4 Montreal 3rd Atlantic43-21-5-5

1 Tampa Bay 2nd Atlantic46-22-4-2

FINAL 4 FINAL 1 7:00PM ET · Mar 31, 2026

Canadiens vs Lightning Results, Match Player Stats & Records

Livescore Details
	1	2	3	Total	In Goal
MON Montreal	1	1	2	4	Jakub Dobes
TB Tampa Bay	1	0	0	1	Andrei Vasilevskiy

Location Benchmark International Arena

Referees Brandon Blandina , Jean Hebert

Linesmen Jonathan Deschamps, Jonny Murray

Attendance 19,092 attendance

Scoring Summary

Scoring Summary
Scoring - Period 1
12:25		J. Slafkovsky (PP) Assisted by: I. Demidov , C. Caufield
13:41		J. Guentzel Assisted by: R. McDonagh , Z. Girgensons
Scoring - Period 2
12:49		C. Caufield Assisted by: J. Slafkovsky , M. Matheson
Scoring - Period 3
17:54		M. Matheson (SH) (EN) Unassisted
18:54		N. Suzuki (EN) Unassisted

Penalty Summary

Penalties - Period 1
3:06		B. Gallagher (2:00) Holding
9:24		K. Guhle (2:00) Cross Checking
9:55		N. Kucherov (2:00) Interference
9:55		N. Dobson (2:00) Roughing
10:25		J. Guentzel (2:00) Hooking
11:03		C. D'Astous (2:00) Tripping
Penalties - Period 2
15:35		A. Newhook (2:00) Hooking
19:09		N. Kucherov (2:00) Slashing
Penalties - Period 3
4:45		J. Guentzel (2:00) Roughing
4:45		J. Anderson (2:00) Roughing
4:45		Z. Bolduc (2:00) Roughing
4:45		E. Lilleberg (2:00) Roughing
4:45		J. Guentzel (2:00) Roughing
4:45		J. Anderson (2:00) Roughing
4:45		Z. Bolduc (2:00) Roughing
4:45		E. Lilleberg (2:00) Roughing
15:54		N. Suzuki (2:00) Cross Checking
17:27		D. Raddysh (2:00) Roughing
17:27		J. Evans (2:00) Boarding
19:23		J. Veleno (2:00) Roughing
19:23		E. Cernak (2:00) Roughing
19:23		J. Struble (2:00) Roughing
19:23		N. Paul (2:00) Roughing
19:23		B. Gallagher (2:00) Roughing
19:23		E. Lilleberg (2:00) Roughing
19:23		P. Danault (2:00) Roughing
19:23		G. Goncalves (2:00) Roughing
19:23		A. Xhekaj (2:00) Roughing
19:23		S. Sabourin (2:00) Roughing
20:00		R. McDonagh (2:00) Roughing
20:00		J. Anderson (2:00) Roughing

Shots On Goal

Shots On Goal
	1st	2nd	3rd	Total
Montreal	9	6	8	23
Tampa Bay	8	12	17	37

Team Statistics

Team Statistics
	G	SOG	S%	PP%	PK%	FW	PEN	PIM
Montreal	4	23	17.39	33.33	100.00	33	16	32
Tampa Bay	1	37	2.70	0.00	66.67	28	15	30

Goaltending

Montreal

Montreal Goaltending
	Shots	Saves	GA	SV%	PIM	TOI
J. Dobes	37	36	1	.973	0	60:00

Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay Goaltending
	Shots	Saves	GA	SV%	PIM	TOI
A. Vasilevskiy	21	19	2	.905	0	57:40

