Tampa Bay 2nd Atlantic50-26-4-2

Montreal 3rd Atlantic48-24-5-5

7:00PM ET 7:00PM ET · Apr 26, 2026

Lightning vs Canadiens Game Overview

TB vs MONRecords

Team Table
Team	Record	ATS	O/U	Away	Home
TB	50-26-6	41-41-0	41-36-5	24-12-5	26-14-1
MON	48-24-10	46-36-0	44-35-3	24-9-8	24-15-2

Head-To-HeadLast 10

Win / Loss

6-4

Over / Under

7-3-0

Head-To-Head
Date	Home	Result	ML	O/U	HSOG	ASOG	HPP	APP
Apr 09, '26	MON	2 - 1	MON +100	u6.5	21	18	0-7	0-4
Mar 31, '26	TB	4 - 1	MON +146	u6.5	37	23	0-4	1-3
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

Record Last 10

Win / Loss

5-5-0-0

Over / Under

3-7-0

-$193

Team - Last 10
Date	vs	Result	ML	O/U	SF	SA	PP	PK
Apr 15, '26	NYR	L 2 - 4	L -152	u6.5	31	21	0-3	1-3
Apr 13, '26	DET	W 4 - 3 (OT)	W -196	o6.5	22	30	0-1	0-3
Apr 11, '26	@ BOS	W 2 - 1	W -122	u6.0	24	21	0-1	0-1
Apr 09, '26	@ MON	L 1 - 2	L -120	u6.5	18	21	0-4	0-7
Apr 07, '26	@ OTT	L 2 - 6	L +114	o6.5	30	31	0-2	2-3
Apr 06, '26	@ BUF	L 2 - 4	L -110	u6.5	25	29	1-5	0-4
Apr 04, '26	BOS	W 3 - 1	W -178	u6.0	23	22	0-1	0-4
Apr 02, '26	PIT	W 6 - 3	W -166	o6.5	33	24	0-3	1-4
Mar 31, '26	MON	L 1 - 4	L -176	u6.5	37	21	0-4	1-3
Mar 29, '26	NAS	W 3 - 2	W -176	u6.5	28	31	0-4	0-4

Next 3 Games

Next 3 Games
Date	vs	Last vs	ML	O/U
Apr 29, '26	MON	L 1-2	L -120	u6.5
May 01, '26	@ MON	L 1-2	L -120	u6.5
May 03, '26	MON	L 1-2	L -120	u6.5

Record Last 10

Win / Loss

7-3-0-0

Over / Under

3-6-1

$377

Team - Last 10
Date	vs	Result	ML	O/U	SF	SA	PP	PK
Apr 14, '26	@ PHI	L 2 - 4	L -285	p6.0	29	25	0-3	0-0
Apr 12, '26	@ NYI	W 4 - 1	W -105	u6.0	22	33	1-2	0-2
Apr 11, '26	CLB	L 2 - 5	L -130	o6.0	22	33	1-4	1-4
Apr 09, '26	TB	W 2 - 1	W +100	u6.5	21	18	0-7	0-4
Apr 07, '26	FLA	W 4 - 3 (SO)	W -285	o6.5	32	33	1-4	0-2
Apr 05, '26	NJ	L 0 - 3	L -140	u6.5	18	19	0-4	0-2
Apr 04, '26	@ NJ	W 4 - 3 (SO)	W -126	o6.5	29	38	1-5	0-1
Apr 02, '26	@ NYR	W 3 - 2	W -126	u6.5	25	24	0-2	0-3
Mar 31, '26	@ TB	W 4 - 1	W +146	u6.5	23	37	1-3	0-4
Mar 29, '26	@ CAR	W 3 - 1	W +142	u6.5	18	35	1-4	1-3

Next 3 Games

Next 3 Games
Date	vs	Last vs	ML	O/U
Apr 29, '26	@ TB	W 2-1	W +100	u6.5
May 01, '26	TB	W 2-1	W +100	u6.5
May 03, '26	@ TB	W 2-1	W +100	u6.5

TB vs MON Preview

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TB vs MONInjury report

Tampa Bay's Injuries

Player	POS	Status	Date
J. Johansson	G	Day To Day - Undisclosed( Apr 15, '26)	Apr 15, '26
Johansson did not play on Wednesday (Apr. 15) versus the Rangers.
P. Holmberg	RW	Out - Upper-Body( Apr 05, '26)	Apr 05, '26
The Lightning said on Monday (Apr. 6) that Holmberg might be set for extended absence, per Eduardo A. Encina of the Tampa Bay Times.
V. Hedman	D	Out - Personal( Apr 01, '26)	Apr 01, '26
The Tampa Bay Lightning placed D Victor Hedman on long-term injured reserve.
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.

