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Montreal Canadiens at Tampa Bay Lightning, Postseason

Postseason

NHLMay 3, 2026Benchmark International Arena

CanadiensMontrealMTLWon

Canadiens 2, Lightning 1

Final
LightningTampa BayTB
Score by period
Team123T
MTL1012
TB0101

Scoring

Play-by-play

In order

1st

  1. 0:00Start of 1st Period
  2. 0:00Jake Evans faceoff won against Nick Paul
  3. 0:14Jake Evans hit Zemgus Girgensons
  4. 0:17Nick Paul hit Alexandre Carrier
  5. 0:22Icing
  6. 0:22Jake Evans faceoff won against Brayden Point
  7. 0:30Charle-Edouard D'Astous hit Alexandre Carrier
  8. 0:33Jake Evans hit Brayden Point
  9. 0:40Lane Hutson shot blocked by Emil Lilleberg
  10. 0:45Emil Lilleberg hit Ivan Demidov
  11. 1:05Cole Caufield hit Darren Raddysh
  12. 1:14Nikita Kucherov Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  13. 1:43Giveaway by Darren Raddysh
  14. 1:46Kaiden Guhle Snap Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  15. 1:48Goalie Stopped
  16. 1:48Phillip Danault faceoff won against Nick Paul
  17. 2:00Noah Dobson hit Zemgus Girgensons
  18. 2:20Yanni Gourde hit Lane Hutson
  19. 2:49Gage Goncalves hit Jayden Struble
  20. 3:05Ryan McDonagh Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  21. 3:15Takeaway by Ryan McDonagh
  22. 3:20Kirby Dach hit Erik Cernak
  23. 3:41Brayden Point Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  24. 3:43Jayden Struble hit Gage Goncalves
  25. 4:19Giveaway by Jake Guentzel
  26. 4:25Lane Hutson shot blocked by Anthony Cirelli
  27. 4:34Puck in Netting
  28. 4:34Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Anthony Cirelli
  29. 4:41Cole Caufield shot blocked by J.J. Moser
  30. 4:47Josh Anderson hit Darren Raddysh
  31. 4:54Puck in Benches
  32. 4:54Anthony Cirelli faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  33. 5:10Mike Matheson hit Nikita Kucherov
  34. 5:13J.J. Moser hit Cole Caufield
  35. 5:44Off-side
  36. 5:44Phillip Danault faceoff won against Nick Paul
  37. 6:00Brendan Gallagher shot blocked by Ryan McDonagh
  38. 6:03Zemgus Girgensons hit Kaiden Guhle
  39. 6:05Yanni Gourde hit Alex Newhook
  40. 6:09Lane Hutson shot blocked by Brendan Gallagher
  41. 6:15Alex Newhook hit Zemgus Girgensons
  42. 6:17Phillip Danault hit Erik Cernak
  43. 7:25Cole Caufield hit J.J. Moser
  44. 7:29Icing
  45. 7:29Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Anthony Cirelli
  46. 7:45Cole Caufield hit Anthony Cirelli
  47. 8:05Mike Matheson Wrist Shot Wide Left
  48. 8:34Icing
  49. 8:34Jake Evans faceoff won against Jake Guentzel
  50. 8:45Noah Dobson Slap Shot Wide Left
  51. 8:53Brayden Point Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  52. 9:02Juraj Slafkovský Snap Shot Hit Right Post
  53. 9:08Juraj Slafkovský Wrist Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  54. 9:30Icing
  55. 9:30Nick Paul faceoff won against Phillip Danault
  56. 9:36Kaiden Guhle hit Zemgus Girgensons
  57. 9:39Jayden Struble hit Yanni Gourde
  58. 9:59Kaiden Guhle hit Zemgus Girgensons
  59. 10:03Giveaway by Jakub Dobes
  60. 10:06Jayden Struble hit Yanni Gourde
  61. 10:28Dominic James Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  62. 10:31Darren Raddysh shot blocked by Zachary Bolduc
  63. 10:46Dominic James Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  64. 10:47Oliver Bjorkstrand shot blocked by Mike Matheson
  65. 10:52Oliver Bjorkstrand Snap Shot Wide Right
  66. 10:55Darren Raddysh Snap Shot High and Wide Left
  67. 10:57Kirby Dach hit Darren Raddysh
  68. 11:05Gage Goncalves Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  69. 11:11Oliver Bjorkstrand shot blocked by Gage Goncalves
  70. 11:18Zachary Bolduc Backhand High and Wide Right
  71. 11:37Josh Anderson hit Nikita Kucherov
  72. 11:38Cole Caufield Snap Shot Wide Right
  73. 12:15Juraj Slafkovský shot blocked by Erik Cernak
  74. 13:11Icing
  75. 13:11Nick Paul faceoff won against Phillip Danault
  76. 13:44Nick Paul Backhand Wide Right
  77. 13:57Icing
  78. 13:57Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Nick Paul
  79. 13:59Noah Dobson Slap Shot Wide Left
  80. 14:01Puck in Netting
  81. 14:01Anthony Cirelli faceoff won against Josh Anderson
  82. 14:10Brandon Hagel shot blocked by Noah Dobson
  83. 14:30Giveaway by Darren Raddysh
  84. 14:39Giveaway by Anthony Cirelli
  85. 14:46Cole Caufield hit Darren Raddysh
  86. 15:03Kirby Dach hit Gage Goncalves
  87. 15:22Alexandre Texier hit Ryan McDonagh
  88. 15:29Gage Goncalves Backhand saved by Jakub Dobes
  89. 15:44Jayden Struble hit Gage Goncalves
  90. 15:50Zemgus Girgensons hit Kaiden Guhle
  91. 16:25Nick Paul Wrist Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  92. 16:28Goalie Stopped
  93. 16:28Brayden Point faceoff won against Phillip Danault
  94. 17:25Alexandre Carrier Snap Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  95. 17:26Alexandre Carrier Snap Shot Wide Right
  96. 17:41Icing
  97. 17:41Anthony Cirelli faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  98. 18:15Giveaway by Darren Raddysh
  99. 18:20Kaiden Guhle Wrist Shot Wide Left
  100. 18:39Nick Suzuki Goal (1) Tip-In, assists: Kaiden Guhle (3), Josh Anderson (1)
  101. 18:39Jake Evans faceoff won against Dominic James
  102. 18:43Giveaway by Alexandre Carrier
  103. 18:54Ivan Demidov hit Gage Goncalves
  104. 19:07Net Dislodged Offensive Skater
  105. 19:07Phillip Danault faceoff won against Brayden Point
  106. 20:00End of 1st Period

