Game

Canadiens at Lightning

Canadiens 4, Lightning 3 in overtime · first star Juraj Slafkovský (3 G, 0 A).

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

Montreal Canadiens 4 at Tampa Bay Lightning 3

Canadiens MTL

4 FINAL/OT 3

Lightning TBL

Playoffs Sunday, April 19, 2026 · 5:45 PM ET · Benchmark International Arena, Tampa · TV TNT · truTV · HBO MAX

Line score by period
Team	1	2	3	OT	T	SOG
Canadiens	1	1	1	1	4	19
Lightning	0	2	1	0	3	23

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 a mark in a team's own end would be an attempt logged from there (none in this game). Boxscore shots on goal: MTL 19, TBL 23.

MTL in red TBL in blue goal shot on goal missed blocked Canadiens 19 shots on goal (4 goals, 10 missed, 13 blocked) attacking left; Lightning 23 shots on goal (3 goals, 14 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	4	1	12	9	0	16
2nd	5	1	12	7	2	17
3rd	8	1	16	7	1	21
OT	2	1	2	0	0	0
Total	19	4	42	23	3	54

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	9	1	13	1
Power play	10	3	10	2
Short-handed	0	0	0	0

Attempt share by period

Lightning took 56.3% of the shot attempts, and 55.7% of the 61 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	57.1	66.7
2nd	58.6	59.1
3rd	56.8	50.0
OT	0.0	0.0
Game	56.3	56.1

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

Scoring summary

1st period

13:24 Josh Anderson (1) Alexandre Carrier (1), Mike Matheson (1) · wrist 1–0

2nd period

12:15 Darren Raddysh (1) PP Nikita Kucherov (1), Jake Guentzel (1) · slap 1–1
12:44 Brandon Hagel (1) Jake Guentzel (2), Ryan McDonagh (1) · backhand 1–2
19:36 Juraj Slafkovský (1) PP Ivan Demidov (1), Cole Caufield (1) · snap 2–2

3rd period

05:56 Juraj Slafkovský (2) PP Cole Caufield (2), Nick Suzuki (1) · snap 3–2
08:58 Brandon Hagel (2) PP Jake Guentzel (3), Nikita Kucherov (2) · tip-in 3–3

Overtime

01:22 Juraj Slafkovský (3) PP Lane Hutson (1), Nick Suzuki (2) · snap 4–3

Three stars

Juraj Slafkovský MTL · L #20 · 3 G, 0 A
Brandon Hagel TBL · L #38 · 2 G, 0 A
Nick Suzuki MTL · C #14 · 0 G, 2 A

Penalties

Penalties
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min	Drawn by
1st	10:37	TBL	Bench	too many men on the ice	2	—
1st	14:37	MTL	Alex Newhook	tripping	2	Conor Geekie
1st	17:37	MTL	Juraj Slafkovský	interference	2	Emil Lilleberg
1st	19:47	TBL	Brandon Hagel	interference	2	Kaiden Guhle
1st	19:47	MTL	Kaiden Guhle	high sticking double minor	4	Brayden Point
2nd	00:39	TBL	Nikita Kucherov	high sticking	2	Alexandre Carrier
2nd	08:10	TBL	Yanni Gourde	roughing	2	Josh Anderson
2nd	08:10	MTL	Josh Anderson	roughing	2	Yanni Gourde
2nd	10:55	MTL	Josh Anderson	charging	2	Charle-Edouard D'Astous
2nd	18:32	TBL	Conor Geekie	high sticking	2	Lane Hutson
3rd	04:20	TBL	Anthony Cirelli	interference	2	Juraj Slafkovský
3rd	07:28	MTL	Zachary Bolduc	slashing	2	J.J. Moser
3rd	19:39	TBL	Jake Guentzel	high sticking	2	Kaiden Guhle

Boxscore

Montreal Canadiens

Canadiens skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Juraj Slafkovský #20	L	3	0	3	-1	7	2	0	2	0.0	21:11
Nick Suzuki #14	C	0	2	2	-1	0	1	1	0	71.4	22:58
Cole Caufield #13	R	0	2	2	-1	2	2	1	0	0.0	21:11
Josh Anderson #17	R	1	0	1	+1	1	4	1	4	0.0	14:47
Ivan Demidov #93	R	0	1	1	0	2	2	1	0	0.0	16:34
Alexandre Carrier #45	D	0	1	1	+1	0	3	2	0	0.0	18:36
Lane Hutson #48	D	0	1	1	-1	2	0	1	0	0.0	29:00
Mike Matheson #8	D	0	1	1	+1	0	4	6	0	0.0	22:56
Alex Newhook #15	C	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	2	28.6	16:23
Jake Evans #71	C	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	0	60.0	15:16
Kirby Dach #77	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	50.0	10:58
Oliver Kapanen #91	C	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	66.7	08:25
Phillip Danault #24	C	0	0	0	+1	1	1	1	0	55.6	13:19
Alexandre Texier #85	L	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	100.0	10:32
Zachary Bolduc #76	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0.0	09:10
Arber Xhekaj #72	D	0	0	0	0	1	5	1	0	0.0	10:59
Jayden Struble #47	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	12:33
Kaiden Guhle #21	D	0	0	0	-1	0	3	1	4	0.0	21:21

Canadiens goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Jakub Dobes #75	W	23	20	3	.870	12/13	8/10	61:13

Tampa Bay Lightning

Lightning skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Jake Guentzel #59	C	0	3	3	+1	4	0	0	2	25.0	22:57
Brandon Hagel #38	L	2	0	2	+1	3	1	0	2	50.0	25:27
Nikita Kucherov #86	R	0	2	2	-1	5	2	0	2	0.0	17:38
Darren Raddysh #43	D	1	0	1	-1	6	4	0	0	0.0	23:55
Ryan McDonagh #27	D	0	1	1	+1	0	4	1	0	0.0	21:19
Anthony Cirelli #71	C	0	0	0	+1	1	6	1	2	42.1	17:35
Brayden Point #21	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	33.3	18:30
Conor Geekie #14	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0.0	08:12
Dominic James #17	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	25.0	07:18
Gage Goncalves #93	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0.0	10:43
Yanni Gourde #37	C	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	0.0	17:35
Zemgus Girgensons #28	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0.0	12:42
Nick Paul #20	L	0	0	0	0	1	7	1	0	53.3	13:47
Corey Perry #10	R	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0.0	08:42
Charle-Edouard D'Astous #51	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	09:35
Emil Lilleberg #78	D	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0.0	17:27
Erik Cernak #81	D	0	0	0	+1	1	4	1	0	0.0	20:53
J.J. Moser #90	D	0	0	0	-1	0	3	2	0	0.0	22:12

Lightning goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Andrei Vasilevskiy #88	L	19	15	4	.789	8/9	7/10	61:22

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.