Game

Canadiens at Lightning

Canadiens 4, Lightning 1 · first star Jakub Dobes (0 GA, .973 SV%).

2025-26 regular season · Preseason. The 2026-27 regular season starts Sep 29. Data as of September 28, 2026, source NHL.

Montreal Canadiens 4 at Tampa Bay Lightning 1

Canadiens MTL

4 FINAL 1

Lightning TBL

Tuesday, March 31, 2026 · 7:00 PM ET · Benchmark International Arena, Tampa

Line score by period
Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Canadiens	1	1	2	4	23
Lightning	1	0	0	1	37

Shot chart

Every shot attempt, computed from the league's play-by-play coordinates. Canadiens attack left, Lightning attack right, all periods folded onto one rink. Attempts are plotted where the league recorded them, so the 2 marks in a team's own end are attempts logged from there: empty-net shots, long dumps on the net; 2 empty-net goals are drawn as diamonds. Boxscore shots on goal: MTL 23, TBL 37.

MTL in red TBL in blue goal empty-net goal shot on goal missed blocked Canadiens 23 shots on goal (4 goals, 11 missed, 9 blocked) attacking left; Lightning 37 shots on goal (1 goal, 10 missed, 17 blocked) attacking right.

Shots by period

Shots on goal, goals and attempts by period
Period	MTL SOG	MTL G	MTL ATT	TBL SOG	TBL G	TBL ATT
1st	9	1	17	8	1	16
2nd	6	1	13	12	0	22
3rd	8	2	13	17	0	26
Total	23	4	43	37	1	64

Shots by situation

Shots on goal and goals by strength of the shooting team
Situation	MTL SOG	MTL G	TBL SOG	TBL G
Even strength	18	2	26	1
Power play	3	1	10	0
Short-handed	2	1	1	0
Into an empty net	2	2	0	0

Attempt share by period

Lightning took 59.8% of the shot attempts, and 57.7% of the 78 attempts taken at 5-on-5. An attempt is a goal, a shot on goal, a miss or a blocked shot; CF% is the share of them belonging to the Lightning and FF% their share of the ones that were not blocked, so the Canadiens hold the remainder. All situations unless the 5-on-5 figure is named. All 32 teams

Attempt share by period, all situations, Canadiens at Lightning
Period	TBL CF%	TBL FF%
1st	48.5	44.0
2nd	62.9	65.2
3rd	66.7	63.6
Game	59.8	58.0

Team totals only: per-player on-ice numbers need shift data, which this source does not publish.

Scoring summary

1st period

12:25 Juraj Slafkovský (29) PP Ivan Demidov (42), Cole Caufield (34) · snap 1–0
13:41 Jake Guentzel (36) Zemgus Girgensons (9), Ryan McDonagh (10) · wrist 1–1

2nd period

12:49 Cole Caufield (47) Juraj Slafkovský (37), Mike Matheson (29) · wrist 2–1

3rd period

17:54 Mike Matheson (7) SH EN Unassisted · slap 3–1
18:54 Nick Suzuki (27) EN Unassisted · wrist 4–1

Three stars

Jakub Dobes MTL · G #75 · 0 GA, .973 SV%
Andrei Vasilevskiy TBL · G #88 · 0 GA, .905 SV%
Cole Caufield MTL · R #13 · 1 G, 1 A

Penalties

Penalties
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min	Drawn by
1st	03:06	MTL	Jayden Struble	holding	2	Pontus Holmberg
1st	09:24	MTL	Kaiden Guhle	cross checking	2	Pontus Holmberg
1st	09:55	MTL	Noah Dobson	roughing	2	Nikita Kucherov
1st	09:55	TBL	Nikita Kucherov	interference goalkeeper	2	Jakub Dobes
1st	10:25	TBL	Jake Guentzel	hooking	2	Lane Hutson
1st	11:03	TBL	Charle-Edouard D'Astous	tripping	2	Lane Hutson
2nd	15:35	MTL	Alex Newhook	hooking	2	Jake Guentzel
2nd	19:09	TBL	Nikita Kucherov	slashing	2	Cole Caufield
3rd	04:45	TBL	Emil Lilleberg	roughing	2	Zachary Bolduc
3rd	04:45	MTL	Zachary Bolduc	roughing	2	Emil Lilleberg
3rd	04:45	TBL	Jake Guentzel	roughing	2	Josh Anderson
3rd	04:45	MTL	Josh Anderson	roughing	2	Jake Guentzel
3rd	04:45	TBL	Emil Lilleberg	roughing	2	Zachary Bolduc
3rd	04:45	MTL	Zachary Bolduc	roughing	2	Emil Lilleberg
3rd	04:45	MTL	Josh Anderson	roughing	2	Jake Guentzel
3rd	04:45	TBL	Jake Guentzel	roughing	2	Josh Anderson
3rd	15:54	MTL	Nick Suzuki	cross checking	2	Yanni Gourde
3rd	17:27	MTL	Jake Evans	boarding	2	Nikita Kucherov
3rd	17:27	TBL	Darren Raddysh	roughing	2	Jake Evans
3rd	19:23	TBL	Scott Sabourin	roughing	2	Arber Xhekaj
3rd	19:23	MTL	Arber Xhekaj	roughing	2	Scott Sabourin
3rd	19:23	TBL	Gage Goncalves	roughing	2	Phillip Danault
3rd	19:23	MTL	Phillip Danault	roughing	2	Gage Goncalves
3rd	19:23	TBL	Emil Lilleberg	roughing	2	Brendan Gallagher
3rd	19:23	MTL	Brendan Gallagher	roughing	2	Emil Lilleberg
3rd	19:23	TBL	Nick Paul	roughing	2	Jayden Struble
3rd	19:23	MTL	Jayden Struble	roughing	2	Nick Paul
3rd	19:23	TBL	Erik Cernak	roughing	2	Joe Veleno
3rd	19:23	MTL	Joe Veleno	roughing	2	Erik Cernak
3rd	20:00	MTL	Josh Anderson	roughing	2	Ryan McDonagh
3rd	20:00	TBL	Ryan McDonagh	roughing	2	Josh Anderson

