Montréal Canadiens at Tampa Bay Lightning, 2026-03-31

NHL · Mar 31, 2026

Montréal Canadiens43-21-10

4–1

Final

Tampa Bay Lightning46-22-6

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The Canadiens beat the Lightning 4–1 at Benchmark International Arena. J. Dobes took first star.

Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Canadiens	1	1	2	4	23
Lightning	1	0	0	1	37

★ Three Stars

1J. DobesMTL

2A. VasilevskiyTBL

3C. CaufieldMTL · 1G 1A

Scoring Summary

1st Period

12:25

Juraj Slafkovský (Ivan Demidov, Cole Caufield)PP

1-0

13:41

Jake Guentzel (Zemgus Girgensons, Ryan McDonagh)

1-1

2nd Period

12:49

Cole Caufield (Juraj Slafkovský, Mike Matheson)

2-1

3rd Period

17:54

Mike MathesonSH EN

3-1

18:54

Nick SuzukiEN

4-1

Boxscore

Canadiens4

Skater	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	TOI
Cole CaufieldR	1	1	2	+2	0	4	0	0	17:05
Juraj SlafkovskýL	1	1	2	+2	0	1	2	2	19:12
Mike MathesonD	1	1	2	+2	0	2	1	2	23:28
Nick SuzukiC	1	0	1	+2	2	5	1	1	20:27
Ivan DemidovR	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	15:43
Josh AndersonR	0	0	0	0	6	3	4	0	12:31
Zachary BolducR	0	0	0	0	4	0	2	0	10:37
Phillip DanaultC	0	0	0	+1	2	1	1	0	14:43
Jake EvansC	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	4	14:43
Oliver KapanenC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	14:30
Alex NewhookC	0	0	0	-1	2	2	0	1	14:45
Noah DobsonD	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	21:45
Kaiden GuhleD	0	0	0	+1	2	0	2	3	18:14
Lane HutsonD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	3	26:11
Jayden StrubleD	0	0	0	0	4	1	1	1	13:48
Arber XhekajD	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	12:57
Brendan GallagherR	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	8:18
Joseph VelenoC	0	0	0	0	2	1	4	0	13:03

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Jakub DobesStart	37	36	1	.973	60:00
Jacob Fowler	0	0	0	-	0:00

Lightning1

Skater	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	TOI
Jake GuentzelC	1	0	1	-1	6	2	0	2	21:06
Zemgus GirgensonsC	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	12:42
Ryan McDonaghD	0	1	1	+1	2	1	0	0	19:33
Anthony CirelliC	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	1	15:49
Gage GoncalvesC	0	0	0	+1	2	1	0	1	13:43
Yanni GourdeC	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	0	14:19
Brandon HagelL	0	0	0	-3	0	5	0	0	22:21
Pontus HolmbergR	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	11:15
Nikita KucherovR	0	0	0	-3	4	6	1	0	23:10
Nick PaulL	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	0	10:47
Brayden PointC	0	0	0	-1	0	5	0	0	20:32
Scott SabourinR	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	9:05
Erik CernakD	0	0	0	0	2	5	3	1	15:58
Charle-Edouard D'AstousD	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	0	17:23
Emil LillebergD	0	0	0	0	6	0	5	2	17:17
J.J. MoserD	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	1	17:55
Darren RaddyshD	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	23:35
Corey PerryR	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	9:50

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Andrei VasilevskiyStart	21	19	2	.905	57:40
Jonas Johansson	0	0	0	-	0:00