Tampa Bay Lightning @ Montreal Canadiens

48-25-6, 23-12-5 Away

Final

	1	2	3	T
Lightning TB	0	0	1	1
Canadiens MTL	0	1	1	2

Montreal CanadiensCanadiensMTL

47-22-10, 24-14-2 Home

Tampa Bay Lightning


forwards
Oliver BjorkstrandO. Bjorkstrand#22
Anthony CirelliA. Cirelli#71
Zemgus GirgensonsZ. Girgensons#28
Gage GoncalvesG. Goncalves#93
Yanni GourdeY. Gourde#37
Jake GuentzelJ. Guentzel#59
Nikita KucherovN. Kucherov#86
Nick PaulN. Paul#20
Jakob PelletierJ. Pelletier#11
Corey PerryC. Perry#10
Brayden PointB. Point#21
defensemen
Declan CarlileD. Carlile#67
Erik CernakE. Cernak#81
Charle-Edouard D'AstousC. D'Astous#51
Emil LillebergE. Lilleberg#78
Ryan McDonaghR. McDonagh#27
J.J. MoserJ.J. Moser#90
Darren RaddyshD. Raddysh#43

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	1	1	13	10:46	1:53	0:00	8:53	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	0	2	1	2	3	0	2	26	20:28	0:02	7:22	13:04	9	8	52.9
0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	18	12:25	0:00	4:31	7:54	0	0	0.0
0	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	22	18:19	0:29	3:59	13:51	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	1	1	0	1	4	6	2	3	20	14:05	0:00	4:05	10:00	4	5	44.4
0	0	-1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	28	26:38	7:58	8:03	10:37	3	4	42.9
0	1	0	1	2	0	1	2	1	1	1	22	23:12	7:30	0:00	15:42	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	0	0	1	2	12	3	0	0	13	7:38	0:03	0:00	7:35	3	2	60.0
0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	11	7:06	0:36	0:00	6:30	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	0	3	0	1	2	0	0	0	13	13:17	5:28	0:00	7:49	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	21	21:22	7:48	0:00	13:34	1	3	25.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	0	0	0	1	3	17	0	0	0	8	5:02	0:00	0:00	5:02	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	1	0	2	0	0	4	0	2	29	22:05	0:00	8:04	14:01	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	1	0	2	12	0	0	0	17	9:12	0:00	0:38	8:34	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	2	23	18:43	0:00	6:00	12:43	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	27	22:47	0:13	8:32	14:02	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	0	1	0	1	2	2	0	1	25	20:41	0:00	4:45	15:56	0	0	0.0
1	0	1	5	1	1	3	14	0	1	0	10	13:59	8:00	0:01	5:58	0	0	0.0

goalies
Andrei VasilevskiyA. Vasilevskiy#88

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
21	2	19	.905	11	7	1	0	0	58:15	0

Montreal Canadiens


forwards
Josh AndersonJ. Anderson#17
Cole CaufieldC. Caufield#13
Kirby DachK. Dach#77
Phillip DanaultP. Danault#24
Ivan DemidovI. Demidov#93
Jake EvansJ. Evans#71
Oliver KapanenO. Kapanen#91
Alex NewhookA. Newhook#15
Juraj SlafkovskyJ. Slafkovsky#20
Nick SuzukiN. Suzuki#14
Alexandre TexierA. Texier#85
Joe VelenoJ. Veleno#90
defensemen
Noah DobsonN. Dobson#53
Adam EngstromA. Engstrom#42
Lane HutsonL. Hutson#48
Mike MathesonM. Matheson#8
Jayden StrubleJ. Struble#47
Arber XhekajA. Xhekaj#72

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	-1	1	0	1	4	11	1	0	2	15	12:32	0:00	2:39	9:53	0	0	0.0
1	0	2	5	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	19	17:56	8:38	0:00	9:18	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	17	14:38	4:55	0:00	9:43	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	17	12:40	0:00	3:14	9:26	3	4	42.9
0	0	0	1	1	0	2	4	0	1	3	20	19:14	10:02	0:00	9:12	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	1	0	2	12	1	0	0	15	12:29	0:00	4:39	7:50	7	5	58.3
0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	16	13:03	4:41	0:08	8:14	2	2	50.0
0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	21	18:56	5:24	1:50	11:42	2	1	66.7
1	1	1	3	4	0	0	0	2	1	2	19	21:23	9:10	0:02	12:11	0	0	0.0
0	2	1	1	4	0	0	0	1	1	1	21	22:25	9:10	0:35	12:40	7	7	50.0
0	0	0	1	1	0	2	12	1	0	0	13	9:03	3:07	0:07	5:49	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	4	0	1	14	10:44	0:00	2:47	7:57	1	1	50.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	4	1	1	26	22:55	4:15	5:24	13:16	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	13	9:12	0:00	0:03	9:09	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	1	1	2	24	29:17	9:47	2:24	17:06	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	22	25:39	0:51	7:50	16:58	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	2	3	2	12	5	0	0	14	11:09	0:00	0:11	10:58	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	0	1	12	8:45	0:00	0:07	8:38	0	0	0.0

goalies
Jakub DobesJ. Dobes#75

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
18	1	17	.944	10	6	1	0	0	60:00	0

* - A player receives a "plus" if they are on the ice when their Club scores an even-strength or shorthand goal. They receive a "minus" if on the ice for an even-strength or shorthand goal scored by the opposing Club. The difference in these numbers is considered the player's plus-minus statistic.

		1	2	3	T
	Lightning	0	0	1	1
	Canadiens	0	1	1	2

1st Period
No Goals Scored

2nd Period			TB	MTL
6:30		Cole Caufield (50) Assists: Nick Suzuki (69), Juraj Slafkovsky (41)	0	1

3rd Period			TB	MTL
18:09		Darren Raddysh (22) Assists: Nikita Kucherov (85), Gage Goncalves (21)	1	1
18:56		Juraj Slafkovsky (30) Assists: Nick Suzuki (70)	1	2

Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Montreal Canadiens: Game Highlights

1:20

Juraj Slafkovsky scores goal for Canadiens

0:42

Darren Raddysh tallies goal vs. Canadiens

0:55

Regular Season Series

Series tied 2-2

Lightning
6
Canadiens
1

Game 1

10/12

Canadiens
4
Lightning
5

Game 2

28/12

Canadiens
4
Lightning
1

Game 3

1/4

Lightning
1
Canadiens
2

Game 4

10/4

Bell Centre

12:00 AM, 10 April 2026

Montreal, QC

Attendance: 20,962

Referees:
Justin Kea
Trevor Hanson

Linesmen:
Mark Shewchyk
Andrew Smith

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Buffalo	50	23	9	109
Tampa Bay	50	26	6	106
Montreal	48	24	10	106
Boston	45	27	10	100
Ottawa	44	27	11	99
Detroit	41	31	10	92
Florida	40	38	4	84
Toronto	32	36	14	78

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