Boxscore

Montreal Canadiens

Canadiens skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Juraj Slafkovský #20	L	1	1	2	+2	1	2	2	0	0.0	19:12
Cole Caufield #13	R	1	1	2	+2	4	0	0	0	0.0	17:05
Mike Matheson #8	D	1	1	2	+2	2	1	2	0	0.0	23:28
Nick Suzuki #14	C	1	0	1	+2	5	1	1	2	50.0	20:27
Ivan Demidov #93	R	0	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	15:43
Alex Newhook #15	C	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	2	83.3	14:45
Jake Evans #71	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	4	2	42.9	14:43
Joe Veleno #90	C	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	2	100.0	13:03
Oliver Kapanen #91	C	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	25.0	14:30
Phillip Danault #24	C	0	0	0	+1	1	1	0	2	75.0	14:43
Brendan Gallagher #11	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0.0	08:18
Josh Anderson #17	R	0	0	0	0	3	4	0	6	0.0	12:31
Zachary Bolduc #76	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	0.0	10:37
Arber Xhekaj #72	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0.0	12:57
Jayden Struble #47	D	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	4	0.0	13:48
Kaiden Guhle #21	D	0	0	0	+1	0	2	3	2	0.0	18:14
Lane Hutson #48	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	3	0	0.0	26:11
Noah Dobson #53	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0.0	21:45

Canadiens goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Jakub Dobes #75	W	37	36	1	.973	25/26	10/10	60:00

Tampa Bay Lightning

Lightning skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Jake Guentzel #59	C	1	0	1	-1	2	0	2	6	45.5	21:06
Zemgus Girgensons #28	C	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	0.0	12:42
Ryan McDonagh #27	D	0	1	1	+1	1	0	0	2	0.0	19:33
Anthony Cirelli #71	C	0	0	0	-2	1	0	1	0	58.3	15:49
Brayden Point #21	C	0	0	0	-1	5	0	0	0	27.3	20:32
Gage Goncalves #93	C	0	0	0	+1	1	0	1	2	0.0	13:43
Yanni Gourde #37	C	0	0	0	0	4	3	0	0	71.4	14:19
Brandon Hagel #38	L	0	0	0	-3	5	0	0	0	0.0	22:21
Nick Paul #20	L	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	2	27.3	10:47
Corey Perry #10	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0.0	09:50
Nikita Kucherov #86	R	0	0	0	-3	6	1	0	4	0.0	23:10
Pontus Holmberg #29	R	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0.0	11:15
Scott Sabourin #46	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	0.0	09:05
Charle-Edouard D'Astous #51	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	2	0.0	17:23
Darren Raddysh #43	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0.0	23:35
Emil Lilleberg #78	D	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	6	0.0	17:17
Erik Cernak #81	D	0	0	0	0	5	3	1	2	0.0	15:58
J.J. Moser #90	D	0	0	0	-1	1	0	1	0	0.0	17:55

Lightning goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Andrei Vasilevskiy #88	L	21	19	2	.905	16/17	2/3	57:40

SOG shots on goal · BLK blocked shots · FO% faceoff win percentage · EV / PP saves over shots by strength. Skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Source NHL (boxscore, play-by-play, game summary). Shot locations are the league's tracked coordinates; the chart and the situation tables are computed by Play-Pause Hockey. Data as of 2026-09-28.