Montréal Canadiens at Tampa Bay Lightning, 2025-12-28

NHL · Dec 28, 2025

Montréal Canadiens20-12-6

4–5

Final – SO

Tampa Bay Lightning22-13-3

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The Lightning edged the Canadiens 5–4 in a shootout at Benchmark International Arena. N. Kucherov took first star with 2 goals.

Team	1	2	3	SO	T	SOG
Canadiens	0	0	4	0	4	35
Lightning	0	3	1	1	5	21

★ Three Stars

1N. KucherovTBL · 2G 0A

2J. SlafkovskýMTL · 2G 1A

3G. GoncalvesTBL · 0G 2A

Scoring Summary

2nd Period

02:28

Nikita Kucherov (Gage Goncalves)

0-1

12:11

Nikita Kucherov (Brayden Point, Gage Goncalves)

0-2

14:49

Nick Paul (Oliver Bjorkstrand, Maxim Groshev)

0-3

3rd Period

01:06

Ivan Demidov (Juraj Slafkovský, Noah Dobson)

1-3

01:40

Pontus Holmberg (Oliver Bjorkstrand, Charle-Edouard D'Astous)

1-4

09:16

Juraj Slafkovský (Oliver Kapanen)

2-4

12:17

Noah Dobson (Cole Caufield, Mike Matheson)

3-4

19:56

Juraj Slafkovský (Ivan Demidov, Lane Hutson)

4-4

Shootout

00:00

Gage Goncalves

4-5

Boxscore

Canadiens4

Skater	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	TOI
Juraj SlafkovskýL	2	1	3	+1	0	5	0	0	20:27
Ivan DemidovR	1	1	2	+2	0	3	1	0	18:26
Noah DobsonD	1	1	2	0	0	5	2	3	27:29
Cole CaufieldR	0	1	1	+1	0	2	1	1	22:42
Oliver KapanenC	0	1	1	+1	0	5	0	2	16:20
Lane HutsonD	0	1	1	+1	0	3	0	2	28:13
Mike MathesonD	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	26:37
Josh AndersonR	0	0	0	-2	0	2	4	0	16:17
Zachary BolducR	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	1	16:48
Phillip DanaultC	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	0	16:52
Nick SuzukiC	0	0	0	+1	0	0	2	0	22:43
Alexandre TexierL	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	14:34
Alexandre CarrierD	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	1	18:56
Jayden StrubleD	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	8:51
Arber XhekajD	0	0	0	-1	5	0	3	0	7:15
Brendan GallagherR	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	13:42
Samuel BlaisL	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	8:22
Joseph VelenoC	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	0	9:43

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Jacob FowlerStart	21	17	4	.810	63:43
Samuel Montembeault	0	0	0	-	0:00

Lightning5

Skater	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	TOI
Nikita KucherovR	2	0	2	+1	2	3	1	0	19:48
Gage GoncalvesC	0	2	2	+2	0	3	0	2	13:51
Oliver BjorkstrandR	0	2	2	+2	0	1	1	0	13:27
Pontus HolmbergR	1	0	1	0	0	2	2	0	12:25
Nick PaulL	1	0	1	+2	2	1	0	0	16:05
Brayden PointC	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	1	16:38
Charle-Edouard D'AstousD	0	1	1	+2	2	2	1	1	17:38
Maxim GroshevD	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	1	13:03
Anthony CirelliC	0	0	0	-2	0	3	0	2	18:06
Zemgus GirgensonsC	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	1	14:52
Yanni GourdeC	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	1	15:46
Jake GuentzelC	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	0	18:42
Brandon HagelL	0	0	0	-2	0	1	1	2	21:25
Scott SabourinR	0	0	0	0	5	0	1	0	2:20
Max CrozierD	0	0	0	-1	2	1	2	5	23:41
J.J. MoserD	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	24:28
Darren RaddyshD	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	24:44
Declan CarlileD	0	0	0	-2	0	0	2	3	20:01

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Jonas JohanssonStart	35	31	4	.886	65:00
Andrei Vasilevskiy	0	0	0	-	0:00