2nd

  1. 0:00Start of 2nd Period
  2. 0:00Phillip Danault faceoff won against Nick Paul
  3. 0:16Phillip Danault hit Erik Cernak
  4. 0:28Zemgus Girgensons hit Alexandre Carrier
  5. 0:54Noah Dobson hit Oliver Bjorkstrand
  6. 0:56Nick Suzuki hit Oliver Bjorkstrand
  7. 0:58Giveaway by Noah Dobson
  8. 0:58Dominic James hit Noah Dobson
  9. 1:06Oliver Bjorkstrand Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  10. 1:10Oliver Bjorkstrand Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  11. 2:00Nikita Kucherov Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  12. 2:02Goalie Stopped
  13. 2:02Anthony Cirelli faceoff won against Alex Newhook
  14. 2:17Nikita Kucherov shot blocked by Alex Newhook
  15. 3:07Jake Guentzel Slap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  16. 3:12Charle-Edouard D'Astous Slap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  17. 3:14Mike Matheson Tripping against Anthony Cirelli
  18. 3:14Jake Evans faceoff won against Jake Guentzel
  19. 3:38Darren Raddysh Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  20. 3:41Goalie Stopped
  21. 3:41Jake Guentzel faceoff won against Phillip Danault
  22. 4:12Alexandre Carrier hit Jake Guentzel
  23. 4:19Brandon Hagel Wrist Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  24. 4:21Goalie Stopped
  25. 4:21Jake Evans faceoff won against Jake Guentzel
  26. 4:35Giveaway by Brandon Hagel
  27. 5:04Brayden Point Holding against Alex Newhook
  28. 5:04Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Anthony Cirelli
  29. 5:07Giveaway by Lane Hutson
  30. 5:16Jake Guentzel hit Lane Hutson
  31. 5:49Takeaway by Lane Hutson
  32. 6:23Giveaway by Cole Caufield
  33. 6:29Takeaway by Juraj Slafkovský
  34. 6:48Brandon Hagel hit Lane Hutson
  35. 7:18Takeaway by Brandon Hagel
  36. 7:21Brayden Point shot blocked by Nick Suzuki
  37. 7:24Noah Dobson hit Brandon Hagel
  38. 7:36Jake Guentzel Tip-In saved by Jakub Dobes
  39. 7:39Goalie Stopped
  40. 7:39Yanni Gourde faceoff won against Phillip Danault
  41. 7:56Kaiden Guhle shot blocked by Nick Paul
  42. 8:04Charle-Edouard D'Astous hit Lane Hutson
  43. 8:14Nick Paul Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  44. 8:31Ryan McDonagh shot blocked by Kaiden Guhle
  45. 9:05Giveaway by Dominic James
  46. 9:35Puck Frozen - Skater
  47. 9:35Anthony Cirelli faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  48. 9:50Darren Raddysh hit Nick Suzuki
  49. 10:05J.J. Moser Wrist Shot Wide Right
  50. 10:18Icing
  51. 10:18Brayden Point faceoff won against Jake Evans
  52. 10:22Corey Perry hit Lane Hutson
  53. 10:40Jake Guentzel Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  54. 10:43Puck in Netting
  55. 10:43Phillip Danault faceoff won against Gage Goncalves
  56. 10:49Icing
  57. 10:49Phillip Danault faceoff won against Dominic James
  58. 10:53Ryan McDonagh hit Juraj Slafkovský
  59. 11:16Giveaway by Ryan McDonagh
  60. 11:29Icing
  61. 11:29Phillip Danault faceoff won against Anthony Cirelli
  62. 12:33Kaiden Guhle Holding against Jake Guentzel
  63. 12:33Jake Evans faceoff won against Nick Paul
  64. 13:11Nick Paul Snap Shot Wide Left
  65. 13:27Dominic James Goal (2) Tip-In, assists: Charle-Edouard D'Astous (1), Gage Goncalves (2)
  66. 13:27Kirby Dach faceoff won against Anthony Cirelli
  67. 13:43Noah Dobson Slap Shot Wide Left
  68. 13:54Noah Dobson hit Brandon Hagel
  69. 13:57Brandon Hagel Tip-In saved by Jakub Dobes
  70. 14:08Zachary Bolduc hit Darren Raddysh
  71. 14:21Kaiden Guhle hit Darren Raddysh
  72. 14:25Icing
  73. 14:25Nick Paul faceoff won against Phillip Danault
  74. 14:33Zemgus Girgensons hit Alexandre Carrier
  75. 15:07Gage Goncalves Snap Shot Wide Right
  76. 15:22Too many men/ice served by Dominic James
  77. 15:22TV Timeout
  78. 15:22Anthony Cirelli faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  79. 16:32Nick Suzuki Wrist Shot Wide Right
  80. 16:53Juraj Slafkovský Tip-In Wide Right
  81. 17:31Giveaway by Darren Raddysh
  82. 17:32Kirby Dach hit Darren Raddysh
  83. 17:46Zachary Bolduc hit J.J. Moser
  84. 17:52Puck in Crowd
  85. 17:52Nick Paul faceoff won against Phillip Danault
  86. 17:59Icing
  87. 17:59Phillip Danault faceoff won against Nick Paul
  88. 18:03Hand Pass
  89. 18:03Phillip Danault faceoff won against Nick Paul
  90. 18:07Off-side
  91. 18:07Phillip Danault faceoff won against Oliver Bjorkstrand
  92. 18:27Puck in Crowd
  93. 18:27Nick Paul faceoff won against Alex Newhook
  94. 18:44Lane Hutson shot blocked by Yanni Gourde
  95. 18:46Puck in Netting
  96. 18:46Nick Paul faceoff won against Alex Newhook
  97. 19:13Lane Hutson hit Nick Paul
  98. 19:17Giveaway by Alex Newhook
  99. 19:18Yanni Gourde Tip-In Wide Right
  100. 19:58Giveaway by Alexandre Carrier
  101. 20:00End of 2nd Period

