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Tampa Bay Lightning at Montreal Canadiens

NHLApril 9, 2026Bell Centre

LightningTampa BayTB48-25-6

Lightning 1, Canadiens 2

Final
CanadiensMontrealMTLWon47-22-10
Score by period
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Scoring

Play-by-play

In order

1st

  1. 0:00Start of 1st Period
  2. 0:04Cole Caufield hit Emil Lilleberg
  3. 0:09Puck in Crowd
  4. 0:09Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Anthony Cirelli
  5. 0:13Noah Dobson hit Nikita Kucherov
  6. 0:14Giveaway by Anthony Cirelli
  7. 0:45Oliver Bjorkstrand hit Jayden Struble
  8. 1:09Phillip Danault hit Zemgus Girgensons
  9. 1:12Yanni Gourde hit Jayden Struble
  10. 1:18Erik Cernak hit Alex Newhook
  11. 1:21Kirby Dach hit Oliver Bjorkstrand
  12. 1:33Yanni Gourde hit Alex Newhook
  13. 2:00Joseph Veleno hit Declan Carlile
  14. 2:29Giveaway by Oliver Kapanen
  15. 2:31Nick Paul hit Oliver Kapanen
  16. 2:37Arber Xhekaj hit Nick Paul
  17. 2:46Giveaway by Ivan Demidov
  18. 2:53Arber Xhekaj hit Jakob Pelletier
  19. 3:13Giveaway by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  20. 3:14Cole Caufield Snap Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  21. 3:36Juraj Slafkovský Snap Shot High and Wide Right
  22. 3:38Oliver Bjorkstrand hit Nick Suzuki
  23. 3:44Juraj Slafkovský Snap Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  24. 3:48Yanni Gourde High-sticking - double minor against Jayden Struble
  25. 3:48Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Anthony Cirelli
  26. 3:59Nick Suzuki Snap Shot Wide Left
  27. 4:10Cole Caufield Snap Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  28. 5:30Giveaway by Ryan McDonagh
  29. 6:01Juraj Slafkovský Snap Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  30. 6:21Cole Caufield Snap Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  31. 6:22Cole Caufield Backhand Wide Left
  32. 6:23Goalie Stopped
  33. 6:23Anthony Cirelli faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  34. 6:41Ivan Demidov Snap Shot Wide Right
  35. 6:58Juraj Slafkovský Slap Shot Wide Right
  36. 7:08Lane Hutson Snap Shot Wide Right
  37. 7:16Nick Suzuki Backhand Wide Right
  38. 7:53Oliver Kapanen Snap Shot Short
  39. 7:55Giveaway by Erik Cernak
  40. 8:23Phillip Danault Snap Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  41. 8:26Goalie Stopped
  42. 8:26Joseph Veleno faceoff won against Nick Paul
  43. 8:28Mike Matheson shot blocked by Nick Paul
  44. 8:37Giveaway by Brayden Point
  45. 8:48Nick Paul hit Noah Dobson
  46. 9:17Giveaway by Josh Anderson
  47. 9:47Emil Lilleberg hit Phillip Danault
  48. 10:21Ryan McDonagh shot blocked by Jayden Struble
  49. 10:39Cole Caufield Wrist Shot Wide Left
