Montréal Canadiens at Tampa Bay Lightning, 2026-04-19

NHL · Apr 19, 2026 · Playoffs

Montréal Canadiens

4–3

Final – OT

Tampa Bay Lightning

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The Canadiens edged the Lightning 4–3 in overtime at Benchmark International Arena. J. Slafkovský took first star with 3 goals.

Team	1	2	3	OT	T	SOG
Canadiens	1	1	1	1	4	19
Lightning	0	2	1	0	3	23

★ Three Stars

1J. SlafkovskýMTL · 3G 0A

2B. HagelTBL · 2G 0A

3N. SuzukiMTL · 0G 2A

Scoring Summary

1st Period

13:24

Josh Anderson (Alexandre Carrier, Mike Matheson)

1-0

2nd Period

12:15

Darren Raddysh (Nikita Kucherov, Jake Guentzel)PP

1-1

12:44

Brandon Hagel (Jake Guentzel, Ryan McDonagh)

1-2

19:36

Juraj Slafkovský (Ivan Demidov, Cole Caufield)PP

2-2

3rd Period

05:56

Juraj Slafkovský (Cole Caufield, Nick Suzuki)PP

3-2

08:58

Brandon Hagel (Jake Guentzel, Nikita Kucherov)PP

3-3

Overtime

01:22

Juraj Slafkovský (Lane Hutson, Nick Suzuki)PP

4-3

Boxscore

Canadiens4

Skater	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	TOI
Juraj SlafkovskýL	3	0	3	-1	2	7	2	0	21:11
Cole CaufieldR	0	2	2	-1	0	2	2	1	21:11
Nick SuzukiC	0	2	2	-1	0	0	1	1	22:58
Josh AndersonR	1	0	1	+1	4	1	4	1	14:47
Ivan DemidovR	0	1	1	0	0	2	2	1	16:34
Alexandre CarrierD	0	1	1	+1	0	0	3	2	18:36
Lane HutsonD	0	1	1	-1	0	2	0	1	29:00
Mike MathesonD	0	1	1	+1	0	0	4	6	22:56
Zachary BolducR	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	9:10
Kirby DachC	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	10:58
Phillip DanaultC	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	1	13:19
Jake EvansC	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	1	15:16
Oliver KapanenC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	8:25
Alex NewhookC	0	0	0	0	2	1	4	0	16:23
Alexandre TexierL	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	10:32
Kaiden GuhleD	0	0	0	-1	4	0	3	1	21:21
Jayden StrubleD	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	12:33
Arber XhekajD	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	1	10:59

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Jakub DobesStart	23	20	3	.870	61:13
Jacob Fowler	0	0	0	-	0:00

Lightning3

Skater	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	TOI
Jake GuentzelC	0	3	3	+1	2	4	0	0	22:57
Brandon HagelL	2	0	2	+1	2	3	1	0	25:27
Nikita KucherovR	0	2	2	-1	2	5	2	0	17:38
Darren RaddyshD	1	0	1	-1	0	6	4	0	23:55
Ryan McDonaghD	0	1	1	+1	0	0	4	1	21:19
Anthony CirelliC	0	0	0	+1	2	1	6	1	17:35
Conor GeekieC	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	8:12
Zemgus GirgensonsC	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	12:42
Gage GoncalvesC	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	10:43
Yanni GourdeC	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	17:35
Dominic JamesC	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	7:18
Nick PaulL	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	1	13:47
Brayden PointC	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	18:30
Erik CernakD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	4	1	20:53
Charle-Edouard D'AstousD	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	9:35
Emil LillebergD	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	17:27
J.J. MoserD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	3	2	22:12
Corey PerryR	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	8:42

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Andrei VasilevskiyStart	19	15	4	.789	61:22
Jonas Johansson	0	0	0	-	0:00