#	POS	Player	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	SHF	TOI	EV	PP	SH	PPG	SHG	FW	FL	F%
8	D	M. Matheson	1	1	2	2	0	2	25	23:28	17:55	0:01	5:32	0	1	-	-	-
11	RW	B. Gallagher	0	0	0	E	2	0	14	8:18	7:40	0:38	0:00	0	0	-	-	-
13	RW	C. Caufield	1	1	2	2	0	4	21	17:05	13:47	3:18	0:00	0	0	-	-	-
14	C	N. Suzuki	1	0	1	2	2	5	22	20:27	16:48	3:21	0:18	0	0	10	10	50
15	C	A. Newhook	0	0	0	-1	2	2	16	14:45	14:07	0:38	0:00	0	0	5	1	83
17	RW	J. Anderson	0	0	0	E	6	3	18	12:31	10:52	0:00	1:39	0	0	-	-	-
20	LW	J. Slafkovsky	1	1	2	2	0	1	22	19:12	15:41	3:22	0:09	1	0	-	-	-
21	D	K. Guhle	0	0	0	1	2	0	25	18:14	15:53	0:05	2:16	0	0	-	-	-
24	C	P. Danault	0	0	0	1	2	1	20	14:43	12:07	0:00	2:36	0	0	9	3	75
47	D	J. Struble	0	0	0	E	4	1	18	13:48	13:48	0:00	0:00	0	0	-	-	-
48	D	L. Hutson	0	0	0	1	0	0	24	26:11	20:42	3:21	2:08	0	0	-	-	-
53	D	N. Dobson	0	0	0	E	2	0	27	21:45	16:55	0:44	4:06	0	0	-	-	-
71	C	J. Evans	0	0	0	-1	2	0	19	14:43	10:23	0:01	4:19	0	0	6	8	43
72	D	A. Xhekaj	0	0	0	E	2	0	14	12:57	12:57	0:00	0:00	0	0	-	-	-
76	RW	Z. Bolduc	0	0	0	E	4	0	16	10:37	9:55	0:42	0:00	0	0	-	-	-
90	C	J. Veleno	0	0	0	E	2	1	16	13:03	8:50	0:00	4:13	0	0	1	-	100
91	C	O. Kapanen	0	0	0	E	0	1	18	14:30	13:04	0:38	0:48	0	0	2	6	25
93	RW	I. Demidov	0	1	1	E	0	2	16	15:43	12:53	2:50	0:00	0	0	-	-	-
75	G	J. Dobes	0	0	0	-	0	0	-	60:00	48:59	4:00	7:01	0	0	-	-	-

#	POS	Player	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	SHF	TOI	EV	PP	SH	FW	FL	F%
10	RW	C. Perry	0	0	0	-1	0	0	12	9:50	9:23	0:27	0:00	-	1	0
20	LW	N. Paul	0	0	0	E	2	0	14	10:47	10:47	0:00	0:00	3	8	27
21	C	B. Point	0	0	0	-1	0	5	20	20:32	13:40	6:52	0:00	3	8	27
27	D	R. McDonagh	0	1	1	1	2	1	26	19:33	16:31	0:09	2:53	-	-	-
28	C	Z. Girgensons	0	1	1	E	0	1	19	12:42	11:26	0:09	1:07	-	-	-
29	RW	P. Holmberg	0	0	0	E	0	3	17	11:15	11:06	0:09	0:00	-	-	-
37	C	Y. Gourde	0	0	0	E	0	4	20	14:19	13:20	0:09	0:50	10	4	71
38	LW	B. Hagel	0	0	0	-3	0	5	20	22:21	13:58	6:52	1:31	-	-	-
43	D	D. Raddysh	0	0	0	E	2	2	22	23:35	17:10	6:25	0:00	-	-	-
46	RW	S. Sabourin	0	0	0	E	2	0	11	9:05	9:05	0:00	0:00	-	-	-
51	D	C. D'Astous	0	0	0	-2	2	0	22	17:23	16:56	0:27	0:00	-	-	-
59	C	J. Guentzel	1	0	1	-1	6	2	17	21:06	14:14	6:52	0:00	5	6	45
71	C	A. Cirelli	0	0	0	-2	0	1	18	15:49	12:56	0:00	2:53	7	5	58
78	D	E. Lilleberg	0	0	0	E	6	0	21	17:17	16:10	0:00	1:07	-	-	-
81	D	E. Cernak	0	0	0	E	2	5	25	15:58	12:56	0:09	2:53	-	-	-
86	RW	N. Kucherov	0	0	0	-3	4	6	23	23:10	16:48	6:22	0:00	-	-	-
90	D	J. Moser	0	0	0	-1	0	1	20	17:55	16:48	0:00	1:07	-	-	-
93	C	G. Goncalves	0	0	0	1	2	1	15	13:43	12:56	0:30	0:17	-	1	0
88	G	A. Vasilevskiy	0	0	0	-	0	0	-	57:40	47:06	6:34	4:00	-	-	-

