NHL · Apr 29, 2026 · Playoffs

Montréal Canadiens

3–2

Final

Tampa Bay Lightning

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The Canadiens slipped past the Lightning 3–2 at Benchmark International Arena. A. Texier took first star with 1 goal.

Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Canadiens	1	1	1	3	24
Lightning	0	2	0	2	40

★ Three Stars

1A. TexierMTL · 1G 0A

2D. JamesTBL · 1G 0A

3L. HutsonMTL · 0G 1A

Scoring Summary

1st Period

03:00

Brendan Gallagher (Alex Newhook)

1-0

2nd Period

06:49

Dominic James (Gage Goncalves, Yanni Gourde)

1-1

07:00

Kirby Dach (Zachary Bolduc, Kaiden Guhle)

2-1

17:23

Jake Guentzel

2-2

3rd Period

01:06

Alexandre Texier (Lane Hutson, Nick Suzuki)

3-2

Boxscore

Canadiens3

Skater	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	TOI
Kirby DachC	1	0	1	+2	0	1	3	2	11:46
Alexandre TexierL	1	0	1	+2	0	2	1	1	13:40
Brendan GallagherR	1	0	1	+1	0	1	3	0	6:48
Zachary BolducR	0	1	1	+2	0	0	3	0	13:26
Alex NewhookC	0	1	1	0	0	2	2	1	14:35
Nick SuzukiC	0	1	1	-1	0	0	3	0	20:42
Kaiden GuhleD	0	1	1	+1	2	2	4	0	21:41
Lane HutsonD	0	1	1	+1	2	1	1	1	23:31
Josh AndersonR	0	0	0	-1	0	2	4	0	15:32
Cole CaufieldR	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	13:13
Phillip DanaultC	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	19:40
Ivan DemidovR	0	0	0	-1	0	3	2	0	11:07
Jake EvansC	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	2	15:14
Juraj SlafkovskýL	0	0	0	-1	0	3	1	1	19:27
Alexandre CarrierD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	4	23:27
Mike MathesonD	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	4	27:54
Jayden StrubleD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	4	0	10:23
Arber XhekajD	0	0	0	+1	2	1	1	0	9:54

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Jakub DobesStart	40	38	2	.950	60:00
Jacob Fowler	0	0	0	-	0:00

Lightning2

Skater	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	TOI
Jake GuentzelC	1	0	1	+1	0	4	1	0	22:11
Dominic JamesC	1	0	1	-1	0	2	1	2	13:14
Gage GoncalvesC	0	1	1	-1	0	2	1	0	13:51
Yanni GourdeC	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	0	14:23
Anthony CirelliC	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	20:49
Conor GeekieC	0	0	0	-1	0	1	3	0	5:04
Zemgus GirgensonsC	0	0	0	-1	0	0	3	0	7:21
Brandon HagelL	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	1	23:12
Nikita KucherovR	0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	21:44
Brayden PointC	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0	21:17
Erik CernakD	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	15:56
Max CrozierD	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	0	17:40
Emil LillebergD	0	0	0	-2	0	0	2	0	15:47
Ryan McDonaghD	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	2	16:23
J.J. MoserD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	5	20:33
Darren RaddyshD	0	0	0	+1	0	6	5	1	25:26
Corey PerryR	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	6:55
Oliver BjorkstrandR	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	3	14:47

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Andrei VasilevskiyStart	24	21	3	.875	57:27
Jonas Johansson	0	0	0	-	0:00