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Montréal Canadiens at Tampa Bay Lightning

Mar 31, 2026 · Benchmark International Arena

Team Goals Shots
Montréal Canadiens 4 23
Tampa Bay Lightning 1 37

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
12:25 MTL Juraj Slafkovský (29) PP Ivan Demidov (42), Cole Caufield (34) 1 - 0
13:41 TBL Jake Guentzel (36) Zemgus Girgensons (9), Ryan McDonagh (10) 1 - 1
2nd Period
12:49 MTL Cole Caufield (47) Juraj Slafkovský (37), Mike Matheson (29) 2 - 1
3rd Period
17:54 MTL Mike Matheson (7) SH Unassisted 3 - 1
18:54 MTL Nick Suzuki (27) Unassisted 4 - 1

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
03:06 MTL Jayden Struble Holding 2
09:24 MTL Kaiden Guhle Cross checking 2
09:55 MTL Noah Dobson Roughing 2
09:55 TBL Nikita Kucherov Interference goalkeeper 2
10:25 TBL Jake Guentzel Hooking 2
11:03 TBL Charle-Edouard D'Astous Tripping 2
2nd Period
15:35 MTL Alex Newhook Hooking 2
19:09 TBL Nikita Kucherov Slashing 2
3rd Period
04:45 TBL Emil Lilleberg Roughing 2
04:45 MTL Zachary Bolduc Roughing 2
04:45 TBL Jake Guentzel Roughing 2
04:45 MTL Josh Anderson Roughing 2
04:45 TBL Emil Lilleberg Roughing 2
04:45 MTL Zachary Bolduc Roughing 2
04:45 MTL Josh Anderson Roughing 2
04:45 TBL Jake Guentzel Roughing 2
15:54 MTL Nick Suzuki Cross checking 2
17:27 MTL Jake Evans Boarding 2
17:27 TBL Darren Raddysh Roughing 2
19:23 TBL Scott Sabourin Roughing 2
19:23 MTL Arber Xhekaj Roughing 2
19:23 TBL Gage Goncalves Roughing 2
19:23 MTL Phillip Danault Roughing 2
19:23 TBL Emil Lilleberg Roughing 2
19:23 MTL Brendan Gallagher Roughing 2
19:23 TBL Nick Paul Roughing 2
19:23 MTL Jayden Struble Roughing 2
19:23 TBL Erik Cernak Roughing 2
19:23 MTL Joseph Veleno Roughing 2
20:00 MTL Josh Anderson Roughing 2
20:00 TBL Ryan McDonagh Roughing 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Montréal Canadiens 43 34 23 4 3.2 42.3
Tampa Bay Lightning 64 47 37 1 3.2 57.7

How the game went

505101520Start2nd3rdTampa Bay Lightning aheadMontréal Canadiens ahead

The gap in shot attempts as the game went on: how many more one team had taken than the other. The line is above the middle and red while Tampa Bay Lightning had taken more, and below it and blue while Montréal Canadiens had.

Expected goals

Montréal Canadiens: 3.2 expected, 4 scored · Tampa Bay Lightning: 3.2 expected, 1 scored

0123Start2nd3rdEndMTL goal, 12:25 of 1st, a 8% chanceMTL goal, 12:49 of 2nd, a 8% chanceMTL goal, 17:54 of 3rd, a 34% chanceMTL goal, 18:54 of 3rd, a 54% chanceTBL goal, 13:41 of 1st, a 17% chanceTBL 3.2MTL 3.2

Each line climbs with every chance a team had: a small step for a shot from far out, a big one for a dangerous chance. A dot is a goal. Expected goals adds up how likely each shot was to go in, judged by where it was taken from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. Blocked shots and the shootout are not counted.

Where the attempts came from

Montréal Canadiens
Tampa Bay Lightning

There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from.

Montréal Canadiens

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Nick Suzuki · Cole Caufield · Juraj Slafkovský12:0152.061.51-0
Alex Newhook · Oliver Kapanen · Ivan Demidov8:5525.013.50-0
Josh Anderson · Jake Evans · Zachary Bolduc7:3360.091.80-0
Brendan Gallagher · Phillip Danault · Joseph Veleno6:2850.077.40-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Mike Matheson · Noah Dobson13:3328.033.00-1
Jayden Struble · Lane Hutson8:1672.774.90-0
Kaiden Guhle · Lane Hutson5:3228.633.90-0