MON vs TBRecords

Team Table
Team	Record	ATS	O/U	Away	Home
MON	42-21-10	43-30-0	41-30-2	20-8-8	22-13-2
TB	46-21-6	39-34-0	38-30-5	23-9-5	23-12-1

Head-To-HeadLast 10

Win / Loss

7-3

Over / Under

8-2-0

Head-To-Head
Date	Home	Result	ML	O/U	HSOG	ASOG	HPP	APP
Dec 28, '25	TB	5 - 4 (SO)	TB -134	o6.5	21	35	0-1	0-4
Dec 09, '25	MON	6 - 1	TB -110	o6.5	27	27	1-4	1-3
Feb 09, '25	MON	5 - 3	TB -188	o6.5	35	21	1-2	1-1
Jan 21, '25	MON	3 - 2	MON +120	u6.5	22	35	1-2	0-4
Dec 29, '24	TB	5 - 2	MON +176	o6.5	23	37	0-3	0-2
Apr 04, '24	MON	7 - 4	TB -139	o6.5	30	35	0-4	2-5
Mar 02, '24	TB	4 - 3 (SO)	TB -265	o6.5	29	31	0-2	0-2
Dec 31, '23	TB	4 - 3	TB -188	o6.5	20	29	0-3	0-1
Nov 07, '23	MON	5 - 3	TB -124	o7.0	26	32	1-6	2-5
Mar 21, '23	MON	3 - 2	MON +227	u6.5	20	33	0-2	1-2

Record Last 10

Win / Loss

7-3-0-0

Over / Under

2-7-1

$425

Team - Last 10
Date	vs	Result	ML	O/U	SF	SA	PP	PK
Mar 29, '26	@ CAR	W 3 - 1	W +142	u6.5	18	35	1-4	1-3
Mar 28, '26	@ NAS	W 4 - 1	W -115	u6.5	32	24	0-2	0-3
Mar 26, '26	CLB	W 2 - 1	W -118	u6.5	20	26	0-2	0-1
Mar 24, '26	CAR	W 5 - 2	W +106	o6.5	19	43	0-3	1-2
Mar 21, '26	NYI	W 7 - 3	W -122	o6.0	36	22	3-4	2-3
Mar 19, '26	@ DET	L 1 - 3	L -113	u6.5	33	27	1-2	0-2
Mar 17, '26	BOS	W 3 - 2 (OT)	W -162	u6.5	31	28	0-1	1-4
Mar 15, '26	ANA	L 3 - 4	L -137	p7.0	30	28	0-4	0-1
Mar 14, '26	SJ	L 2 - 4	L -162	u6.5	27	21	0-3	0-1
Mar 11, '26	@ OTT	W 3 - 2	W +162	u6.5	23	34	1-2	1-3

Next 3 Games

Next 3 Games
Date	vs	Last vs	ML	O/U
Apr 02, '26	@ NYR	L 4-5 (OT)	L +114	o5.5
Apr 04, '26	@ NJ	L 3-4 (OT)	L +122	o5.5
Apr 05, '26	NJ	L 3-4 (OT)	L +122	o5.5

