Montréal Canadiens 4 — 1 Tampa Bay Lightning
2026-03-31 · Benchmark International Arena
Shots on goal by period
| Period | MTL | TBL |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 | 8 |
| 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 3 | 8 | 17 |
Goaltending
| Goalie | Team | Dec | Saves | SA | GA | EV | PP | SH | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrei Vasilevskiy start | TBL | L | 19 | 21 | 2 | 16/17 | 2/3 | 1/1 | 57:40 |
| Jakub Dobes start | MTL | W | 36 | 37 | 1 | 25/26 | 10/10 | 1/1 | 60:00 |
MTL skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cole Caufield | R | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17:05 |
| Mike Matheson | D | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 23:28 |
| Juraj Slafkovský | L | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 19:12 |
| Nick Suzuki | C | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 20:27 |
| Ivan Demidov | R | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15:43 |
| Josh Anderson | R | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12:31 |
| Alex Newhook | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14:45 |
| Jayden Struble | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13:48 |
| Joe Veleno | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 13:03 |
| Oliver Kapanen | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:30 |
| Phillip Danault | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:43 |
| Brendan Gallagher | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 08:18 |
| Jake Evans | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 14:43 |
| Zachary Bolduc | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:37 |
| Arber Xhekaj | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:57 |
| Lane Hutson | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 26:11 |
| Noah Dobson | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:45 |
| Kaiden Guhle | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 18:14 |
TBL skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jake Guentzel | C | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 21:06 |
| Ryan McDonagh | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19:33 |
| Zemgus Girgensons | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12:42 |
| Nikita Kucherov | R | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23:10 |
| Brayden Point | C | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:32 |
| Erik Cernak | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 15:58 |
| Brandon Hagel | L | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22:21 |
| Yanni Gourde | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14:19 |
| Pontus Holmberg | R | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:15 |
| Darren Raddysh | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23:35 |
| Gage Goncalves | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13:43 |
| J.J. Moser | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17:55 |
| Anthony Cirelli | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15:49 |
| Nick Paul | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10:47 |
| Corey Perry | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:50 |
| Scott Sabourin | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 09:05 |
| Emil Lilleberg | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 17:17 |
| Charle-Edouard D'Astous | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:23 |
Recent meetings
| Date | Season | Away | Home | End | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-03 | 2025-26 | MTL | 2 | TBL | 1 | |
| 2026-05-01 | 2025-26 | TBL | 1 | MTL | 0 | OT |
| 2026-04-29 | 2025-26 | MTL | 3 | TBL | 2 | |
| 2026-04-26 | 2025-26 | TBL | 3 | MTL | 2 | |
| 2026-04-24 | 2025-26 | TBL | 2 | MTL | 3 | OT |
| 2026-04-21 | 2025-26 | MTL | 2 | TBL | 3 | OT |
| 2026-04-19 | 2025-26 | MTL | 4 | TBL | 3 | OT |
| 2026-04-09 | 2025-26 | TBL | 1 | MTL | 2 | |
| 2026-03-31 | 2025-26 | MTL | 4 | TBL | 1 | |
| 2025-12-28 | 2025-26 | MTL | 4 | TBL | 5 | SO |