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Montreal Canadiens at Tampa Bay Lightning, Postseason

Postseason

NHLApril 29, 2026Benchmark International Arena

CanadiensMontrealMTLWon

Canadiens 3, Lightning 2

Final
LightningTampa BayTB
Score by period
Team123T
MTL1113
TB0202

Scoring

Play-by-play

In order

1st

  1. 0:00Start of 1st Period
  2. 0:00Jake Evans faceoff won against Brayden Point
  3. 0:05Juraj Slafkovský hit Erik Cernak
  4. 0:24Takeaway by Ivan Demidov
  5. 0:26Ivan Demidov Wrist Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  6. 1:11Nick Suzuki hit J.J. Moser
  7. 1:19Nick Suzuki shot blocked by Anthony Cirelli
  8. 2:25Alexandre Texier hit Oliver Bjorkstrand
  9. 2:29Conor Geekie hit Arber Xhekaj
  10. 2:46Conor Geekie hit Brendan Gallagher
  11. 2:51Zemgus Girgensons hit Jayden Struble
  12. 2:55Alex Newhook shot blocked by Erik Cernak
  13. 3:00Brendan Gallagher Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Alex Newhook (1)
  14. 3:00Jake Evans faceoff won against Brayden Point
  15. 3:07Giveaway by Ivan Demidov
  16. 3:17J.J. Moser hit Jake Evans
  17. 3:25Giveaway by Ivan Demidov
  18. 3:40Brandon Hagel hit Ivan Demidov
  19. 3:45Juraj Slafkovský shot blocked by J.J. Moser
  20. 4:15Kaiden Guhle Snap Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  21. 4:16Goalie Stopped
  22. 4:16Kirby Dach faceoff won against Brayden Point
  23. 4:48Takeaway by Brayden Point
  24. 4:57Brandon Hagel Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  25. 5:15Giveaway by J.J. Moser
  26. 5:21Gage Goncalves Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  27. 5:28Arber Xhekaj hit Dominic James
  28. 6:02Brendan Gallagher hit Gage Goncalves
  29. 6:04Dominic James Wrist Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  30. 6:05Goalie Stopped
  31. 6:05Brayden Point faceoff won against Phillip Danault
  32. 6:24Nikita Kucherov Slap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  33. 6:25Goalie Stopped
  34. 6:25Phillip Danault faceoff won against Brayden Point
  35. 6:33Darren Raddysh hit Juraj Slafkovský
  36. 6:53Takeaway by Erik Cernak
  37. 6:59Takeaway by Nick Suzuki
  38. 7:13Kaiden Guhle hit Jake Guentzel
  39. 7:26Lane Hutson Wrist Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  40. 7:29Cole Caufield Wrist Shot Wide Right
  41. 7:30Ryan McDonagh High-sticking - double minor against Nick Suzuki
  42. 7:30Anthony Cirelli faceoff won against Juraj Slafkovský
  43. 7:51Nick Suzuki shot blocked by J.J. Moser
  44. 7:56Ivan Demidov shot blocked by Anthony Cirelli
  45. 8:22Ivan Demidov shot blocked by J.J. Moser
  46. 8:29Juraj Slafkovský Tip-In saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  47. 8:33Goalie Stopped
  48. 8:33Yanni Gourde faceoff won against Alex Newhook
  49. 9:19Brandon Hagel shot blocked by Alexandre Texier
  50. 9:43Mike Matheson Slap Shot Wide Left
  51. 9:56Giveaway by Zachary Bolduc
  52. 11:35Josh Anderson shot blocked by J.J. Moser
  53. 11:42Josh Anderson hit Brandon Hagel
  54. 11:46Brandon Hagel hit Alexandre Carrier
  55. 11:56Giveaway by Darren Raddysh
  56. 12:09Josh Anderson hit Emil Lilleberg
  57. 12:29Oliver Bjorkstrand Backhand Off Crossbar
  58. 12:30Kaiden Guhle hit Oliver Bjorkstrand
  59. 12:31Jake Guentzel Wrist Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  60. 12:50Brendan Gallagher hit Oliver Bjorkstrand
  61. 12:51Giveaway by Oliver Bjorkstrand
  62. 13:06Puck in Crowd
  63. 13:06Jake Evans Delaying Game - Puck over glass
  64. 13:06TV Timeout
  65. 13:06Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Jake Guentzel
  66. 13:18Darren Raddysh Slap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  67. 13:31Darren Raddysh Slap Shot Wide Left
  68. 13:40Nick Suzuki Backhand Wide Right
  69. 14:12Brayden Point Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  70. 14:42Giveaway by Dominic James
  71. 14:58Lane Hutson hit Anthony Cirelli
  72. 14:59Anthony Cirelli Backhand Wide Left
  73. 15:02Nick Suzuki hit J.J. Moser
  74. 15:03Off-side
  75. 15:03Yanni Gourde faceoff won against Juraj Slafkovský
  76. 15:09Zemgus Girgensons hit Alexandre Carrier
  77. 15:57Giveaway by Alexandre Texier
  78. 15:59Zachary Bolduc hit Conor Geekie
  79. 16:01Kirby Dach hit Emil Lilleberg
  80. 16:05Corey Perry Wrist Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  81. 16:07Goalie Stopped
  82. 16:07Jake Guentzel faceoff won against Josh Anderson
  83. 16:10Takeaway by Nick Suzuki
  84. 16:32Cole Caufield hit Darren Raddysh
  85. 16:49Nikita Kucherov hit Cole Caufield
  86. 16:51Darren Raddysh hit Nick Suzuki
  87. 17:11Phillip Danault hit Ryan McDonagh
  88. 17:52Yanni Gourde Holding the stick against Kaiden Guhle
  89. 17:52Kaiden Guhle Holding against Yanni Gourde
  90. 17:52Jake Evans faceoff won against Jake Guentzel
  91. 18:19Juraj Slafkovský Backhand saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  92. 18:23Ivan Demidov hit J.J. Moser
  93. 18:51Puck Frozen - Goalie
  94. 18:51Phillip Danault faceoff won against Anthony Cirelli
  95. 19:24Nick Suzuki hit Max Crozier
  96. 20:00End of 1st Period