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

xG is the expected goals of a skater's own shots. CF-CA and xGF-xGA are the shot attempts and the expected goals for and against while he was on the ice at five-on-five. For a goalie, xGA is what the shots he faced were expected to produce, and the last column is how many of those he saved. What these numbers mean

# Skater Pos G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI xG CF-CA xGF-xGA
8 Mike Matheson D 1 1 2 2 0 2 1 23:28 0.01 9-20 0.44-0.77
13 Cole Caufield R 1 1 2 2 0 4 0 17:05 0.33 14-12 0.83-0.52
20 Juraj Slafkovský L 1 1 2 2 0 1 2 19:12 0.16 14-18 0.83-0.70
14 Nick Suzuki C 1 0 1 2 2 5 1 20:27 0.43 14-18 0.83-0.68
93 Ivan Demidov R 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 15:43 0.37 7-15 0.30-0.97
7 Brendan Gallagher R 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 08:18 0.05 3-4 0.15-0.12
15 Alex Newhook C 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 14:45 0.16 6-17 0.27-1.19
17 Josh Anderson R 0 0 0 0 6 3 4 12:31 0.29 9-8 0.37-0.26
21 Kaiden Guhle D 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 18:14 0.08 14-15 0.67-0.68
24 Phillip Danault C 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 14:43 0.08 8-11 0.38-0.18
47 Jayden Struble D 0 0 0 0 4 1 1 13:48 0.01 12-7 0.68-0.38
48 Lane Hutson D 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 26:11 0.09 15-18 0.94-1.04
53 Noah Dobson D 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 21:45 9-19 0.43-0.77
71 Jake Evans C 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 14:43 8-8 0.31-0.30
72 Arber Xhekaj D 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 12:57 0.02 7-11 0.15-0.44
76 Zachary Bolduc R 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 10:37 8-5 0.37-0.05
90 Joseph Veleno C 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 13:03 0.14 4-5 0.18-0.12
91 Oliver Kapanen C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14:30 0.11 4-14 0.15-1.03
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
75 Jakub Dobes W 37 36 1 60:00 3.10 +2.10

Tampa Bay Lightning

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Yanni Gourde · Zemgus Girgensons · Pontus Holmberg10:1176.571.20-0
Nikita Kucherov · Anthony Cirelli · Brandon Hagel8:5560.045.20-1
Corey Perry · Scott Sabourin · Nick Paul7:2460.010.70-0
Jake Guentzel · Brayden Point · Gage Goncalves7:1826.739.01-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Darren Raddysh · J.J. Moser14:0560.947.60-1
Charle-Edouard D'Astous · Emil Lilleberg11:5431.613.40-0
Ryan McDonagh · Erik Cernak11:0883.381.90-0

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

# Skater Pos G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI xG CF-CA xGF-xGA
59 Jake Guentzel C 1 0 1 -1 6 2 0 21:06 0.26 7-12 0.33-0.36
27 Ryan McDonagh D 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 19:33 0.42 25-8 1.49-0.54
28 Zemgus Girgensons C 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 12:42 0.23 14-6 0.74-0.51
20 Nick Paul L 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 10:47 5-5 0.03-0.27
21 Brayden Point C 0 0 0 -1 0 5 0 20:32 0.55 8-14 0.38-0.39
29 Pontus Holmberg R 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 11:15 0.19 13-4 0.68-0.27
37 Yanni Gourde C 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 14:19 0.30 13-6 0.68-0.51
38 Brandon Hagel L 0 0 0 -3 0 5 0 22:21 0.32 19-11 0.89-0.68
43 Darren Raddysh D 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 23:35 0.07 17-11 0.88-0.56
46 Scott Sabourin R 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 09:05 4-3 0.02-0.10
51 Charle-Edouard D'Astous D 0 0 0 -2 2 0 0 17:23 7-15 0.07-0.44
71 Anthony Cirelli C 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 15:49 0.07 19-11 0.89-0.52
78 Emil Lilleberg D 0 0 0 0 6 0 5 17:17 7-15 0.11-0.70
81 Erik Cernak D 0 0 0 0 2 5 3 15:58 0.09 20-5 1.03-0.24
86 Nikita Kucherov R 0 0 0 -3 4 6 1 23:10 0.60 15-12 0.54-0.89
90 Corey Perry R 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 09:50 0.09 4-2 0.03-0.08
90 J.J. Moser D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 17:55 0.03 14-12 0.50-0.84
93 Gage Goncalves C 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 13:43 0.01 14-13 0.92-0.38
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
88 Andrei Vasilevskiy L 21 19 2 57:40 2.23 +0.23