Anderson
  35. 4:45Yanni Gourde faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  36. 5:44Joseph Veleno hit Scott Sabourin
  37. 5:45J.J. Moser Slap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  38. 5:57Giveaway by Corey Perry
  39. 6:39Oliver Kapanen Slap Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  40. 6:50Nikita Kucherov Wrist Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  41. 6:52Goalie Stopped
  42. 6:52Yanni Gourde faceoff won against Phillip Danault
  43. 6:59Erik Cernak Wrist Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  44. 7:00Pontus Holmberg Wrist Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  45. 7:01Pontus Holmberg Batted saved by Jakub Dobes
  46. 7:11Ryan McDonagh Wrist Shot High and Wide Left
  47. 7:15Giveaway by Juraj Slafkovský
  48. 7:27Off-side
  49. 7:27Brayden Point faceoff won against Alex Newhook
  50. 7:33Icing
  51. 7:33Brayden Point faceoff won against Oliver Kapanen
  52. 7:40Brayden Point Backhand saved by Jakub Dobes
  53. 7:44Giveaway by Lane Hutson
  54. 7:44Nikita Kucherov hit Lane Hutson
  55. 7:51J.J. Moser shot blocked by Kaiden Guhle
  56. 8:26Joe Veleno Tip-In Wide Left
  57. 8:32Joseph Veleno hit J.J. Moser
  58. 8:44Nick Paul hit Phillip Danault
  59. 8:53Joseph Veleno hit Corey Perry
  60. 8:56Scott Sabourin hit Phillip Danault
  61. 9:34Pontus Holmberg hit Lane Hutson
  62. 9:40Juraj Slafkovský Slap Shot Above Crossbar
  63. 9:42Giveaway by J.J. Moser
  64. 10:03Zemgus Girgensons hit Nick Suzuki
  65. 10:24Icing
  66. 10:24Jake Evans faceoff won against Anthony Cirelli
  67. 10:29Nikita Kucherov Wrist Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  68. 10:31Goalie Stopped
  69. 10:31Phillip Danault faceoff won against Brayden Point
  70. 10:50Zachary Bolduc hit J.J. Moser
  71. 11:41Icing
  72. 11:41Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Yanni Gourde
  73. 11:44Lane Hutson shot blocked by Zemgus Girgensons
  74. 11:57Cole Caufield Snap Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  75. 12:00Erik Cernak hit Juraj Slafkovský
  76. 12:10Pontus Holmberg shot blocked by Lane Hutson
  77. 12:12Puck in Netting
  78. 12:12Brayden Point faceoff won against Jake Evans
  79. 12:15Jake Guentzel Tip-In High and Wide Right
  80. 12:35Takeaway by Jake Evans
  81. 12:46Takeaway by Kaiden Guhle
  82. 13:49Off-side
  83. 13:49Anthony Cirelli faceoff won against Oliver Kapanen
  84. 14:04Erik Cernak Wrist Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  85. 14:25Anthony Cirelli Tip-In saved by Jakub Dobes
  86. 14:29Gage Goncalves shot blocked by Kaiden Guhle
  87. 14:33Brandon Hagel shot blocked by Lane Hutson
  88. 14:36Ryan McDonagh Snap Shot Wide Right
  89. 14:37Ryan McDonagh Batted saved by Jakub Dobes
  90. 15:03Puck Frozen - Goalie
  91. 15:03Yanni Gourde faceoff won against Phillip Danault
  92. 15:09Erik Cernak hit Nick Suzuki
  93. 15:11Juraj Slafkovský hit Erik Cernak
  94. 15:26Zemgus Girgensons Wrist Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  95. 15:32Giveaway by Yanni Gourde
  96. 15:54Nick Suzuki Cross-checking against Yanni Gourde
  97. 15:54Jake Guentzel faceoff won against Jake Evans
  98. 16:20Brandon Hagel Wrist Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  99. 16:22Goalie Stopped
  100. 16:22Jake Evans faceoff won against Jake Guentzel
  101. 16:56Jake Guentzel Slap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  102. 17:10Giveaway by Nikita Kucherov
  103. 17:27On-Ice Official Video Review
  104. 17:27Jake Evans Boarding against Nikita Kucherov
  105. 17:27Darren Raddysh Roughing against Jake Evans
  106. 17:27Timeout - Visitor
  107. 17:27Phillip Danault faceoff won against Brayden Point
  108. 17:35Corey Perry Tip-In High and Wide Left
  109. 17:41Josh Anderson hit Charle-Edouard D'Astous
  110. 17:54Mike Matheson Goal (7) Slap Shot, assists: none
  111. 17:54Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Jake Guentzel
  112. 18:15Takeaway by Nick Suzuki
  113. 18:18High Stick
  114. 18:18Anthony Cirelli faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  115. 18:25Brandon Hagel Slap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  116. 18:32Kaiden Guhle hit Jake Guentzel
  117. 18:49Giveaway by Nikita Kucherov
  118. 18:54Nick Suzuki Goal (27) Wrist Shot, assists: none
  119. 18:54Phillip Danault faceoff won against Nick Paul
  120. 19:13Nick Paul hit Joseph Veleno
  121. 19:20Arber Xhekaj hit Scott Sabourin
  122. 19:23Scott Sabourin Roughing against Arber Xhekaj
  123. 19:23Arber Xhekaj Roughing against Scott Sabourin
  124. 19:23Gage Goncalves Roughing against Phillip Danault
  125. 19:23Phillip Danault Roughing against Gage Goncalves
  126. 19:23Emil Lilleberg Roughing against Brendan Gallagher
  127. 19:23Brendan Gallagher Roughing against Emil Lilleberg
  128. 19:23Nick Paul Roughing against Jayden Struble
  129. 19:23Jayden Struble Roughing against Nick Paul
  130. 19:23Erik Cernak Roughing against Joseph Veleno
  131. 19:23Joseph Veleno Roughing against Erik Cernak
  132. 19:23Yanni Gourde faceoff won against Oliver Kapanen
  133. 19:49Josh Anderson hit Ryan McDonagh
  134. 20:00Josh Anderson Roughing against Ryan McDonagh
  135. 20:00Ryan McDonagh Roughing against Josh Anderson
  136. 20:00End of 3rd Period
  137. 20:00Game End