2nd

  1. 0:00Start of 2nd Period
  2. 0:00Phillip Danault faceoff won against Brayden Point
  3. 1:08Erik Cernak shot blocked by Lane Hutson
  4. 1:13Lane Hutson Delaying Game - Puck over glass
  5. 1:13Jake Evans faceoff won against Jake Guentzel
  6. 1:36Brandon Hagel shot blocked by Alexandre Carrier
  7. 1:44Giveaway by Brandon Hagel
  8. 3:02Giveaway by Alexandre Carrier
  9. 3:09J.J. Moser shot blocked by Jake Evans
  10. 3:15J.J. Moser shot blocked by Jake Evans
  11. 3:24Alex Newhook Deflected Wide Right
  12. 3:25Alex Newhook Wrist Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  13. 3:27Alex Newhook shot blocked by Dominic James
  14. 3:28Goalie Stopped
  15. 3:28Kirby Dach faceoff won against Yanni Gourde
  16. 3:33Jayden Struble shot blocked by Oliver Bjorkstrand
  17. 3:42Emil Lilleberg hit Kirby Dach
  18. 4:05Emil Lilleberg hit Jayden Struble
  19. 4:12Max Crozier Wrist Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  20. 4:14Max Crozier shot blocked by Kirby Dach
  21. 4:17Goalie Stopped
  22. 4:17Arber Xhekaj Roughing against Max Crozier
  23. 4:17Anthony Cirelli faceoff won against Jake Evans
  24. 4:27Giveaway by Nikita Kucherov
  25. 4:31Jake Evans Snap Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  26. 4:32Jake Evans Wrist Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  27. 5:02Nikita Kucherov Wrist Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  28. 5:07Nikita Kucherov Slap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  29. 5:08Goalie Stopped
  30. 5:08Jake Evans faceoff won against Anthony Cirelli
  31. 5:39Nikita Kucherov Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  32. 5:41Puck in Netting
  33. 5:41Phillip Danault faceoff won against Jake Guentzel
  34. 6:10Darren Raddysh Slap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  35. 6:13Darren Raddysh hit Alexandre Carrier
  36. 6:49Dominic James Goal (1) Snap Shot, assists: Gage Goncalves (1), Yanni Gourde (1)
  37. 6:49Kirby Dach faceoff won against Gage Goncalves
  38. 7:00Kirby Dach Goal (2) Wrist Shot, assists: Zachary Bolduc (3), Kaiden Guhle (2)
  39. 7:00Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Anthony Cirelli
  40. 7:15Josh Anderson Wrist Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  41. 7:21Josh Anderson hit Jake Guentzel
  42. 7:37Josh Anderson Tip-In High and Wide Right
  43. 7:39Puck in Netting
  44. 7:39Anthony Cirelli faceoff won against Kirby Dach
  45. 7:46Kirby Dach hit Anthony Cirelli
  46. 8:08Anthony Cirelli Wrist Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  47. 8:11Brandon Hagel Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  48. 8:14Goalie Stopped
  49. 8:14Jake Evans faceoff won against Dominic James
  50. 8:30Takeaway by J.J. Moser
  51. 8:40Darren Raddysh Snap Shot Hit Left Post
  52. 8:47Oliver Bjorkstrand Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  53. 8:49Goalie Stopped
  54. 8:49Phillip Danault faceoff won against Conor Geekie
  55. 8:56Alex Newhook Snap Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  56. 8:59Alex Newhook hit Max Crozier
