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Tampa Bay Lightning at Montreal Canadiens, Postseason

Postseason

NHLApril 24, 2026Bell Centre

LightningTampa BayTB

Lightning 2, Canadiens 3

Final/OT
CanadiensMontrealMTLWon
Score by period
Team123OTT
TB11002
MTL11013

Scoring

Play-by-play

In order

1st

  1. 0:00Start of 1st Period
  2. 0:00Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Yanni Gourde
  3. 0:14Juraj Slafkovský hit J.J. Moser
  4. 0:27Nikita Kucherov shot blocked by Lane Hutson
  5. 1:04Giveaway by Scott Sabourin
  6. 1:04Phillip Danault Slap Shot Wide Right
  7. 1:10Mike Matheson Snap Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  8. 1:18Josh Anderson hit Ryan McDonagh
  9. 1:20Arber Xhekaj hit Scott Sabourin
  10. 1:25Nick Paul hit Jayden Struble
  11. 1:35Alex Newhook Snap Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  12. 1:39Giveaway by Ivan Demidov
  13. 1:45Dominic James Tip-In Wide Right
  14. 2:26Puck in Crowd
  15. 2:26Yanni Gourde faceoff won against Kirby Dach
  16. 2:33Kaiden Guhle hit Jake Guentzel
  17. 2:47Giveaway by Ryan McDonagh
  18. 3:00Lane Hutson hit Zemgus Girgensons
  19. 3:02Yanni Gourde hit Kaiden Guhle
  20. 3:13J.J. Moser hit Kaiden Guhle
  21. 3:38Alexandre Carrier Slap Shot Wide Left
  22. 3:40Puck in Netting
  23. 3:40Anthony Cirelli faceoff won against Jake Evans
  24. 3:58Jake Evans hit Darren Raddysh
  25. 4:01Takeaway by Nikita Kucherov
  26. 4:04Mike Matheson hit Brandon Hagel
  27. 4:18Giveaway by Scott Sabourin
  28. 4:30Nick Paul hit Kirby Dach
  29. 4:45Giveaway by Brayden Point
  30. 4:53Alexandre Texier Goal (1) Snap Shot, assists: Zachary Bolduc (1), Kirby Dach (1)
  31. 4:53Yanni Gourde faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  32. 5:06Brandon Hagel hit Lane Hutson
  33. 5:29Net Dislodged Defensive Skater
  34. 5:29Alex Newhook faceoff won against Yanni Gourde
  35. 5:51Zemgus Girgensons hit Alex Newhook
  36. 5:59J.J. Moser Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  37. 6:01Zemgus Girgensons Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  38. 6:06Jakub Dobes Tripping against Yanni Gourde served by Ivan Demidov
  39. 6:06TV Timeout
  40. 6:06Jake Evans faceoff won against Anthony Cirelli
  41. 6:10Mike Matheson Snap Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  42. 6:35Nikita Kucherov Slap Shot Wide Left
  43. 7:18Nikita Kucherov Slap Shot Wide Right
  44. 7:29Nikita Kucherov shot blocked by Lane Hutson
  45. 7:32Puck Frozen - Skater
  46. 7:32Jake Evans faceoff won against Brayden Point
  47. 7:42Brayden Point Goal (1) Snap Shot, assists: Jake Guentzel (5), Nikita Kucherov (3)
  48. 7:42Kirby Dach faceoff won against Anthony Cirelli
  49. 7:57Zachary Bolduc Snap Shot Wide Left
  50. 8:12Kirby Dach Tripping against Dominic James
  51. 8:12Jake Evans faceoff won against Anthony Cirelli
  52. 8:44Darren Raddysh Slap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  53. 8:51Jake Guentzel shot blocked by Alex Newhook
  54. 9:54Corey Perry Slap Shot Off Crossbar
  55. 10:01Nick Paul Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  56. 10:10Dominic James Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  57. 10:48Zemgus Girgensons hit Lane Hutson
  58. 11:27Giveaway by Ivan Demidov
  59. 11:27Declan Carlile hit Ivan Demidov
  60. 11:37Alex Newhook shot blocked by Emil Lilleberg
  61. 11:38Puck in Netting
  62. 11:38Nick Paul faceoff won against Juraj Slafkovský
  63. 12:23Nikita Kucherov Tripping against Alexandre Carrier
  64. 12:23Anthony Cirelli faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  65. 13:03Giveaway by Lane Hutson
  66. 13:53Zachary Bolduc Snap Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  67. 14:14Takeaway by Erik Cernak
  68. 14:17Off-side
  69. 14:17Brayden Point faceoff won against Phillip Danault
  70. 14:36Josh Anderson Snap Shot Wide Right
  71. 14:42Phillip Danault Tip-In saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  72. 14:53Brayden Point hit Alexandre Carrier
  73. 15:22Declan Carlile hit Oliver Kapanen
  74. 15:24Jayden Struble shot blocked by Zemgus Girgensons
  75. 15:25Zemgus Girgensons hit Jayden Struble
  76. 16:23Nikita Kucherov shot blocked by Kaiden Guhle
  77. 16:24Erik Cernak shot blocked by Lane Hutson
  78. 16:57Jayden Struble shot blocked by J.J. Moser
  79. 17:07Jayden Struble hit J.J. Moser
  80. 17:10Giveaway by Nick Suzuki
  81. 17:14Nick Suzuki hit Dominic James
  82. 17:17Zachary Bolduc Wrist Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  83. 17:31Arber Xhekaj Slap Shot Wide Left
  84. 17:34Kirby Dach Snap Shot Off Crossbar
  85. 17:56Declan Carlile hit Oliver Kapanen
  86. 18:31Declan Carlile Slap Shot Wide Right
  87. 18:56Nick Paul hit Lane Hutson
  88. 19:02Scott Sabourin Slap Shot High and Wide Left
  89. 19:04Puck in Netting
  90. 19:04Anthony Cirelli faceoff won against Jake Evans
  91. 19:11Mike Matheson Hooking against Brandon Hagel
  92. 19:11Jake Evans faceoff won against Jake Guentzel
  93. 19:45Off-side
  94. 19:45Jake Evans faceoff won against Jake Guentzel
  95. 19:59Kaiden Guhle hit Darren Raddysh
  96. 20:00End of 1st Period