  50. 10:39Zemgus Girgensons hit Nick Suzuki
  51. 11:02Juraj Slafkovský shot blocked by Erik Cernak
  52. 11:06Cole Caufield shot blocked by Ryan McDonagh
  53. 11:21Giveaway by Ivan Demidov
  54. 11:24Jake Guentzel Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  55. 11:25Goalie Stopped
  56. 11:25Yanni Gourde faceoff won against Oliver Kapanen
  57. 11:34Yanni Gourde hit Noah Dobson
  58. 11:39Alexandre Texier hit Gage Goncalves
  59. 11:52Takeaway by Ivan Demidov
  60. 12:32Nick Paul hit Jayden Struble
  61. 12:44Jayden Struble hit Jakob Pelletier
  62. 12:46Nick Paul shot blocked by Lane Hutson
  63. 12:48Puck in Netting
  64. 12:48Nick Paul faceoff won against Jake Evans
  65. 13:06Corey Perry Backhand Wide Left
  66. 13:10Joseph Veleno hit Emil Lilleberg
  67. 13:11Arber Xhekaj Roughing against Corey Perry
  68. 13:11Jake Guentzel faceoff won against Jake Evans
  69. 13:48Jake Guentzel Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  70. 14:05Giveaway by Brayden Point
  71. 15:04Phillip Danault Snap Shot Wide Left
  72. 15:07Nick Suzuki shot blocked by Darren Raddysh
  73. 15:23Erik Cernak Slap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  74. 15:25Goalie Stopped
  75. 15:25Alex Newhook faceoff won against Anthony Cirelli
  76. 16:03Ivan Demidov High-sticking against Declan Carlile
  77. 16:03Jake Evans faceoff won against Jake Guentzel
  78. 16:28High Stick
  79. 16:28Jake Evans faceoff won against Jake Guentzel
  80. 16:33Mike Matheson Slap Shot Wide Left
  81. 16:34Puck in Netting
  82. 16:34Jake Evans faceoff won against Brayden Point
  83. 16:49Off-side
  84. 16:49Jake Guentzel faceoff won against Phillip Danault
  85. 17:36Josh Anderson Slap Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  86. 17:40Josh Anderson Roughing against Nikita Kucherov
  87. 17:40Nikita Kucherov Slashing against Josh Anderson
  88. 17:40Nick Paul faceoff won against Jake Evans
  89. 18:18Gage Goncalves hit Lane Hutson
  90. 18:21Yanni Gourde hit Ivan Demidov
  91. 18:43Yanni Gourde hit Jayden Struble
  92. 18:46Giveaway by Oliver Bjorkstrand
  93. 18:47Alexandre Texier shot blocked by Ryan McDonagh
  94. 18:50Puck in Netting
  95. 18:50Anthony Cirelli faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  96. 18:54Takeaway by Juraj Slafkovský
  97. 18:55Cole Caufield Snap Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  98. 18:56Nick Suzuki Snap Shot Hit Left Post
  99. 19:03Jayden Struble Snap Shot Hit Right Post
  100. 19:32Nick Suzuki hit Declan Carlile
  101. 19:41Juraj Slafkovský hit Declan Carlile
  102. 19:51Juraj Slafkovský shot blocked by Declan Carlile
  103. 19:58Nick Paul shot blocked by Mike Matheson
  104. 20:00End of 1st Period