  57. 9:09Brendan Gallagher hit Emil Lilleberg
  58. 9:15Max Crozier shot blocked by Alex Newhook
  59. 9:48Zemgus Girgensons hit Josh Anderson
  60. 10:02Jake Guentzel hit Lane Hutson
  61. 10:06Kaiden Guhle Slap Shot High and Wide Right
  62. 10:08Puck in Netting
  63. 10:08Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Anthony Cirelli
  64. 10:09Kaiden Guhle Snap Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  65. 10:21Erik Cernak Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  66. 10:31Puck Frozen - Goalie
  67. 10:31Anthony Cirelli faceoff won against Kirby Dach
  68. 10:36Puck in Crowd
  69. 10:36Kirby Dach faceoff won against Zemgus Girgensons
  70. 10:45Off-side
  71. 10:45Kirby Dach faceoff won against Brayden Point
  72. 10:55Giveaway by Zachary Bolduc
  73. 11:05Takeaway by Kirby Dach
  74. 11:21Nikita Kucherov Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  75. 11:44Darren Raddysh Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  76. 11:47Dominic James hit Arber Xhekaj
  77. 12:03Icing
  78. 12:03Jake Evans faceoff won against Dominic James
  79. 12:45Giveaway by Dominic James
  80. 12:54Jayden Struble hit Oliver Bjorkstrand
  81. 13:29Mike Matheson Slap Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  82. 13:38Puck Frozen - Goalie
  83. 13:38Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Anthony Cirelli
  84. 14:45Takeaway by Conor Geekie
  85. 14:47Conor Geekie Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  86. 14:59Giveaway by Corey Perry
  87. 15:40Oliver Bjorkstrand hit Kaiden Guhle
  88. 15:43Icing
  89. 15:43Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Dominic James
  90. 15:46Lane Hutson shot blocked by Dominic James
  91. 16:04Kaiden Guhle hit Emil Lilleberg
  92. 16:08Oliver Bjorkstrand Backhand saved by Jakub Dobes
  93. 16:26Juraj Slafkovský Wrist Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  94. 16:31Giveaway by Ryan McDonagh
  95. 16:49Alexandre Carrier shot blocked by Oliver Bjorkstrand
  96. 16:57Josh Anderson Snap Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  97. 17:06Giveaway by Mike Matheson
  98. 17:14Mike Matheson shot blocked by Ryan McDonagh
  99. 17:23Jake Guentzel Goal (2) Snap Shot, assists: none
  100. 17:23Brayden Point faceoff won against Kirby Dach
  101. 17:33Off-side
  102. 17:33Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Anthony Cirelli
  103. 17:48Lane Hutson shot blocked by Brandon Hagel
  104. 17:54Cole Caufield Wrist Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  105. 17:57Off-side
  106. 17:57Jake Evans faceoff won against Yanni Gourde
  107. 18:13Jake Evans hit J.J. Moser
  108. 18:17Jake Evans shot blocked by Darren Raddysh
  109. 18:19Ivan Demidov Wrist Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  110. 18:21Goalie Stopped
  111. 18:21Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Anthony Cirelli
  112. 18:24Kaiden Guhle Slap Shot Wide Right
  113. 18:48Giveaway by Erik Cernak
  114. 19:15Brendan Gallagher shot blocked by Erik Cernak
  115. 19:55Gage Goncalves hit Phillip Danault
  116. 20:00End of 2nd Period