Record Last 10

Win / Loss

7-1-2-0

Over / Under

6-2-2

$93

Team - Last 10
Date	vs	Result	ML	O/U	SF	SA	PP	PK
Mar 29, '26	NAS	W 3 - 2	W -176	u6.5	28	31	0-4	0-4
Mar 28, '26	OTT	W 4 - 2	W -134	p6.0	27	28	0-4	0-2
Mar 26, '26	SEA	L 3 - 4 (OT)	L -300	o6.0	33	20	1-1	0-1
Mar 24, '26	MIN	W 6 - 3	W -160	o6.5	25	24	3-4	2-4
Mar 22, '26	@ CAL	L 3 - 4 (OT)	L -176	o6.5	35	29	0-1	0-0
Mar 21, '26	@ EDM	W 5 - 2	W -140	o6.5	28	27	1-3	0-3
Mar 19, '26	@ VAN	W 6 - 2	W -334	o6.5	31	21	0-1	0-2
Mar 17, '26	@ SEA	W 6 - 2	W -196	o6.0	26	18	1-3	0-3
Mar 14, '26	CAR	L 2 - 4	L -126	p6.0	19	34	0-3	0-2
Mar 12, '26	DET	W 4 - 1	W -210	u6.0	29	25	1-1	0-1

Next 3 Games

Next 3 Games
Date	vs	Last vs	ML	O/U
Apr 02, '26	PIT	W 2-1 (SO)	W -140	u6.0
Apr 04, '26	BOS	W 6-5 (SO)	W -215	o6.0
Apr 06, '26	@ BUF	L 7-8	L -118	o6.5

MON vs TB Preview

Montreal at

Tampa Bay

Last Meeting ( Dec 28, 2025 ) Montreal 4, Tampa Bay 5

With just nine regular-season games left apiece, the Montreal Canadiens and Tampa Bay Lightning are staring at a very important game against each other Tuesday night on Florida's Gulf Coast.

Following a weekend that featured two comeback wins, the Lightning (46-21-6, 98 points) climbed back atop the Atlantic Division standings with Sunday's 3-2 win over the Nashville Predators. Newly-acquired Corey Perry -- in his second stint with the Lightning (2021-23) -- tallied the tiebreaking goal early in the third period.

Brandon Hagel and Jake Guentzel set the stage for Perry's eventual game-winner by each hitting the net for the 35th time, a career-high-tying effort by Hagel.

Ace goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy got the night off after stuffing the Ottawa Senators 4-2 on Saturday, which turned the netminding over to Jonas Johansson.

The 30-year-old backup had not backstopped a victory since Jan. 12 when he made 20 saves in a 5-1 road rout of the Philadelphia Flyers, but against Nashville, Johansson allowed just two goals, both strange and unstoppable.

Joakim Kemell scored his first NHL goal when he propelled the puck across the line after being shoved into Johansson and into the net by Lightning defenseman Erik Cernak. Later, Filip Forsberg's long shot deflected in off Tampa Bay's Yanni Gourde and Charle-Edouard D'Astous.

In only his 22nd start, Johansson was rock-solid on the other 29 shots.

"It's not an easy situation ... but man, did he battle in the first period for us," Perry said of the backup goalie's inactivity behind Vasilevskiy, a strong Vezina candidate. "All night he kept us in the game and made some big saves. You can't say enough about what he did."

The efforts of Perry and Johansson allowed the club to move back into first place due to the Lightning having a game in hand on the Buffalo Sabres (45-21-8, 98 points).

Tampa Bay plays one more back-to-back, at Buffalo and Ottawa, next month, so Johansson (11-9-2, 3.21 goals-against average, .886 save percentage) should get at least one and maybe two more starts in the final 2 1/2 weeks to keep Vasilevskiy fresh before the playoffs.

Following those two games is a trip against the third-place Canadiens (42-21-10, 94 points) on April 9. Montreal must continue to play inspired with the No. 1 wild-card-holding Boston Bruins (92 points) right behind them.

Coach Martin St. Louis' group is the hottest team in the NHL, winners of a team-high five straight contests, and riding outstanding play from a top line that produced all three goals in Sunday's 3-1 win at the Carolina Hurricanes.