1st

  1. 12:25MTL 1, TB 0Juraj Slafkovský Goal (29) Snap Shot, assists: Ivan Demidov (42), Cole Caufield (34)
  2. 13:41MTL 1, TB 1Jake Guentzel Goal (36) Wrist Shot, assists: Zemgus Girgensons (9), Ryan McDonagh (10)

2nd

  1. 12:49MTL 2, TB 1Cole Caufield Goal (47) Wrist Shot, assists: Juraj Slafkovský (37), Mike Matheson (29)

3rd

  1. 17:54MTL 3, TB 1Mike Matheson Goal (7) Slap Shot, assists: none
  2. 18:54MTL 4, TB 1Nick Suzuki Goal (27) Wrist Shot, assists: none

Game leaders

CanadiensMontreal

LightningTampa Bay

Box score

ForwardsGA+/-SOGHTBSPIMTOIFO%SFLFWGVPNSMTKSHFTYTDGESTOIPPTOISHTOI
Cole Caufield RW112000017:050.04000000214713:473:180:00
Juraj Slafkovsky LW112022019:120.01001020222915:413:220:09
Nick Suzuki C102011220:2750.0510100112222716:483:210:18
Alex Newhook C00-1001214:4583.32150100161114:070:380:00
Brendan Gallagher RW00002028:180.000001101467:400:380:00
Ivan Demidov RW010010015:430.02000020161612:532:500:00
Jake Evans C00-1004214:4342.90861101191110:230:014:19
Joe Veleno C000040213:03100.010101101628:500:004:13
Josh Anderson RW000040612:310.03000300181310:520:001:39
Oliver Kapanen C000000014:3025.01620000182213:040:380:48
Phillip Danault C001010214:4375.0139010020512:070:002:36
Zack Bolduc RW000020410:370.0000020016119:550:420:00
DefenseGA+/-SOGHTBSPIMTOISFLFWGVPNSMTKFO%SHFTYTDGESTOIPPTOISHTOI
Mike Matheson D112012023:2820020000.025717:550:015:32
Arber Xhekaj D000010212:5700001100.014112:570:000:00
Jayden Struble D000011413:4810002000.018113:480:000:00
Kaiden Guhle D001023218:1400011210.025215:530:052:16
Lane Hutson D001003026:1100010100.0241120:423:212:08
Noah Dobson D000010221:4500021000.0271216:550:444:06
GoaliesSAGASVSV%TOIPIMSOSESSVPPSVSHSVSOSAYTDG
Jakub Dobes G37136.97360:00002510100

Video

0:27Juraj Slafkovsky scores power-play goal vs. Lightning0:42Cole Caufield lights the lamp0:43Mike Matheson scores goal vs. Lightning

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