3rd

  1. 0:00Start of 3rd Period
  2. 0:00Jake Evans faceoff won against Yanni Gourde
  3. 0:20Puck Frozen - Skater
  4. 0:20Anthony Cirelli faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  5. 0:22Darren Raddysh Wrist Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  6. 0:24Goalie Stopped
  7. 0:24Anthony Cirelli faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  8. 0:28Darren Raddysh Wrist Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  9. 0:30Nikita Kucherov shot blocked by Alexandre Carrier
  10. 1:06Alexandre Texier Goal (2) Snap Shot, assists: Lane Hutson (3), Nick Suzuki (5)
  11. 1:06Kirby Dach faceoff won against Dominic James
  12. 1:20Kirby Dach hit Emil Lilleberg
  13. 1:27Kaiden Guhle hit Dominic James
  14. 1:40Zachary Bolduc hit Emil Lilleberg
  15. 1:58Jayden Struble hit Conor Geekie
  16. 2:09Giveaway by Arber Xhekaj
  17. 2:10Zemgus Girgensons Tip-In Hit Left Post
  18. 2:42Ivan Demidov Tip-In saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  19. 3:04Giveaway by Juraj Slafkovský
  20. 3:21Off-side
  21. 3:21Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Anthony Cirelli
  22. 3:46Max Crozier Snap Shot Wide Right
  23. 3:53Ryan McDonagh Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  24. 3:56Goalie Stopped
  25. 3:56Jake Evans faceoff won against Dominic James
  26. 4:11Oliver Bjorkstrand Snap Shot Wide Left
  27. 4:40Takeaway by Phillip Danault
  28. 4:49Conor Geekie hit Kaiden Guhle
  29. 5:01Jayden Struble Slap Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  30. 5:22Jayden Struble hit Zemgus Girgensons
  31. 5:55Jake Evans hit Emil Lilleberg
  32. 6:14Giveaway by Nikita Kucherov
  33. 6:18Darren Raddysh hit Juraj Slafkovský
  34. 6:22Ivan Demidov hit Emil Lilleberg
  35. 6:52Giveaway by Brandon Hagel
  36. 7:25Brandon Hagel shot blocked by Mike Matheson
  37. 7:34Max Crozier shot blocked by Mike Matheson
  38. 7:52Icing
  39. 7:52Phillip Danault faceoff won against Dominic James
  40. 7:55Arber Xhekaj Slap Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  41. 8:03Alex Newhook hit Darren Raddysh
  42. 8:09Brendan Gallagher shot blocked by Ryan McDonagh
  43. 8:14Giveaway by Gage Goncalves
  44. 8:17Jayden Struble Wrist Shot Wide Right
  45. 8:31Oliver Bjorkstrand hit Jayden Struble
  46. 8:37Puck in Crowd
  47. 8:37Anthony Cirelli faceoff won against Phillip Danault
  48. 8:46Brandon Hagel hit Lane Hutson
  49. 9:31Giveaway by Josh Anderson
  50. 9:33Giveaway by Jake Guentzel
  51. 9:47Brayden Point shot blocked by Kirby Dach
  52. 10:35Takeaway by Juraj Slafkovský
  53. 10:54Kaiden Guhle shot blocked by Oliver Bjorkstrand
  54. 11:26Jake Evans Slap Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  55. 11:35Giveaway by J.J. Moser
  56. 11:36Brendan Gallagher Snap Shot Above Crossbar
  57. 12:01Jayden Struble hit Conor Geekie
  58. 12:03Giveaway by Conor Geekie
  59. 12:11Phillip Danault hit Max Crozier
  60. 12:26Josh Anderson hit Corey Perry
  61. 13:05Alexandre Texier Snap Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  62. 13:21Lane Hutson shot blocked by J.J. Moser
  63. 13:30Giveaway by Nikita Kucherov
  64. 13:56Brandon Hagel Backhand saved by Jakub Dobes
  65. 13:58Goalie Stopped
  66. 13:58Jake Evans faceoff won against Dominic James
  67. 15:48Icing
  68. 15:48Brayden Point faceoff won against Kirby Dach
  69. 15:58Zachary Bolduc hit Darren Raddysh
  70. 16:23Giveaway by J.J. Moser
  71. 16:29Darren Raddysh hit Alex Newhook
  72. 16:50Ryan McDonagh Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  73. 16:53Puck in Netting
  74. 16:53Jake Evans faceoff won against Dominic James
  75. 17:20Gage Goncalves Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  76. 17:25Giveaway by Lane Hutson
  77. 17:25J.J. Moser Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  78. 17:27Goalie Stopped
  79. 17:27Anthony Cirelli faceoff won against Jake Evans
  80. 17:29Nikita Kucherov Slap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  81. 17:37Brandon Hagel shot blocked by Alexandre Carrier
  82. 17:46Jake Guentzel Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  83. 17:48Goalie Stopped
  84. 17:48Brayden Point faceoff won against Phillip Danault
  85. 18:03Icing
  86. 18:03Anthony Cirelli faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  87. 18:12Brandon Hagel Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  88. 18:28Anthony Cirelli Backhand saved by Jakub Dobes
  89. 18:30Darren Raddysh Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  90. 18:32Puck in Netting
  91. 18:32Timeout - Visitor
  92. 18:32Brayden Point faceoff won against Phillip Danault
  93. 18:35Nikita Kucherov Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  94. 18:57Icing
  95. 18:57Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Anthony Cirelli
  96. 19:07Anthony Cirelli Tip-In saved by Jakub Dobes
  97. 19:14Nikita Kucherov Slap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  98. 19:20Nikita Kucherov shot blocked by Juraj Slafkovský
  99. 19:35Jake Guentzel Slap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  100. 19:41Brayden Point shot blocked by Mike Matheson
  101. 19:51Jake Guentzel shot blocked by Mike Matheson
  102. 19:57Brandon Hagel shot blocked by Alexandre Carrier
  103. 19:59Brandon Hagel Slap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  104. 20:00End of 3rd Period
  105. 20:00Game End