2nd

  1. 0:00Start of 2nd Period
  2. 0:00Yanni Gourde faceoff won against Phillip Danault
  3. 0:05Kirby Dach hit Charle-Edouard D'Astous
  4. 0:39Jayden Struble shot blocked by Kirby Dach
  5. 0:59Nikita Kucherov hit Lane Hutson
  6. 1:32Cole Caufield Snap Shot Wide Left
  7. 2:10Giveaway by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  8. 2:34Arber Xhekaj shot blocked by Jakob Pelletier
  9. 2:46Adam Engstrom shot blocked by Gage Goncalves
  10. 3:33Joseph Veleno Roughing against Charle-Edouard D'Astous
  11. 3:33Jayden Struble Roughing against Emil Lilleberg
  12. 3:33Charle-Edouard D'Astous Roughing against Joseph Veleno
  13. 3:33Nick Paul Roughing against Josh Anderson
  14. 3:33Corey Perry Roughing against Lane Hutson
  15. 3:33Josh Anderson Roughing against Nick Paul
  16. 3:33Josh Anderson Cross-checking against Charle-Edouard D'Astous
  17. 3:33Jake Evans faceoff won against Jake Guentzel
  18. 4:03Off-side
  19. 4:03Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Jake Guentzel
  20. 4:09Takeaway by Nikita Kucherov
  21. 4:21Jake Guentzel Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  22. 5:14Jakob Pelletier Deflected saved by Jakub Dobes
  23. 5:48Arber Xhekaj hit Jakob Pelletier
  24. 5:51Giveaway by Erik Cernak
  25. 5:54Anthony Cirelli hit Arber Xhekaj
  26. 6:15Ryan McDonagh Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  27. 6:17Goalie Stopped
  28. 6:17Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Brayden Point
  29. 6:30Cole Caufield Goal (50) Snap Shot, assists: Nick Suzuki (69), Juraj Slafkovský (41)
  30. 6:30Phillip Danault faceoff won against Anthony Cirelli
  31. 6:45Anthony Cirelli hit Mike Matheson
  32. 7:00Anthony Cirelli Tip-In saved by Jakub Dobes
  33. 7:04Goalie Stopped
  34. 7:04Anthony Cirelli Roughing against Mike Matheson
  35. 7:04Yanni Gourde faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  36. 7:07Giveaway by Zemgus Girgensons
  37. 7:10Lane Hutson Snap Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  38. 7:11Goalie Stopped
  39. 7:11Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Yanni Gourde
  40. 7:32Yanni Gourde Snap Shot Wide Left
  41. 7:43Giveaway by Lane Hutson
  42. 8:26Off-side
  43. 8:26Alex Newhook faceoff won against Yanni Gourde
  44. 8:31Ryan McDonagh hit Noah Dobson
  45. 9:04Giveaway by Noah Dobson
  46. 9:20J.J. Moser hit Kirby Dach
  47. 9:43J.J. Moser hit Jake Evans
  48. 9:49Lane Hutson shot blocked by Anthony Cirelli
  49. 10:23Alexandre Texier Snap Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  50. 10:39Alexandre Texier Tip-In Wide Right
  51. 10:44Alex Newhook Snap Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  52. 10:46Goalie Stopped
  53. 10:46Jake Evans faceoff won against Yanni Gourde
  54. 11:00Joseph Veleno hit Jakob Pelletier
  55. 11:07Giveaway by Yanni Gourde
  56. 11:21Arber Xhekaj shot blocked by Zemgus Girgensons
  57. 11:24Giveaway by Arber Xhekaj
  58. 11:26Yanni Gourde shot blocked by Adam Engstrom
  59. 11:47Cole Caufield Tip-In Wide Right
  60. 12:11Jayden Struble hit Nick Paul
  61. 12:12Darren Raddysh Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  62. 12:20Off-side
  63. 12:20Oliver Bjorkstrand Slashing against Nick Suzuki
  64. 12:20Jayden Struble Misconduct
  65. 12:20Nick Paul Misconduct
  66. 12:20Anthony Cirelli faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  67. 12:58Takeaway by Yanni Gourde
  68. 12:59Giveaway by Yanni Gourde
  69. 13:00Gage Goncalves Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  70. 13:44Alex Newhook Snap Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  71. 14:04Alex Newhook shot blocked by Emil Lilleberg
  72. 14:15Noah Dobson Snap Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  73. 14:42Anthony Cirelli hit Joseph Veleno
  74. 14:50Josh Anderson hit Nikita Kucherov
  75. 14:52Jake Evans hit Nikita Kucherov
  76. 14:58Jake Evans Snap Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  77. 15:00Declan Carlile Instigator against Josh Anderson served by Corey Perry
  78. 15:00Josh Anderson Fighting against Declan Carlile
  79. 15:00Declan Carlile Fighting against Josh Anderson
  80. 15:00Declan Carlile Instigator - Misconduct
  81. 15:00TV Timeout
  82. 15:00Anthony Cirelli faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  83. 16:09Juraj Slafkovský shot blocked by Nick Suzuki
  84. 16:22Giveaway by Nick Suzuki
  85. 16:33Yanni Gourde shot blocked by Lane Hutson
  86. 16:35Puck in Netting
  87. 16:35Oliver Kapanen faceoff won against Anthony Cirelli
  88. 16:50Erik Cernak hit Kirby Dach
  89. 17:30Brayden Point Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  90. 17:34Brayden Point Interference - Goalkeeper against Jakub Dobes
  91. 17:34Darren Raddysh Roughing against Jake Evans
  92. 17:34Alexandre Texier Roughing against Charle-Edouard D'Astous
  93. 17:34Darren Raddysh Roughing against Jake Evans
  94. 17:34Jake Evans Roughing against Darren Raddysh
  95. 17:34Jake Evans Misconduct
  96. 17:34Darren Raddysh Misconduct
  97. 17:34Alexandre Texier Misconduct
  98. 17:34Charle-Edouard D'Astous Misconduct
  99. 17:34Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Anthony Cirelli
  100. 18:02Juraj Slafkovský Snap Shot Wide Right
  101. 18:29Giveaway by Juraj Slafkovský
  102. 18:53Puck in Benches
  103. 18:53Anthony Cirelli faceoff won against Alex Newhook
  104. 19:15Takeaway by Noah Dobson
  105. 19:24Alex Newhook shot blocked by Anthony Cirelli
  106. 19:28Noah Dobson Slap Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  107. 20:00End of 2nd Period