Playing beside captain Nick Suzuki and fellow winger Juraj Slafkovsky, Cole Caufield has 46 goals, nine more than his previous high set last season.

While goals make headlines, Slafkovsky, the 2022 No. 1 overall pick, has continued to grow an all-around game.

"It's having the trust in our vision for him," St. Louis said of the 22-year-old Slovakian. "I think that's rare for an 18-, 19-, 20-year-old. ... We tried to convince him slowly, but I think it starts with the trust from the player to see that vision, which I don't think happens all the time."

Slafkovsky has 28 goals, second-best for Montreal, and 64 points while playing in all 73 contests.

Added St. Louis: "I feel there's more to Slaf's game than just playing a skill game."

The Habs are 0-1-1 against the Lightning this season and have been outscored 11-5.

--Field Level Media

MON vs TBInjury report

Montreal's Injuries

Player	POS	Status	Date
A. Texier	LW	Day To Day - Lower Body( Mar 31, '26)	Mar 31, '26
Texier did not play in Tuesday's (Mar. 31) road clash against the Lightning, per the NHL media site.
A. Carrier	D	Out - Upper Body( Mar 30, '26)	Mar 30, '26
The Canadiens said on Tuesday (Mar. 31) that Carrier will miss 2-4 weeks with an upper-body injury.
K. Dach	C	Out - Upper body( Mar 16, '26)	Mar 16, '26
The Canadiens said on Tuesday (Mar. 17) that Dach will be out for 2 to 4 weeks due to an upper-body injury.
P. Laine	RW	Out - Abdomen( Feb 16, '26)	Feb 16, '26
The Canadiens said that Laine will not participate Tuesday's (Feb. 17) practice and is being evaluated on a daily basis.

Montreal Starters Last Game

Offense
POS	#	Player
RW	11	Brendan Gallagher
RW	13	Cole Caufield
C	14	Nick Suzuki
C	15	Alex Newhook
RW	17	Josh Anderson
LW	20	Juraj Slafkovsky
C	24	Phillip Danault
C	71	Jake Evans
RW	76	Zachary Bolduc
C	77	Kirby Dach
LW	85	Alexandre Texier
C	90	Joseph Veleno
C	91	Oliver Kapanen
RW	93	Ivan Demidov

Defense
POS	#	Player
D	8	Mike Matheson
D	21	Kaiden Guhle
G	32	Jacob Fowler
G	35	Samuel Montembeault
D	42	Adam Engstrom
D	45	Alexandre Carrier
D	47	Jayden Struble
D	48	Lane Hutson
D	53	Noah Dobson
D	72	Arber Xhekaj
G	75	Jakub Dobes

Tampa Bay's Injuries

Player	POS	Status	Date
V. Hedman	D	Out - Illness( Mar 24, '26)	Mar 24, '26
The Lightning said on Wednesday (Mar. 25) that Hedman is taking a temporary leave of absence.
D. Carlile	D	Out - Undisclosed( Mar 13, '26)	Mar 13, '26
The Tampa Bay Lightning placed D Declan Carlile on injured reserve on Saturday (Mar. 14).
D. James	C	Out - Leg( Mar 04, '26)	Mar 04, '26
The Tampa Bay Lightning said on Thursday (Mar. 5) that James will be sidelined for 8-10 weeks after undergoing surgery, per Benjamin Pierce of the team's official site.
M. Crozier	D	Out - Abdomen( Feb 20, '26)	Feb 20, '26
The Tampa Bay Lightning placed D Max Crozier on injured reserve on Saturday (Feb. 21).