1st

  1. 3:00MTL 1, TB 0Brendan Gallagher Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Alex Newhook (1)

2nd

  1. 6:49MTL 1, TB 1Dominic James Goal (1) Snap Shot, assists: Gage Goncalves (1), Yanni Gourde (1)
  2. 7:00MTL 2, TB 1Kirby Dach Goal (2) Wrist Shot, assists: Zachary Bolduc (3), Kaiden Guhle (2)
  3. 17:23MTL 2, TB 2Jake Guentzel Goal (2) Snap Shot, assists: none

3rd

  1. 1:06MTL 3, TB 2Alexandre Texier Goal (2) Snap Shot, assists: Lane Hutson (3), Nick Suzuki (5)

Game leaders

CanadiensMontreal

LightningTampa Bay

Box score

ForwardsGA+/-SOGHTBSPIMTOIFO%SFLFWGVPNSMTKSHFTYTDGESTOIPPTOISHTOI
Alexandre Texier LW102011013:400.0200100018212:071:330:00
Brendan Gallagher RW10103006:480.010000101016:480:000:00
Kirby Dach C102032011:4660.0146000118210:071:390:00
Alex Newhook C010021014:350.0210001019010:060:583:31
Cole Caufield RW000010013:130.0100001017111:002:130:00
Ivan Demidov RW00-1020011:070.030020011508:452:190:03
Jake Evans C000022215:1485.73212010022012:440:132:17
Josh Anderson RW00-1040015:320.0210101021212:540:122:26
Juraj Slafkovsky LW00-1011019:270.0320100120316:372:470:03
Nick Suzuki C01-1030020:4275.0039001224017:192:081:15
Phillip Danault C000020019:4060.0046000121017:010:142:25
Zack Bolduc RW012030013:260.0000200019111:571:290:00
DefenseGA+/-SOGHTBSPIMTOISFLFWGVPNSMTKFO%SHFTYTDGESTOIPPTOISHTOI
Alexandre Carrier D00-1004023:2700010000.030019:360:153:36
Arber Xhekaj D00101029:5410011000.01309:540:000:00
Jayden Struble D001040010:2310000100.014010:230:000:00
Kaiden Guhle D011040221:4120001200.026018:480:002:53
Lane Hutson D011011223:3110011000.026220:092:470:35
Mike Matheson D00-1004027:5410010100.028021:451:134:56
GoaliesSAGASVSV%TOIPIMSOSESSVPPSVSHSVSOSAYTDG
Jakub Dobes G40238.95060:0000326000

Video

0:24Andrei Vasilevskiy makes beautiful save0:49Alexandre Texier puts Canadiens up for good at start of 3rd0:55Dominic James scores to tie it up for Tampa0:53Jake Guentzel ties it for Tampa to make it a game again
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