3rd

  1. 0:00Start of 3rd Period
  2. 0:00Oliver Kapanen faceoff won against Yanni Gourde
  3. 0:06Oliver Bjorkstrand hit Adam Engstrom
  4. 0:19Ivan Demidov Tip-In saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  5. 0:30Oliver Kapanen Slap Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  6. 0:35Oliver Kapanen hit Erik Cernak
  7. 0:45Giveaway by Juraj Slafkovský
  8. 0:47Nikita Kucherov Snap Shot High and Wide Right
  9. 0:53Giveaway by Nikita Kucherov
  10. 1:01Emil Lilleberg hit Juraj Slafkovský
  11. 1:05Giveaway by Anthony Cirelli
  12. 1:05Noah Dobson shot blocked by Nick Suzuki
  13. 1:18Emil Lilleberg hit Cole Caufield
  14. 1:29Giveaway by Jakub Dobes
  15. 1:37Noah Dobson hit Emil Lilleberg
  16. 1:51Hand Pass
  17. 1:51Phillip Danault faceoff won against Yanni Gourde
  18. 2:28Giveaway by Lane Hutson
  19. 2:33Takeaway by Lane Hutson
  20. 2:47Yanni Gourde hit Noah Dobson
  21. 2:49Corey Perry Snap Shot High and Wide Right
  22. 2:50Noah Dobson hit Yanni Gourde
  23. 3:16Giveaway by Ivan Demidov
  24. 3:28Joseph Veleno hit Ryan McDonagh
  25. 4:51Takeaway by Oliver Bjorkstrand
  26. 5:13Alex Newhook hit Erik Cernak
  27. 5:19Adam Engstrom hit Yanni Gourde
  28. 5:20Arber Xhekaj hit Jakob Pelletier
  29. 5:28Giveaway by Emil Lilleberg
  30. 6:17Takeaway by Oliver Kapanen
  31. 6:23Erik Cernak hit Ivan Demidov
  32. 6:49Juraj Slafkovský hit Jake Guentzel
  33. 7:17Noah Dobson hit Oliver Bjorkstrand
  34. 7:35Giveaway by Yanni Gourde
  35. 7:40Takeaway by Yanni Gourde
  36. 7:43J.J. Moser Snap Shot Wide Right
  37. 7:54Yanni Gourde Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  38. 7:56Goalie Stopped
  39. 7:56Phillip Danault faceoff won against Brayden Point
  40. 8:07Kirby Dach hit Charle-Edouard D'Astous
  41. 8:15Jayden Struble Snap Shot Wide Left
  42. 8:35Gage Goncalves Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  43. 8:43Icing
  44. 8:43Anthony Cirelli faceoff won against Phillip Danault
  45. 8:50Ryan McDonagh shot blocked by Jayden Struble
  46. 9:11Takeaway by Nick Suzuki
  47. 9:14Nick Suzuki Snap Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  48. 9:23Nikita Kucherov Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  49. 9:25Goalie Stopped
  50. 9:25Nick Paul faceoff won against Oliver Kapanen
  51. 9:46Giveaway by Josh Anderson
  52. 10:01Adam Engstrom Snap Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  53. 10:13Gage Goncalves shot blocked by Josh Anderson
  54. 10:49Giveaway by Mike Matheson
  55. 10:51Brayden Point shot blocked by Noah Dobson
  56. 11:02Off-side
  57. 11:02J.J. Moser Roughing against Alex Newhook
  58. 11:02Anthony Cirelli faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  59. 11:24Erik Cernak hit Juraj Slafkovský
  60. 11:46Nick Suzuki shot blocked by Erik Cernak
  61. 13:16Giveaway by Emil Lilleberg
  62. 13:23Emil Lilleberg hit Joseph Veleno
  63. 13:36Giveaway by Joe Veleno
  64. 14:08Giveaway by Jakob Pelletier
  65. 14:20Jayden Struble hit Nick Paul
  66. 14:22Ivan Demidov Kneeing against Corey Perry
  67. 14:22TV Timeout
  68. 14:22Jake Guentzel faceoff won against Jake Evans
  69. 14:37Corey Perry Tip-In Wide Right
  70. 14:38Jake Guentzel Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  71. 14:49Joe Veleno Tip-In Wide Left
  72. 15:03Darren Raddysh Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  73. 15:42Darren Raddysh Snap Shot Wide Left
  74. 15:52Darren Raddysh Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  75. 16:03Nikita Kucherov Snap Shot High and Wide Right
  76. 16:06Puck in Netting
  77. 16:06Brayden Point faceoff won against Joseph Veleno
  78. 16:43Off-side
  79. 16:43Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Anthony Cirelli
  80. 17:00Juraj Slafkovský Snap Shot Wide Right
  81. 17:17Gage Goncalves shot blocked by Jayden Struble
  82. 17:31Lane Hutson hit Gage Goncalves
  83. 17:37Jayden Struble hit Nick Paul
  84. 17:47Jayden Struble hit Erik Cernak
  85. 18:01Charle-Edouard D'Astous Snap Shot Wide Left
  86. 18:09Darren Raddysh Goal (22) Snap Shot, assists: Nikita Kucherov (85), Gage Goncalves (21)
  87. 18:09Yanni Gourde faceoff won against Phillip Danault
  88. 18:25Kirby Dach hit Ryan McDonagh
  89. 18:40Kirby Dach hit Ryan McDonagh
  90. 18:54Giveaway by J.J. Moser
  91. 18:56Juraj Slafkovský Goal (30) Snap Shot, assists: Nick Suzuki (70)
  92. 18:56Timeout - Home
  93. 18:56Jake Evans faceoff won against Anthony Cirelli
  94. 18:59Takeaway by Darren Raddysh
  95. 19:12Jake Evans Backhand Wide Left
  96. 19:39Darren Raddysh Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  97. 19:45Icing
  98. 19:45Anthony Cirelli faceoff won against Jake Evans
  99. 19:48Puck in Benches
  100. 19:48Jake Evans faceoff won against Nick Paul
  101. 19:58Nick Suzuki Backhand Wide Right
  102. 20:00End of 3rd Period
  103. 20:00Game End