2nd

  1. 0:00Start of 2nd Period
  2. 0:00Phillip Danault faceoff won against Jake Guentzel
  3. 0:28Brandon Hagel Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  4. 0:30Kaiden Guhle hit Nikita Kucherov
  5. 1:12Darren Raddysh Wrist Shot Short
  6. 1:14Nikita Kucherov Wrist Shot Wide Right
  7. 1:50Juraj Slafkovský shot blocked by Erik Cernak
  8. 1:51Puck in Netting
  9. 1:51Anthony Cirelli faceoff won against Kirby Dach
  10. 2:03Anthony Cirelli hit Kirby Dach
  11. 2:14Nikita Kucherov Snap Shot Wide Right
  12. 2:19Nikita Kucherov shot blocked by Zachary Bolduc
  13. 2:23Anthony Cirelli Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  14. 2:31Puck in Benches
  15. 2:31Alex Newhook faceoff won against Yanni Gourde
  16. 2:34Arber Xhekaj hit Yanni Gourde
  17. 2:48Arber Xhekaj hit Zemgus Girgensons
  18. 2:57Arber Xhekaj hit Yanni Gourde
  19. 2:58Zemgus Girgensons shot blocked by Alex Newhook
  20. 3:03Dominic James hit Arber Xhekaj
  21. 3:13Cole Caufield hit Darren Raddysh
  22. 3:21J.J. Moser Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  23. 3:27J.J. Moser Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  24. 3:29Goalie Stopped
  25. 3:29Anthony Cirelli faceoff won against Phillip Danault
  26. 3:40Jake Evans hit Nick Paul
  27. 3:59Scott Sabourin hit Jake Evans
  28. 4:03Phillip Danault Snap Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  29. 4:32Nikita Kucherov Slap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  30. 4:42Giveaway by Jake Evans
  31. 4:47Brandon Hagel Goal (4) Snap Shot, assists: none
  32. 4:47Jakub Dobes Unsportsmanlike conduct against Nikita Kucherov served by Jake Evans
  33. 4:47Erik Cernak Unsportsmanlike conduct against Jakub Dobes
  34. 4:47Anthony Cirelli faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  35. 5:28Brandon Hagel shot blocked by Lane Hutson
  36. 6:00Ivan Demidov Snap Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  37. 6:13J.J. Moser shot blocked by Alexandre Carrier
  38. 6:35J.J. Moser Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  39. 6:44Takeaway by Jake Guentzel
  40. 7:05Declan Carlile hit Zachary Bolduc
  41. 7:26Jayden Struble Snap Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  42. 7:33Alexandre Texier hit Declan Carlile
  43. 7:39Arber Xhekaj Snap Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  44. 7:41Goalie Stopped
  45. 7:41Jake Evans faceoff won against Anthony Cirelli
  46. 8:18Puck in Benches
  47. 8:18Yanni Gourde faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  48. 8:39Giveaway by Nick Suzuki
  49. 8:44Zemgus Girgensons hit Juraj Slafkovský
  50. 8:51Jake Guentzel hit Kaiden Guhle
  51. 9:08Gage Goncalves hit Juraj Slafkovský
  52. 9:25Giveaway by Mike Matheson
  53. 9:28Takeaway by Alex Newhook
  54. 9:33Mike Matheson Snap Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  55. 9:40Giveaway by Brayden Point
  56. 9:41Giveaway by Mike Matheson
  57. 9:59Ivan Demidov High-sticking against Ryan McDonagh
  58. 9:59Jake Guentzel faceoff won against Jake Evans
  59. 10:57Alex Newhook Snap Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  60. 11:15Nikita Kucherov Snap Shot Above Crossbar
  61. 11:33Off-side
  62. 11:33Nick Paul faceoff won against Phillip Danault
  63. 12:32Kirby Dach Snap Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  64. 12:43Kirby Dach Goal (1) Snap Shot, assists: Arber Xhekaj (1)
  65. 12:43Alex Newhook faceoff won against Yanni Gourde
  66. 13:19Yanni Gourde hit Alex Newhook
  67. 14:05Brandon Hagel Holding the stick against Cole Caufield
  68. 14:05TV Timeout
  69. 14:05Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Anthony Cirelli
  70. 14:25Juraj Slafkovský Snap Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  71. 14:27Goalie Stopped
  72. 14:27Anthony Cirelli faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  73. 14:38Ivan Demidov shot blocked by Ryan McDonagh
  74. 15:07Takeaway by Anthony Cirelli
  75. 15:26Lane Hutson shot blocked by Zemgus Girgensons
  76. 16:14Emil Lilleberg Hooking against Alex Newhook
  77. 16:14TV Timeout
  78. 16:14Anthony Cirelli faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  79. 16:59Giveaway by Brandon Hagel
  80. 17:10Ivan Demidov Slap Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  81. 17:20Lane Hutson Snap Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  82. 17:22Goalie Stopped
  83. 17:22Anthony Cirelli faceoff won against Alex Newhook
  84. 17:49Takeaway by Jake Guentzel
  85. 18:20Zachary Bolduc Snap Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  86. 19:07J.J. Moser hit Jake Evans
  87. 19:08Josh Anderson shot blocked by Declan Carlile
  88. 19:29Darren Raddysh High-sticking against Jake Evans
  89. 19:29Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Anthony Cirelli
  90. 19:46Lane Hutson shot blocked by Erik Cernak
  91. 19:57Ivan Demidov Snap Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  92. 19:58Goalie Stopped
  93. 19:58Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Brayden Point
  94. 20:00End of 2nd Period