Tampa Bay Starters Last Game

Offense
POS	#	Player
RW	10	Corey Perry
LW	20	Nick Paul
C	21	Brayden Point
RW	22	Oliver Bjorkstrand
C	28	Zemgus Girgensons
RW	29	Pontus Holmberg
C	37	Yanni Gourde
LW	38	Brandon Hagel
RW	46	Scott Sabourin
C	59	Jake Guentzel
C	71	Anthony Cirelli
RW	86	Nikita Kucherov
C	93	Gage Goncalves

Defense
POS	#	Player
D	16	Steven Santini
D	27	Ryan McDonagh
G	31	Jonas Johansson
D	43	Darren Raddysh
D	51	Charle-Edouard D'Astous
D	77	Victor Hedman
D	78	Emil Lilleberg
D	81	Erik Cernak
G	88	Andrei Vasilevskiy
D	90	J.J. Moser

GoaltendersLast 5

Montreal
Tampa Bay

W/L

5-0-0-0

GAA

1.60

Save %

.942

Montreal Goaltender Stats
	Date	Score	W/L	GA	SA	SV%	SO	ML	O/U
J.Dobes	Mar 29, 2026	CAR 1 - MON 3	W	1	35	.971	-	W +142	u6.5
J.Fowler	Mar 28, 2026	NAS 1 - MON 4	W	1	24	.958	-	W -115	u6.5
J.Dobes	Mar 26, 2026	MON 2 - CLB 1	W	1	26	.962	-	W -118	u6.5
J.Dobes	Mar 24, 2026	MON 5 - CAR 2	W	2	43	.953	-	W +106	o6.5
J.Fowler	Mar 21, 2026	MON 7 - NYI 3	W	3	22	.864	-	W -122	o6.0

W/L

3-0-2-0

GAA

3.00

Save %

.880

Tampa Bay Goaltender Stats
	Date	Score	W/L	GA	SA	SV%	SO	ML	O/U
J.Johansson	Mar 29, 2026	TB 3 - NAS 2	W	2	31	.935	-	W -176	u6.5
A.Vasilevskiy	Mar 28, 2026	TB 4 - OTT 2	W	2	28	.929	-	W -134	p6.0
A.Vasilevskiy	Mar 26, 2026	TB 3 - SEA 4 (OT)	-	4	20	.800	-	L -300	o6.0
A.Vasilevskiy	Mar 24, 2026	TB 6 - MIN 3	W	3	24	.875	-	W -160	o6.5
J.Johansson	Mar 22, 2026	CAL 4 - TB 3 (OT)	-	4	29	.862	-	L -176	o6.5

MON vs TBStats

Offense vs Defense

MONMontreal Offense
TBTampa Bay Offense

Goals

Goals
OFFENSE	Stat	DEFENSE
3.53	Total	2.78
0.99	1st Period	0.95
1.18	2nd Period	0.82
1.21	3rd Period	0.93
0.14	OT	0.05

Shots

Shots
OFFENSE	Stat	DEFENSE
26.51	Total	26.92
7.00	1st Period	7.89
7.23	2nd Period	7.25
6.84	3rd Period	7.59
0.74	OT	0.45

Shot Pct vs. Save Pct

Shot Pct vs. Save Pct
SHOOTING	Stat	SAVE PCT.
0.13	Total	0.90
0.14	1st Period	0.88
0.16	2nd Period	0.89
0.18	3rd Period	0.88
0.19	OT	0.88

Power Play vs Penalty Kill

Power Play vs Penalty Kill
POWERPLAY	Stat	PENALTY KILL
51 - 208	G/Att vs. GA/Att	40 - 226
24.52	PP % vs. PK %	82.30

Goaltenders

Goaltenders table
Montreal Goaltenders
Name	S	SV	SV%	WL
Jakub Dobes	1002	902	0.900	25-8-4
Jacob Fowler	372	336	0.903	7-5-2
Samuel Montembeault	635	554	0.872	10-8-4

Canadiens vs Lightning Results, Match Player Stats & Records

Scoring Summary

Penalty Summary

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Team Statistics

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MON vs TBRecords

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Head-To-HeadLast 10

Record Last 10

Next 3 Games

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Montreal's Injuries

Montreal Starters Last Game

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Tampa Bay Starters Last Game

GoaltendersLast 5

MON vs TBStats

Offense vs Defense

Goals

Shots

Shot Pct vs. Save Pct

Power Play vs Penalty Kill

Goaltenders

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