Montréal Canadiens at Tampa Bay Lightning, 2026-05-03

NHL · May 3, 2026 · Playoffs

Montréal Canadiens

2–1

Final

Tampa Bay Lightning

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The Canadiens slipped past the Lightning 2–1 at Benchmark International Arena. J. Dobes took first star.

Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Canadiens	1	0	1	2	9
Lightning	0	1	0	1	29

★ Three Stars

1J. DobesMTL

2A. NewhookMTL · 1G 0A

3D. JamesTBL · 1G 0A

Scoring Summary

1st Period

18:39

Nick Suzuki (Kaiden Guhle, Josh Anderson)

1-0

2nd Period

13:27

Dominic James (Charle-Edouard D'Astous, Gage Goncalves)PP

1-1

3rd Period

11:07

Alex Newhook (Lane Hutson, Kaiden Guhle)

2-1

Boxscore

Canadiens2

Skater	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	TOI
Kaiden GuhleD	0	2	2	+2	2	1	3	2	20:56
Alex NewhookC	1	0	1	+1	0	1	1	1	16:09
Nick SuzukiC	1	0	1	+2	0	3	3	3	22:48
Josh AndersonR	0	1	1	+1	0	0	3	0	15:33
Lane HutsonD	0	1	1	+2	0	0	1	0	23:27
Zachary BolducR	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	8:51
Cole CaufieldR	0	0	0	+1	0	1	5	0	14:29
Kirby DachC	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	11:02
Phillip DanaultC	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	17:56
Ivan DemidovR	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	17:50
Jake EvansC	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	16:46
Juraj SlafkovskýL	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	0	21:25
Alexandre TexierL	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	11:15
Alexandre CarrierD	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	22:39
Noah DobsonD	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	18:37
Mike MathesonD	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	1	25:22
Jayden StrubleD	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	5:06
Brendan GallagherR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6:48

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Jakub DobesStart	29	28	1	.966	60:00
Jacob Fowler	0	0	0	-	0:00

Lightning1

Skater	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	TOI
Dominic JamesC	1	0	1	-1	0	4	2	0	13:27
Gage GoncalvesC	0	1	1	-1	0	3	1	1	14:33
Charle-Edouard D'AstousD	0	1	1	-1	0	1	2	0	17:41
Anthony CirelliC	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	1	17:50
Zemgus GirgensonsC	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	3	14:00
Yanni GourdeC	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	16:01
Jake GuentzelC	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	16:22
Brandon HagelL	0	0	0	-1	0	3	2	1	21:53
Nikita KucherovR	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	1	20:16
Nick PaulL	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	1	12:38
Brayden PointC	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	15:06
Erik CernakD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	17:18
Emil LillebergD	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	15:42
Ryan McDonaghD	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	16:17
J.J. MoserD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	1	22:12
Darren RaddyshD	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	1	26:07
Corey PerryR	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	8:58
Oliver BjorkstrandR	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	1	12:12

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Andrei VasilevskiyStart	9	7	2	.778	57:30
Jonas Johansson	0	0	0	-	0:00