3rd

  1. 0:00Start of 3rd Period
  2. 0:00Anthony Cirelli faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  3. 0:24Giveaway by Ivan Demidov
  4. 1:22Giveaway by Mike Matheson
  5. 1:36Josh Anderson hit Emil Lilleberg
  6. 1:45Mike Matheson Snap Shot Above Crossbar
  7. 1:52Jake Evans Slap Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  8. 2:00Takeaway by Yanni Gourde
  9. 2:05Icing
  10. 2:05Yanni Gourde faceoff won against Kirby Dach
  11. 2:32Icing
  12. 2:32Kirby Dach faceoff won against Dominic James
  13. 2:57Zachary Bolduc hit Darren Raddysh
  14. 3:05Dominic James shot blocked by Kaiden Guhle
  15. 3:10Dominic James Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  16. 3:12Goalie Stopped
  17. 3:12Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Yanni Gourde
  18. 3:23Ryan McDonagh shot blocked by Juraj Slafkovský
  19. 3:29Cole Caufield Snap Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  20. 3:47Giveaway by Zemgus Girgensons
  21. 4:08Giveaway by Mike Matheson
  22. 4:14Nikita Kucherov shot blocked by Alexandre Carrier
  23. 4:18Nikita Kucherov Snap Shot Wide Left
  24. 4:23Brandon Hagel shot blocked by Mike Matheson
  25. 4:49Phillip Danault Snap Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  26. 4:53Puck in Netting
  27. 4:53Brayden Point faceoff won against Alex Newhook
  28. 4:57Giveaway by Erik Cernak
  29. 5:04Arber Xhekaj hit Brayden Point
  30. 5:16Ivan Demidov hit Dominic James
  31. 5:19Declan Carlile hit Arber Xhekaj
  32. 5:25Declan Carlile hit Jayden Struble
  33. 5:30Arber Xhekaj Snap Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  34. 5:35Arber Xhekaj shot blocked by Declan Carlile
  35. 5:59Takeaway by Zemgus Girgensons
  36. 6:35Giveaway by Zachary Bolduc
  37. 6:37Lane Hutson hit Nikita Kucherov
  38. 6:48Icing
  39. 6:48Kirby Dach faceoff won against Anthony Cirelli
  40. 7:02Cole Caufield hit Darren Raddysh
  41. 7:04Alexandre Carrier Snap Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  42. 7:05Goalie Stopped
  43. 7:05Anthony Cirelli faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  44. 7:13Darren Raddysh hit Juraj Slafkovský
  45. 7:15Giveaway by Juraj Slafkovský
  46. 7:24Icing
  47. 7:24Alex Newhook faceoff won against Anthony Cirelli
  48. 7:26Ivan Demidov Tip-In High and Wide Left
  49. 7:57Emil Lilleberg Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  50. 8:01Alex Newhook hit J.J. Moser
  51. 8:06Brandon Hagel shot blocked by Kaiden Guhle
  52. 8:46Declan Carlile hit Jake Evans
  53. 8:49Darren Raddysh hit Josh Anderson
  54. 8:50Video Review
  55. 8:50Josh Anderson High-sticking against Declan Carlile
  56. 8:50Jake Evans faceoff won against Jake Guentzel
