Game

Canadiens at Lightning

Canadiens 3, Lightning 2 · first star Alexandre Texier (1 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 3 at Tampa Bay Lightning 2

Canadiens MTL

3 FINAL 2

Lightning TBL

Playoffs Wednesday, April 29, 2026 · 7:00 PM ET · Benchmark International Arena, Tampa · TV ESPN2 · CBC · SN

Line score by period
Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Canadiens	1	1	1	3	24
Lightning	0	2	0	2	40

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 1 mark in a team's own end is an attempt logged from there: empty-net shots, long dumps on the net. Boxscore shots on goal: MTL 24, TBL 40.

MTL in red TBL in blue goal shot on goal missed blocked Canadiens 24 shots on goal (3 goals, 9 missed, 18 blocked) attacking left; Lightning 40 shots on goal (2 goals, 7 missed, 16 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	6	1	16	8	0	12
2nd	12	1	24	15	2	22
3rd	6	1	11	17	0	29
Total	24	3	51	40	2	63

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	21	3	34	2
Power play	1	0	6	0
Short-handed	2	0	0	0

Attempt share by period

Lightning took 55.3% of the shot attempts, and 46.8% of the 79 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	42.9	55.0
2nd	47.8	50.0
3rd	72.5	71.4
Game	55.3	58.8

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

Scoring summary

1st period

03:00 Brendan Gallagher (1) Alex Newhook (1) · wrist 1–0

2nd period

06:49 Dominic James (1) Gage Goncalves (1), Yanni Gourde (1) · snap 1–1
07:00 Kirby Dach (2) Zachary Bolduc (3), Kaiden Guhle (2) · wrist 2–1
17:23 Jake Guentzel (2) Unassisted · snap 2–2

3rd period

01:06 Alexandre Texier (2) Lane Hutson (3), Nick Suzuki (5) · snap 3–2

Three stars

Alexandre Texier MTL · L #85 · 1 G, 0 A
Dominic James TBL · C #17 · 1 G, 0 A
Lane Hutson MTL · D #48 · 0 G, 1 A

Penalties

Penalties
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min	Drawn by
1st	07:30	TBL	Ryan McDonagh	high sticking double minor	4	Nick Suzuki
1st	13:06	MTL	Jake Evans	delaying game puck over glass	2	—
1st	17:52	TBL	Yanni Gourde	holding the stick	2	Kaiden Guhle
1st	17:52	MTL	Kaiden Guhle	holding	2	Yanni Gourde
2nd	01:13	MTL	Lane Hutson	delaying game puck over glass	2	—
2nd	04:17	MTL	Arber Xhekaj	roughing	2	Max Crozier

Boxscore

Montreal Canadiens

Canadiens skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Kirby Dach #77	C	1	0	1	+2	1	3	2	0	60.0	11:46
Alexandre Texier #85	L	1	0	1	+2	2	1	1	0	0.0	13:40
Brendan Gallagher #11	R	1	0	1	+1	1	3	0	0	0.0	06:48
Alex Newhook #15	C	0	1	1	0	2	2	1	0	0.0	14:35
Nick Suzuki #14	C	0	1	1	-1	0	3	0	0	75.0	20:42
Zachary Bolduc #76	R	0	1	1	+2	0	3	0	0	0.0	13:26
Kaiden Guhle #21	D	0	1	1	+1	2	4	0	2	0.0	21:41
Lane Hutson #48	D	0	1	1	+1	1	1	1	2	0.0	23:31
Jake Evans #71	C	0	0	0	0	3	2	2	2	85.7	15:14
Phillip Danault #24	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	60.0	19:40
Juraj Slafkovský #20	L	0	0	0	-1	3	1	1	0	0.0	19:27
Cole Caufield #13	R	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	13:13
Ivan Demidov #93	R	0	0	0	-1	3	2	0	0	0.0	11:07
Josh Anderson #17	R	0	0	0	-1	2	4	0	0	0.0	15:32
Alexandre Carrier #45	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	4	0	0.0	23:27
Arber Xhekaj #72	D	0	0	0	+1	1	1	0	2	0.0	09:54
Jayden Struble #47	D	0	0	0	+1	1	4	0	0	0.0	10:23
Mike Matheson #8	D	0	0	0	-1	1	0	4	0	0.0	27:54

Canadiens goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Jakub Dobes #75	W	40	38	2	.950	32/34	6/6	60:00

Tampa Bay Lightning

Lightning skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Dominic James #17	C	1	0	1	-1	2	1	2	0	0.0	13:14
Jake Guentzel #59	C	1	0	1	+1	4	1	0	0	20.0	22:11
Gage Goncalves #93	C	0	1	1	-1	2	1	0	0	0.0	13:51
Yanni Gourde #37	C	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	2	40.0	14:23
Anthony Cirelli #71	C	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	50.0	20:49
Brayden Point #21	C	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	0	45.5	21:17
Conor Geekie #14	C	0	0	0	-1	1	3	0	0	0.0	05:04
Zemgus Girgensons #28	C	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	0	0.0	07:21
Brandon Hagel #38	L	0	0	0	0	5	3	1	0	0.0	23:12
Corey Perry #10	R	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	0.0	06:55
Nikita Kucherov #86	R	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0.0	21:44
Oliver Bjorkstrand #22	R	0	0	0	-1	2	2	3	0	0.0	14:47
Darren Raddysh #43	D	0	0	0	+1	6	5	1	0	0.0	25:26
Emil Lilleberg #78	D	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0	0	0.0	15:47
Erik Cernak #81	D	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0.0	15:56
J.J. Moser #90	D	0	0	0	+1	1	1	5	0	0.0	20:33
Max Crozier #24	D	0	0	0	-2	1	0	0	0	0.0	17:40
Ryan McDonagh #27	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	4	0.0	16:23

Lightning goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Andrei Vasilevskiy #88	L	24	21	3	.875	18/21	1/1	57:27

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.