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Montréal Canadiens at Tampa Bay Lightning

1st Round, Game 1 · Apr 19, 2026 · Benchmark International Arena

Team Goals Shots
Montréal Canadiens 4 19
Tampa Bay Lightning 3 23

Decided in overtime.

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
13:24 MTL Josh Anderson (1) Alexandre Carrier (1), Mike Matheson (1) 1 - 0
2nd Period
12:15 TBL Darren Raddysh (1) PP Nikita Kucherov (1), Jake Guentzel (1) 1 - 1
12:44 TBL Brandon Hagel (1) Jake Guentzel (2), Ryan McDonagh (1) 1 - 2
19:36 MTL Juraj Slafkovský (1) PP Ivan Demidov (1), Cole Caufield (1) 2 - 2
3rd Period
05:56 MTL Juraj Slafkovský (2) PP Cole Caufield (2), Nick Suzuki (1) 3 - 2
08:58 TBL Brandon Hagel (2) PP Jake Guentzel (3), Nikita Kucherov (2) 3 - 3
Overtime
01:22 MTL Juraj Slafkovský (3) PP Lane Hutson (1), Nick Suzuki (2) 4 - 3

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
10:37 TBL Team Too many men on the ice 2
14:37 MTL Alex Newhook Tripping 2
17:37 MTL Juraj Slafkovský Interference 2
19:47 TBL Brandon Hagel Interference 2
19:47 MTL Kaiden Guhle High sticking double minor 4
2nd Period
00:39 TBL Nikita Kucherov High sticking 2
08:10 TBL Yanni Gourde Roughing 2
08:10 MTL Josh Anderson Roughing 2
10:55 MTL Josh Anderson Charging 2
18:32 TBL Conor Geekie High sticking 2
3rd Period
04:20 TBL Anthony Cirelli Interference 2
07:28 MTL Zachary Bolduc Slashing 2
19:39 TBL Jake Guentzel High sticking 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Montréal Canadiens 39 29 19 4 2.9 41.0
Tampa Bay Lightning 57 37 23 3 2.2 59.0

How the game went

05101520Start2nd3rdOTTampa 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: 2.9 expected, 4 scored · Tampa Bay Lightning: 2.2 expected, 3 scored

012Start2nd3rdOTMTL goal, 13:24 of 1st, a 15% chanceMTL goal, 19:36 of 2nd, a 8% chanceMTL goal, 5:56 of 3rd, a 20% chanceMTL goal, 1:22 of overtime, a 12% chanceTBL goal, 12:15 of 2nd, a 7% chanceTBL goal, 12:44 of 2nd, a 9% chanceTBL goal, 8:58 of 3rd, a 17% chanceMTL 2.9TBL 2.2

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 Slafkovský11:5415.44.60-1
Alexandre Texier · Alex Newhook · Ivan Demidov7:3840.079.90-0
Phillip Danault · Josh Anderson · Jake Evans7:3528.645.61-0
Kirby Dach · Zachary Bolduc · Oliver Kapanen5:2466.757.40-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Kaiden Guhle · Lane Hutson15:2631.864.70-1
Mike Matheson · Alexandre Carrier12:1823.527.41-0
Jayden Struble · Arber Xhekaj9:0162.576.90-0

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
20 Juraj Slafkovský L 3 0 3 -1 2 7 2 21:11 1.07 5-13 0.31-0.37
13 Cole Caufield R 0 2 2 -1 0 2 2 21:11 0.43 4-11 0.24-0.36
14 Nick Suzuki C 0 2 2 -1 0 0 1 22:58 6-12 0.31-0.37
17 Josh Anderson R 1 0 1 1 4 1 4 14:47 0.15 2-7 0.15-0.20
8 Mike Matheson D 0 1 1 1 0 0 4 22:56 5-13 0.17-0.45
45 Alexandre Carrier D 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 18:36 4-13 0.17-0.45
48 Lane Hutson D 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 29:00 0.35 10-17 0.69-0.26
93 Ivan Demidov R 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 16:34 0.16 8-10 0.60-0.10
15 Alex Newhook C 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 16:23 0.17 7-11 0.38-0.15
21 Kaiden Guhle D 0 0 0 -1 4 0 3 21:21 7-15 0.46-0.25
24 Phillip Danault C 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 13:19 0.17 6-9 0.48-0.22
47 Jayden Struble D 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 12:33 11-7 0.44-0.14
71 Jake Evans C 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 15:16 4-7 0.25-0.22
72 Arber Xhekaj D 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 10:59 0.13 10-7 0.43-0.13
76 Zachary Bolduc R 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 09:10 0.05 13-5 0.52-0.10
77 Kirby Dach C 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 10:58 8-7 0.13-0.19
85 Alexandre Texier L 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 10:32 0.13 7-11 0.38-0.15
91 Oliver Kapanen C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 08:25 0.06 8-5 0.36-0.10
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
75 Jakub Dobes W 23 20 3 61:13 2.00 -1.00

Tampa Bay Lightning

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jake Guentzel · Anthony Cirelli · Brandon Hagel10:2091.795.81-0
Yanni Gourde · Zemgus Girgensons · Nick Paul9:3063.638.90-0
Nikita Kucherov · Brayden Point · Gage Goncalves7:4450.030.00-1
Corey Perry · Conor Geekie · Dominic James5:4950.0100.00-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Darren Raddysh · J.J. Moser12:4160.029.40-1
Ryan McDonagh · Erik Cernak11:2672.259.41-0
Charle-Edouard D'Astous · Emil Lilleberg5:5133.344.10-0

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 0 3 3 1 2 4 0 22:57 0.42 12-3 0.40-0.11
38 Brandon Hagel L 2 0 2 1 2 3 1 25:27 0.62 13-3 0.40-0.09
86 Nikita Kucherov R 0 2 2 -1 2 5 2 17:38 0.22 12-12 0.29-0.98
43 Darren Raddysh D 1 0 1 -1 0 6 4 23:55 0.51 15-11 0.32-0.83
27 Ryan McDonagh D 0 1 1 1 0 0 4 21:19 14-5 0.40-0.24
17 Dominic James C 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 07:18 0.03 4-3 0.10-0.00
20 Nick Paul L 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 13:47 0.04 12-7 0.12-0.36
21 Brayden Point C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 18:30 0.01 11-10 0.26-0.76
28 Zemgus Girgensons C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12:42 0.02 7-6 0.08-0.35
37 Yanni Gourde C 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 17:35 0.02 10-8 0.08-0.35
51 Charle-Edouard D'Astous D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 09:35 0.06 2-6 0.07-0.16
71 Anthony Cirelli C 0 0 0 1 2 1 6 17:35 0.01 11-3 0.40-0.09
78 Emil Lilleberg D 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 17:27 6-6 0.15-0.09
81 Erik Cernak D 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 20:53 0.17 15-9 0.37-0.37
90 Corey Perry R 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 08:42 0.07 4-7 0.10-0.16
90 J.J. Moser D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 22:12 19-13 0.34-0.89
93 Gage Goncalves C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 10:43 8-8 0.23-0.53
94 Conor Geekie C 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 08:12 5-5 0.10-0.09
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
88 Andrei Vasilevskiy L 19 15 4 61:22 2.63 -1.37