2nd

  1. 6:30TB 0, MTL 1Cole Caufield Goal (50) Snap Shot, assists: Nick Suzuki (69), Juraj Slafkovský (41)

3rd

  1. 18:09TB 1, MTL 1Darren Raddysh Goal (22) Snap Shot, assists: Nikita Kucherov (85), Gage Goncalves (21)
  2. 18:56TB 1, MTL 2Juraj Slafkovský Goal (30) Snap Shot, assists: Nick Suzuki (70)

Game leaders

LightningTampa Bay

CanadiensMontreal

Box score

ForwardsGA+/-SOGHTBSPIMTOIFO%SFLFWGVPNSMTKSHFTYTDGESTOIPPTOISHTOI
Anthony Cirelli C000032220:2852.91892100262313:040:027:22
Brayden Point C000000221:2225.01312100211813:347:480:00
Corey Perry RW001000213:170.0000013013167:495:280:00
Gage Goncalves C010011018:190.02000000221113:510:293:59
Jake Guentzel C00-1000026:3842.94430000283710:377:588:03
Jakob Pelletier LW00000107:060.010010001106:300:360:00
Nick Paul LW00-1031127:3860.002302001377:350:030:00
Nikita Kucherov RW010010223:120.01001121224315:427:300:00
Oliver Bjorkstrand RW000030210:460.0000110113118:531:530:00
Yanni Gourde C00-1060414:0544.4154311220910:000:004:05
Zemgus Girgensons C000011012:250.000010001897:540:004:31
DefenseGA+/-SOGHTBSPIMTOISFLFWGVPNSMTKFO%SHFTYTDGESTOIPPTOISHTOI
Darren Raddysh D1010011413:5950003110.010225:588:000:01
Charle-Edouard D'Astous D000000129:1200002100.01768:340:000:38
Declan Carlile D000001175:0200003000.0815:020:000:00
Emil Lilleberg D00-1041018:4300020000.023312:430:006:00
Erik Cernak D00-1042022:0510020000.029214:010:008:04
J.J. Moser D00-1020220:4100011100.025715:560:004:45
Ryan McDonagh D000012022:4710010000.027614:020:138:32
GoaliesSAGASVSV%TOIPIMSOSESSVPPSVSHSVSOSAYTDG
Andrei Vasilevskiy G21219.90558:1500117100

Video

1:20Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Montreal Canadiens: Game HighlightsESPN video
0:55Darren Raddysh tallies goal vs. Canadiens0:42Juraj Slafkovsky scores goal for Canadiens

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