  57. 9:21Brandon Hagel shot blocked by Alexandre Carrier
  58. 9:48Takeaway by Kaiden Guhle
  59. 9:55Giveaway by Phillip Danault
  60. 10:05Gage Goncalves Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  61. 10:09Puck in Netting
  62. 10:09Nick Paul faceoff won against Jake Evans
  63. 10:50Corey Perry Tip-In Wide Right
  64. 10:57Josh Anderson Wrist Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  65. 11:13Phillip Danault shot blocked by J.J. Moser
  66. 11:21Josh Anderson hit Gage Goncalves
  67. 11:37Nick Suzuki Slap Shot Wide Left
  68. 12:10Puck Frozen - Goalie
  69. 12:10Alex Newhook faceoff won against Anthony Cirelli
  70. 12:54Jake Guentzel Snap Shot Hit Right Post
  71. 13:15Nick Suzuki Snap Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  72. 13:28Darren Raddysh hit Nick Suzuki
  73. 14:23Arber Xhekaj shot blocked by Nick Paul
  74. 14:24Puck in Netting
  75. 14:24Anthony Cirelli faceoff won against Kirby Dach
  76. 14:32Erik Cernak Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  77. 15:00Lane Hutson shot blocked by Dominic James
  78. 15:07Kaiden Guhle hit Gage Goncalves
  79. 15:10Giveaway by Josh Anderson
  80. 15:11Yanni Gourde hit Josh Anderson
  81. 15:26Puck Frozen - Goalie
  82. 15:26Jake Evans faceoff won against Zemgus Girgensons
  83. 15:39Jayden Struble hit Scott Sabourin
  84. 15:48Emil Lilleberg hit Jake Evans
  85. 15:51Arber Xhekaj hit Corey Perry
  86. 15:55Scott Sabourin shot blocked by Josh Anderson
  87. 16:02Puck Frozen - Goalie
  88. 16:02Emil Lilleberg Roughing against Arber Xhekaj
  89. 16:02Zemgus Girgensons Roughing against Phillip Danault
  90. 16:02Phillip Danault Roughing against Zemgus Girgensons
  91. 16:02Arber Xhekaj Roughing against Emil Lilleberg
  92. 16:02Anthony Cirelli faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  93. 16:08Giveaway by Darren Raddysh
  94. 16:33Nick Suzuki hit Brandon Hagel
  95. 16:34Off-side
  96. 16:34Brayden Point faceoff won against Alex Newhook
  97. 16:43Puck in Crowd
  98. 16:43Brayden Point faceoff won against Alex Newhook
  99. 16:56Giveaway by Kirby Dach
  100. 16:58Kirby Dach hit Jake Guentzel
  101. 17:25Lane Hutson hit Yanni Gourde
  102. 17:32Giveaway by Kaiden Guhle
  103. 17:54J.J. Moser shot blocked by Yanni Gourde
  104. 18:00J.J. Moser shot blocked by Zachary Bolduc
  105. 18:24Jake Evans hit Darren Raddysh
  106. 18:56Anthony Cirelli shot blocked by Alexandre Carrier
  107. 19:22Takeaway by Nick Paul
  108. 19:29Darren Raddysh shot blocked by Juraj Slafkovský
  109. 19:49Dominic James hit Lane Hutson
  110. 19:58Nick Suzuki Slap Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  111. 20:00End of 3rd Period

