Montréal Canadiens 2 — 1 Tampa Bay Lightning
2026-05-03 · Benchmark International Arena · Playoff
Shots on goal by period
| Period | MTL | TBL |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 2 | 0 | 12 |
| 3 | 5 | 8 |
Goaltending
| Goalie | Team | Dec | Saves | SA | GA | EV | PP | SH | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrei Vasilevskiy start | TBL | L | 7 | 9 | 2 | 7/9 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 57:30 |
| Jakub Dobes start | MTL | W | 28 | 29 | 1 | 26/26 | 2/3 | 0/0 | 60:00 |
MTL skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kaiden Guhle | D | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 20:56 |
| Nick Suzuki | C | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 22:48 |
| Alex Newhook | C | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16:09 |
| Lane Hutson | D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 23:27 |
| Josh Anderson | R | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 15:33 |
| Alexandre Carrier | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 22:39 |
| Juraj Slafkovský | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:25 |
| Cole Caufield | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 14:29 |
| Alexandre Texier | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:15 |
| Noah Dobson | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 18:37 |
| Kirby Dach | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 11:02 |
| Jayden Struble | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 05:06 |
| Zachary Bolduc | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 08:51 |
| Ivan Demidov | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17:50 |
| Jake Evans | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 16:46 |
| Mike Matheson | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 25:22 |
| Brendan Gallagher | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:48 |
| Phillip Danault | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17:56 |
TBL skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dominic James | C | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:27 |
| Gage Goncalves | C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 14:33 |
| Charle-Edouard D'Astous | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17:41 |
| Jake Guentzel | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:22 |
| Oliver Bjorkstrand | R | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12:12 |
| Nikita Kucherov | R | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20:16 |
| Brandon Hagel | L | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 21:53 |
| Nick Paul | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 12:38 |
| Brayden Point | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:06 |
| Darren Raddysh | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 26:07 |
| Ryan McDonagh | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16:17 |
| Emil Lilleberg | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 15:42 |
| J.J. Moser | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 22:12 |
| Corey Perry | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:58 |
| Yanni Gourde | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 16:01 |
| Zemgus Girgensons | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 14:00 |
| Erik Cernak | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17:18 |
| Anthony Cirelli | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 17:50 |
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 |