3rd

  1. 0:00Start of 3rd Period
  2. 0:00Anthony Cirelli faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  3. 0:21Alexandre Carrier hit Brandon Hagel
  4. 0:41Takeaway by Noah Dobson
  5. 0:48Nick Suzuki hit J.J. Moser
  6. 1:00Josh Anderson hit Darren Raddysh
  7. 1:15Cole Caufield hit Ryan McDonagh
  8. 1:19Giveaway by Noah Dobson
  9. 1:28Off-side
  10. 1:28Nick Paul faceoff won against Alex Newhook
  11. 1:44Nick Paul Snap Shot Wide Left
  12. 1:50Nick Paul hit Kaiden Guhle
  13. 2:04Takeaway by Alexandre Texier
  14. 2:52Zachary Bolduc shot blocked by Oliver Bjorkstrand
  15. 3:15Nick Suzuki hit J.J. Moser
  16. 3:32Giveaway by Anthony Cirelli
  17. 4:27Corey Perry shot blocked by Alexandre Carrier
  18. 4:28Puck in Netting
  19. 4:28Phillip Danault faceoff won against Nick Paul
  20. 4:32Zemgus Girgensons hit Mike Matheson
  21. 4:37Nick Paul hit Alex Newhook
  22. 4:40Jake Evans hit Charle-Edouard D'Astous
  23. 4:45Zemgus Girgensons hit Alexandre Carrier
  24. 4:50Off-side
  25. 4:50Dominic James faceoff won against Jake Evans
  26. 5:07Giveaway by Noah Dobson
  27. 5:08Gage Goncalves Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  28. 5:10Goalie Stopped
  29. 5:10Anthony Cirelli faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  30. 5:12J.J. Moser shot blocked by Ivan Demidov
  31. 5:16Nikita Kucherov Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  32. 5:19Goalie Stopped
  33. 5:19Phillip Danault faceoff won against Anthony Cirelli
  34. 5:25Icing
  35. 5:25Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Anthony Cirelli
  36. 5:34Nick Suzuki Snap Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  37. 5:36Goalie Stopped
  38. 5:36Anthony Cirelli faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  39. 5:59Giveaway by Lane Hutson
  40. 6:04Brandon Hagel Wrist Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  41. 6:06Goalie Stopped
  42. 6:06Yanni Gourde faceoff won against Phillip Danault
  43. 6:10Nick Paul shot blocked by Kaiden Guhle
  44. 6:35Giveaway by Yanni Gourde
  45. 6:41Cole Caufield Wrist Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  46. 6:42Goalie Stopped
  47. 6:42Dominic James faceoff won against Alex Newhook
  48. 7:05Oliver Bjorkstrand Snap Shot Wide Left
  49. 7:09Dominic James hit Lane Hutson
  50. 7:46Nick Suzuki shot blocked by Nikita Kucherov
  51. 7:48Puck in Netting
  52. 7:48Kirby Dach faceoff won against Nick Paul
  53. 8:15Brayden Point hit Alexandre Carrier
  54. 8:16Giveaway by Alexandre Carrier
  55. 8:27Erik Cernak shot blocked by Kirby Dach
  56. 8:29Puck in Netting
  57. 8:29Nick Paul faceoff won against Phillip Danault
  58. 8:58Zemgus Girgensons hit Noah Dobson
  59. 9:02Nick Paul hit Noah Dobson
  60. 9:09Cole Caufield shot blocked by Zemgus Girgensons