OT

  1. 0:00Start of Overtime
  2. 0:00Anthony Cirelli faceoff won against Phillip Danault
  3. 0:19Arber Xhekaj hit J.J. Moser
  4. 0:31Jake Evans shot blocked by J.J. Moser
  5. 0:42Josh Anderson hit J.J. Moser
  6. 0:44Arber Xhekaj hit Corey Perry
  7. 1:04Cole Caufield shot blocked by Erik Cernak
  8. 1:26Juraj Slafkovský hit Anthony Cirelli
  9. 2:00Takeaway by Zachary Bolduc
  10. 2:09Lane Hutson Goal (2) Slap Shot, assists: Alexandre Texier (1), Zachary Bolduc (2)
  11. 2:09End of OT
  12. 2:09Game End

1st

  1. 4:53TB 0, MTL 1Alexandre Texier Goal (1) Snap Shot, assists: Zachary Bolduc (1), Kirby Dach (1)
  2. 7:42TB 1, MTL 1Brayden Point Goal (1) Snap Shot, assists: Jake Guentzel (5), Nikita Kucherov (3)

2nd

  1. 4:47TB 2, MTL 1Brandon Hagel Goal (4) Snap Shot, assists: none
  2. 12:43TB 2, MTL 2Kirby Dach Goal (1) Snap Shot, assists: Arber Xhekaj (1)

OT

  1. 2:09TB 2, MTL 3Lane Hutson Goal (2) Slap Shot, assists: Alexandre Texier (1), Zachary Bolduc (2)

Game leaders

LightningTampa Bay

CanadiensMontreal

Box score

ForwardsGA+/-SOGHTBSPIMTOIFO%SFLFWGVPNSMTKSHFTYTDGESTOIPPTOISHTOI
Brandon Hagel LW101010224:580.0200110031414:257:103:23
Brayden Point C10-2010018:2266.7124200021111:366:300:16
Anthony Cirelli C001010017:5260.91914000130012:540:164:42
Corey Perry RW00-100009:320.000000201206:113:060:15
Dominic James C00-2021012:200.0210001017010:411:390:00
Gage Goncalves C00-2010016:040.0100000021014:061:550:03
Jake Guentzel C01-1010024:1720.0041001224014:137:582:06
Nick Paul LW00-103107:58100.010300011306:041:540:00
Nikita Kucherov RW011000220:350.0100016126112:397:560:00
Scott Sabourin RW00001003:440.00002010703:440:000:00
Yanni Gourde C000030016:0844.4054000125013:110:002:57
Zemgus Girgensons C000042213:180.0110110121011:050:002:13
DefenseGA+/-SOGHTBSPIMTOISFLFWGVPNSMTKFO%SHFTYTDGESTOIPPTOISHTOI
Darren Raddysh D00-1030226:1710011100.026119:007:170:00
Declan Carlile D00-2072011:2000000100.016010:050:001:15
Emil Lilleberg D00-2011414:2710002000.022012:080:002:19
Erik Cernak D001003217:5410011010.027013:260:004:28
J.J. Moser D000023025:2740000000.029119:372:193:31
Ryan McDonagh D000001020:1200010000.028015:400:004:32
GoaliesSAGASVSV%TOIPIMSOSESSVPPSVSHSVSOSAYTDG
Andrei Vasilevskiy G29326.89762:0900195200

Video

1:18Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Montreal Canadiens: Game HighlightsESPN video
0:50Alexandre Texier opens the scoring for the Canadiens0:47Brayden Point answers with equalizing goal for Tampa Bay1:02Tempers flare after Hagel puts Lightning ahead 2-11:18Phillip Danault bloodied as Canadiens-Lightning brawl erupts
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