Tampa Bay Starters Last Game

Offense
POS	#	Player
RW	10	Corey Perry
LW	11	Jakob Pelletier
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	41	Mitchell Chaffee
RW	46	Scott Sabourin
C	59	Jake Guentzel
C	71	Anthony Cirelli
RW	86	Nikita Kucherov
C	93	Gage Goncalves

Defense
POS	#	Player
D	24	Max Crozier
D	27	Ryan McDonagh
G	31	Jonas Johansson
G	33	Brandon Halverson
D	43	Darren Raddysh
D	51	Charle-Edouard D'Astous
D	67	Declan Carlile
D	78	Emil Lilleberg
D	81	Erik Cernak
G	88	Andrei Vasilevskiy
D	90	J.J. Moser

Montreal's Injuries

Player	POS	Status	Date
A. Carrier	D	Day To Day - Upper Body( Apr 16, '26)	Apr 16, '26
The Canadiens said that Carrier is Questionable for Sunday's (Apr. 19) game 1 versus the Lightning.
N. Dobson	D	Out - Thumb( Apr 11, '26)	Apr 11, '26
The Canadiens announced on Sunday (Apr. 12) that Dobson will miss the rest of the regular season and will be re-evaluated in two weeks.
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	64	David Reinbacher
D	72	Arber Xhekaj
G	75	Jakub Dobes

W/L

2-3-0-0

GAA

3.00

Save %

.881

Tampa Bay Goaltender Stats
	Date	Score	W/L	GA	SA	SV%	SO	ML	O/U
B.Halverson	Apr 15, 2026	TB 2 - NYR 4	L	4	21	.810	-	L -152	u6.5
A.Vasilevskiy	Apr 13, 2026	TB 4 - DET 3 (OT)	W	3	30	.900	-	W -196	o6.5
A.Vasilevskiy	Apr 11, 2026	BOS 1 - TB 2	W	1	21	.952	-	W -122	u6.0
A.Vasilevskiy	Apr 9, 2026	MON 2 - TB 1	L	2	21	.905	-	L -120	u6.5
J.Johansson	Apr 7, 2026	OTT 6 - TB 2	L	5	31	.839	-	L +114	o6.5

W/L

3-2-0-0

GAA

2.80

Save %

.902

Montreal Goaltender Stats
	Date	Score	W/L	GA	SA	SV%	SO	ML	O/U
J.Dobes	Apr 14, 2026	PHI 4 - MON 2	L	4	25	.840	-	L -285	p6.0
J.Fowler	Apr 12, 2026	NYI 1 - MON 4	W	1	33	.970	-	W -105	u6.0
J.Dobes	Apr 11, 2026	MON 2 - CLB 5	L	5	33	.848	-	L -130	o6.0
J.Dobes	Apr 9, 2026	MON 2 - TB 1	W	1	18	.944	-	W +100	u6.5
J.Dobes	Apr 7, 2026	MON 4 - FLA 3 (SO)	W	3	33	.909	-	W -285	o6.5

TB vs MONStats

Offense vs Defense

TBTampa Bay Offense
MONMontreal Offense

Goals

Goals
OFFENSE	Stat	DEFENSE
3.54	Total	3.12
0.96	1st Period	0.85
1.22	2nd Period	1.11
1.23	3rd Period	1.04
0.07	OT	0.06

Shots

Shots
OFFENSE	Stat	DEFENSE
28.11	Total	27.84
7.50	1st Period	6.74
8.00	2nd Period	7.23
7.39	3rd Period	7.67
0.35	OT	0.52

Shot Pct vs. Save Pct

Shot Pct vs. Save Pct
SHOOTING	Stat	SAVE PCT.
0.13	Total	0.89
0.13	1st Period	0.87
0.15	2nd Period	0.85
0.17	3rd Period	0.86
0.21	OT	0.88

Power Play vs Penalty Kill

Power Play vs Penalty Kill
POWERPLAY	Stat	PENALTY KILL
51 - 246	G/Att vs. GA/Att	54 - 248
20.73	PP % vs. PK %	78.23

Goaltenders

Goaltenders table
Tampa Bay Goaltenders
Name	S	SV	SV%	WL
Brandon Halverson	21	17	0.810	0-1-0
Jonas Johansson	670	592	0.884	11-10-2
Andrei Vasilevskiy	1503	1369	0.911	40-15-4

Lightning vs Canadiens Game Overview

TB vs MONRecords

TB vs MONRecords

Head-To-HeadLast 10

Record Last 10

Next 3 Games

Record Last 10

Next 3 Games

TB vs MON Preview

TB vs MONInjury report

Tampa Bay's Injuries

Tampa Bay Starters Last Game

Montreal's Injuries

Montreal Starters Last Game

GoaltendersLast 5

TB vs MONStats

Offense vs Defense

Goals

Shots

Shot Pct vs. Save Pct

Power Play vs Penalty Kill

Goaltenders

Betting Terminology

Betting Terminology

Betting Terminology

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