  61. 9:12Kaiden Guhle shot blocked by Zemgus Girgensons
  62. 9:18Noah Dobson shot blocked by Gage Goncalves
  63. 9:21Josh Anderson shot blocked by Phillip Danault
  64. 9:31Cole Caufield Slap Shot Wide Left
  65. 9:43Noah Dobson shot blocked by Zemgus Girgensons
  66. 9:49Cole Caufield Wrist Shot Wide Right
  67. 11:03Lane Hutson Wrist Shot Wide Left
  68. 11:07Alex Newhook Goal (1) Batted, assists: Lane Hutson (4), Kaiden Guhle (4)
  69. 11:07Jake Evans faceoff won against Jake Guentzel
  70. 11:21Brayden Point Tip-In Wide Right
  71. 12:02Oliver Bjorkstrand Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  72. 12:03Goalie Stopped
  73. 12:03Brayden Point faceoff won against Jake Evans
  74. 12:04Jake Guentzel Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  75. 12:06Goalie Stopped
  76. 12:06Brayden Point faceoff won against Jake Evans
  77. 12:09Jake Guentzel Tip-In Wide Right
  78. 12:18Jake Evans hit Brayden Point
  79. 12:57Nick Suzuki Slap Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  80. 13:14Giveaway by Nick Suzuki
  81. 13:35Alexandre Texier Tip-In saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  82. 13:50Takeaway by Dominic James
  83. 13:59Icing
  84. 13:59Phillip Danault faceoff won against Nick Paul
  85. 14:31Off-side
  86. 14:31Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Anthony Cirelli
  87. 14:43Brandon Hagel shot blocked by Noah Dobson
  88. 14:56Juraj Slafkovský hit Anthony Cirelli
  89. 15:14Dominic James Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  90. 15:18Phillip Danault hit Jake Guentzel
  91. 15:39Emil Lilleberg hit Alex Newhook
  92. 16:10Erik Cernak Snap Shot Wide Left
  93. 16:17Takeaway by Erik Cernak
  94. 16:58Brandon Hagel hit Alexandre Carrier
  95. 17:47Emil Lilleberg Backhand saved by Jakub Dobes
  96. 17:48Goalie Stopped
  97. 17:48Phillip Danault faceoff won against Brayden Point
  98. 17:59Puck Frozen - Skater
  99. 17:59Phillip Danault faceoff won against Brayden Point
  100. 18:01Darren Raddysh shot blocked by Nick Suzuki
  101. 18:19Icing
  102. 18:19Nick Paul faceoff won against Jake Evans
  103. 18:43Anthony Cirelli hit Alexandre Carrier
  104. 19:00Giveaway by Nikita Kucherov
  105. 19:11Anthony Cirelli hit Nick Suzuki
  106. 19:15Juraj Slafkovský shot blocked by Darren Raddysh
  107. 19:31Juraj Slafkovský shot blocked by Brandon Hagel
  108. 19:44Off-side
  109. 19:44Phillip Danault faceoff won against Nick Paul
  110. 19:48Darren Raddysh Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  111. 19:53Mike Matheson Delaying Game
  112. 19:53Timeout - Visitor
  113. 19:53Nick Paul faceoff won against Jake Evans
  114. 19:56Nikita Kucherov shot blocked by Nick Suzuki
  115. 20:00End of 3rd Period
  116. 20:00Game End

