Montréal Canadiens 3 — 2 Tampa Bay Lightning
2026-04-29 · Benchmark International Arena · Playoff
Shots on goal by period
| Period | MTL | TBL |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 8 |
| 2 | 12 | 15 |
| 3 | 6 | 17 |
Goaltending
| Goalie | Team | Dec | Saves | SA | GA | EV | PP | SH | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrei Vasilevskiy start | TBL | L | 21 | 24 | 3 | 18/21 | 1/1 | 2/2 | 57:27 |
| Jakub Dobes start | MTL | W | 38 | 40 | 2 | 32/34 | 6/6 | 0/0 | 60:00 |
MTL skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kaiden Guhle | D | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 21:41 |
| Alex Newhook | C | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 14:35 |
| Alexandre Texier | L | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13:40 |
| Kirby Dach | C | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 11:46 |
| Lane Hutson | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 23:31 |
| Brendan Gallagher | R | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 06:48 |
| Zachary Bolduc | R | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 13:26 |
| Nick Suzuki | C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 20:42 |
| Juraj Slafkovský | L | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 19:27 |
| Jake Evans | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 15:14 |
| Ivan Demidov | R | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:07 |
| Josh Anderson | R | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 15:32 |
| Mike Matheson | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 27:54 |
| Arber Xhekaj | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:54 |
| Cole Caufield | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:13 |
| Jayden Struble | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10:23 |
| Phillip Danault | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:40 |
| Alexandre Carrier | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 23:27 |
TBL skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jake Guentzel | C | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:11 |
| Gage Goncalves | C | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13:51 |
| Dominic James | C | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 13:14 |
| Yanni Gourde | C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14:23 |
| Nikita Kucherov | R | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:44 |
| Darren Raddysh | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 25:26 |
| Brandon Hagel | L | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 23:12 |
| Anthony Cirelli | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 20:49 |
| Oliver Bjorkstrand | R | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 14:47 |
| Ryan McDonagh | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16:23 |
| Brayden Point | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:17 |
| Erik Cernak | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15:56 |
| Corey Perry | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:55 |
| J.J. Moser | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 20:33 |
| Maxwell Crozier | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:40 |
| Conor Geekie | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 05:04 |
| Emil Lilleberg | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:47 |
| Zemgus Girgensons | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 07:21 |
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 |