Montréal Canadiens at Tampa Bay Lightning

1st Round, Game 7 · May 3, 2026 · Benchmark International Arena

Team	Goals	Shots
Montréal Canadiens	2	9
Tampa Bay Lightning	1	29

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
1st Period
18:39	MTL	Nick Suzuki (1)	Kaiden Guhle (3), Josh Anderson (1)	1 - 0
2nd Period
13:27	TBL	Dominic James (2) PP	Charle-Edouard D'Astous (1), Gage Goncalves (2)	1 - 1
3rd Period
11:07	MTL	Alex Newhook (1)	Lane Hutson (4), Kaiden Guhle (4)	2 - 1

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
2nd Period
03:14	MTL	Mike Matheson	Tripping	2
05:04	TBL	Brayden Point	Holding	2
12:33	MTL	Kaiden Guhle	Holding	2
15:22	TBL	Team	Too many men on the ice	2
3rd Period
19:53	MTL	Mike Matheson	Delaying game	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Montréal Canadiens	39	23	9	2	0.8	42.2
Tampa Bay Lightning	57	41	29	1	2.9	57.8

How the game went

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: 0.8 expected, 2 scored · Tampa Bay Lightning: 2.9 expected, 1 scored

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 line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Josh Anderson · Nick Suzuki · Cole Caufield	6:14	58.3	30.6	1-0
Alexandre Texier · Kirby Dach · Zachary Bolduc	5:52	21.4	2.9	0-0
Nick Suzuki · Juraj Slafkovský · Ivan Demidov	5:07	33.3	48.9	0-0
Jake Evans · Juraj Slafkovský · Ivan Demidov	3:55	71.4	58.0	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Mike Matheson · Alexandre Carrier	15:08	27.3	22.3	0-0
Noah Dobson · Lane Hutson	11:25	39.1	21.5	0-0
Kaiden Guhle · Lane Hutson	4:41	60.0	37.1	2-0

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
21	Kaiden Guhle	D	0	2	2	2	2	1	3	20:56	0.01	18-14	0.28-0.71
14	Nick Suzuki	C	1	0	1	2	0	3	3	22:48	0.14	14-13	0.30-0.47
15	Alex Newhook	C	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	16:09	0.04	7-14	0.23-0.80
17	Josh Anderson	R	0	1	1	1	0	0	3	15:33		14-14	0.26-0.76
48	Lane Hutson	D	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	23:27	0.02	17-19	0.32-1.05
7	Brendan Gallagher	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	06:48		2-4	0.00-0.00
8	Mike Matheson	D	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	25:22	0.03	10-18	0.21-0.91
13	Cole Caufield	R	0	0	0	1	0	1	5	14:29	0.08	14-11	0.26-0.40
20	Juraj Slafkovský	L	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	21:25	0.20	13-11	0.39-0.26
24	Phillip Danault	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	17:56	0.06	12-9	0.29-0.30
45	Alexandre Carrier	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	22:39	0.16	7-21	0.22-0.87
47	Jayden Struble	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	05:06		1-3	0.00-0.33
53	Noah Dobson	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	18:37	0.06	17-19	0.35-0.86
71	Jake Evans	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	16:46		7-14	0.10-0.72
76	Zachary Bolduc	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	08:51	0.02	5-13	0.04-0.96
77	Kirby Dach	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	11:02		4-16	0.02-1.05
85	Alexandre Texier	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	11:15	0.00	5-16	0.04-1.13
93	Ivan Demidov	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	17:50		8-11	0.15-0.31

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
75	Jakub Dobes	W	29	28	1	60:00	2.64	+1.64

Tampa Bay Lightning

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Nikita Kucherov · Anthony Cirelli · Brandon Hagel	11:33	50.0	58.2	0-1
Yanni Gourde · Zemgus Girgensons · Nick Paul	10:02	63.6	99.7	0-0
Oliver Bjorkstrand · Gage Goncalves · Dominic James	9:53	69.6	93.0	0-1
Corey Perry · Jake Guentzel · Brayden Point	5:57	46.2	38.1	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Darren Raddysh · J.J. Moser	17:52	64.5	84.7	0-1
Charle-Edouard D'Astous · Emil Lilleberg	13:13	63.6	77.6	0-0
Ryan McDonagh · Erik Cernak	10:30	64.3	93.4	0-0

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
17	Dominic James	C	1	0	1	-1	0	4	2	13:27	0.30	17-7	1.37-0.10
51	Charle-Edouard D'Astous	D	0	1	1	-1	0	1	2	17:41	0.05	17-11	0.87-0.32
93	Gage Goncalves	C	0	1	1	-1	0	3	1	14:33	0.58	19-13	1.46-0.21
20	Nick Paul	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	12:38	0.42	8-5	0.32-0.03
21	Brayden Point	C	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	15:06	0.25	12-7	0.40-0.26
27	Ryan McDonagh	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	16:17	0.01	10-12	0.40-0.17
28	Zemgus Girgensons	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	14:00		8-10	0.27-0.11
28	Oliver Bjorkstrand	R	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	12:12	0.49	17-8	1.31-0.12
37	Yanni Gourde	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	16:01	0.01	10-11	0.34-0.14
38	Brandon Hagel	L	0	0	0	-1	0	3	2	21:53	0.20	13-10	0.29-0.20
43	Darren Raddysh	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	26:07	0.15	23-18	1.06-0.33
59	Jake Guentzel	C	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	16:22	0.20	12-8	0.52-0.26
71	Anthony Cirelli	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	17:50		10-10	0.27-0.20
78	Emil Lilleberg	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	15:42	0.07	15-8	0.92-0.25
81	Erik Cernak	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	17:18	0.02	10-9	0.40-0.11
86	Nikita Kucherov	R	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	20:16	0.07	12-9	0.42-0.20
90	Corey Perry	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	08:58		6-7	0.16-0.26
90	J.J. Moser	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	22:12	0.07	21-12	1.11-0.21

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
88	Andrei Vasilevskiy	L	9	7	2	57:30	0.76	-1.24