1st

  1. 18:39MTL 1, TB 0Nick Suzuki Goal (1) Tip-In, assists: Kaiden Guhle (3), Josh Anderson (1)

2nd

  1. 13:27MTL 1, TB 1Dominic James Goal (2) Tip-In, assists: Charle-Edouard D'Astous (1), Gage Goncalves (2)

3rd

  1. 11:07MTL 2, TB 1Alex Newhook Goal (1) Batted, assists: Lane Hutson (4), Kaiden Guhle (4)

Game leaders

CanadiensMontreal

LightningTampa Bay

Box score

ForwardsGA+/-SOGHTBSPIMTOIFO%SFLFWGVPNSMTKSHFTYTDGESTOIPPTOISHTOI
Alex Newhook C101011016:090.0150100018115:260:000:43
Nick Suzuki C102033022:4846.2376101026117:303:501:28
Alexandre Texier LW000010011:150.0100000117211:150:000:00
Brendan Gallagher RW00000006:480.00000000816:480:000:00
Cole Caufield RW001050014:290.0100103015111:293:000:00
Ivan Demidov RW000011017:500.0000000021014:113:390:00
Jake Evans C000040016:4657.1068000019014:350:002:11
Josh Anderson RW011030015:330.0010000022214:520:000:41
Juraj Slafkovsky LW001010021:250.0100002121317:443:410:00
Kirby Dach C000041011:02100.0002000014210:170:450:00
Phillip Danault C000030017:5664.00916000022017:160:000:40
Zack Bolduc RW00002108:510.000000101218:490:020:00
DefenseGA+/-SOGHTBSPIMTOISFLFWGVPNSMTKFO%SHFTYTDGESTOIPPTOISHTOI
Alexandre Carrier D000021022:3910030100.029020:060:002:33
Jayden Struble D00004005:0600000000.0605:060:000:00
Kaiden Guhle D022032220:5610001100.027019:250:001:31
Lane Hutson D012010023:2700020110.028219:033:410:43
Mike Matheson D000011425:2200002100.028024:150:130:54
Noah Dobson D000042018:3700030310.025018:180:190:00
GoaliesSAGASVSV%TOIPIMSOSESSVPPSVSHSVSOSAYTDG
Jakub Dobes G29128.96660:0000262000

Video

0:46Dominic James nets the equalizer for the Lightning0:56Alex Newhook taps in a remarkable goal for Montreal
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