Tampa Bay Lightning @ Montreal Canadiens

East 1st Round - Game 3 • MTL leads series 2-1

50-26-6, 24-12-5 Away

Final/OT

	1	2	3	OT	T
Lightning TB	1	1	0	0	2
Canadiens MTL	1	1	0	1	3

Montreal CanadiensCanadiensMTL

48-24-10, 24-15-2 Home

Tampa Bay Lightning


forwards
Anthony CirelliA. Cirelli#71
Zemgus GirgensonsZ. Girgensons#28
Gage GoncalvesG. Goncalves#93
Yanni GourdeY. Gourde#37
Jake GuentzelJ. Guentzel#59
Brandon HagelB. Hagel#38
Dominic JamesD. James#17
Nikita KucherovN. Kucherov#86
Nick PaulN. Paul#20
Corey PerryC. Perry#10
Brayden PointB. Point#21
Scott SabourinS. Sabourin#46
defensemen
Declan CarlileD. Carlile#67
Erik CernakE. Cernak#81
Emil LillebergE. Lilleberg#78
Ryan McDonaghR. McDonagh#27
J.J. MoserJ.J. Moser#90
Darren RaddyshD. Raddysh#43

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	30	17:52	0:16	4:42	12:54	14	9	60.9
0	0	0	1	0	2	1	2	4	1	1	21	13:18	0:00	2:13	11:05	0	1	0.0
0	0	-2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	21	16:04	1:55	0:03	14:06	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	25	16:08	0:00	2:57	13:11	4	5	44.4
0	1	-1	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	24	24:17	7:58	2:06	14:13	1	4	20.0
1	0	1	2	0	0	1	2	1	0	1	31	24:58	7:10	3:23	14:25	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	2	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	17	12:20	1:39	0:00	10:41	0	1	0.0
0	1	1	1	6	0	1	2	0	1	0	26	20:35	7:56	0:00	12:39	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	1	0	1	0	0	3	1	0	13	7:58	1:54	0:00	6:04	3	0	100.0
0	0	-1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	9:32	3:06	0:15	6:11	0	0	0.0
1	0	-2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	21	18:22	6:30	0:16	11:36	4	2	66.7
0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	7	3:44	0:00	0:00	3:44	0	0	0.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	-2	0	1	2	0	0	7	0	0	16	11:20	0:00	1:15	10:05	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	1	0	3	1	2	0	1	1	27	17:54	0:00	4:28	13:26	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	1	0	1	2	4	1	0	0	22	14:27	0:00	2:19	12:08	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	28	20:12	0:00	4:32	15:40	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	4	0	3	0	0	2	0	0	29	25:27	2:19	3:31	19:37	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	1	1	0	1	2	3	0	1	26	26:17	7:17	0:00	19:00	0	0	0.0

goalies
Andrei VasilevskiyA. Vasilevskiy#88

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
29	3	26	.897	19	5	2	0	0	62:09	0

Montreal Canadiens


forwards
Josh AndersonJ. Anderson#17
Zack BolducZ. Bolduc#76
Cole CaufieldC. Caufield#13
Kirby DachK. Dach#77
Phillip DanaultP. Danault#24
Ivan DemidovI. Demidov#93
Jake EvansJ. Evans#71
Oliver KapanenO. Kapanen#91
Alex NewhookA. Newhook#15
Juraj SlafkovskyJ. Slafkovsky#20
Nick SuzukiN. Suzuki#14
Alexandre TexierA. Texier#85
defensemen
Alexandre CarrierA. Carrier#45
Kaiden GuhleK. Guhle#21
Lane HutsonL. Hutson#48
Mike MathesonM. Matheson#8
Jayden StrubleJ. Struble#47
Arber XhekajA. Xhekaj#72

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	0	1	1	1	1	2	4	0	1	19	14:51	0:11	3:33	11:07	0	0	0.0
0	2	3	3	1	2	0	0	1	1	1	16	12:19	1:46	0:00	10:33	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	20	17:37	5:33	0:00	12:04	0	0	0.0
1	1	3	2	1	0	1	2	1	0	1	17	11:32	2:14	0:00	9:18	3	4	42.9
0	0	-1	3	1	0	1	2	0	0	1	19	15:18	0:11	4:38	10:29	1	4	20.0
0	0	0	3	1	0	1	2	1	0	3	19	17:32	5:37	0:00	11:55	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	21	16:18	0:10	4:59	11:09	8	4	66.7
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	8:35	0:00	0:00	8:35	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	21	17:51	2:16	5:11	10:24	5	4	55.6
0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	1	20	18:08	5:31	0:00	12:37	0	1	0.0
0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	2	22	21:11	5:45	0:51	14:35	5	9	35.7
1	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	16	11:29	2:10	0:00	9:19	0	0	0.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	30	23:25	0:18	6:30	16:37	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	4	1	1	25	21:44	0:00	5:07	16:37	0	0	0.0
1	0	0	2	0	4	0	0	3	0	1	28	26:40	6:15	1:46	18:39	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	3	1	1	1	2	1	0	4	27	24:36	2:03	5:49	16:44	0	0	0.0
0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	13	9:58	0:00	0:00	9:58	0	0	0.0
0	1	2	2	1	0	1	2	8	0	0	14	10:40	0:00	0:00	10:40	0	0	0.0

goalies
Jakub DobesJ. Dobes#75

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
17	2	15	.882	10	5	0	0	0	61:34	4

* - A player receives a "plus" if they are on the ice when their Club scores an even-strength or shorthand goal. They receive a "minus" if on the ice for an even-strength or shorthand goal scored by the opposing Club. The difference in these numbers is considered the player's plus-minus statistic.

TNT/truTV/HBO Max		1	2	3	OT	T
	Lightning	1	1	0	0	2
	Canadiens	1	1	0	1	3

1st Period			TB	MTL
4:53		Alexandre Texier (1) Assists: Zack Bolduc (1), Kirby Dach (1)	0	1
7:42		Brayden Point (1) (Power Play) Assists: Jake Guentzel (5), Nikita Kucherov (3)	1	1

2nd Period			TB	MTL
4:47		Brandon Hagel (4) Unassisted	2	1
12:43		Kirby Dach (1) Assists: Arber Xhekaj (1)	2	2

3rd Period
No Goals Scored

OT Summary			TB	MTL
2:09		Lane Hutson (2) Assists: Alexandre Texier (1), Zack Bolduc (2)	2	3

Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Montreal Canadiens: Game Highlights

1:18

Lane Hutson wins it in OT as Canadiens outlast Lightning

1:13

Andrei Vasilevskiy makes big-time save vs. Canadiens

0:31

Canadiens
4
Lightning
3

Game 1

4/19

Canadiens
2
Lightning
3

Game 2

4/21

Lightning
2
Canadiens
3

Game 3

4/24

Lightning
Canadiens

Game 4

4/26

ESPN

Canadiens
Lightning

Game 5

4/29

Lightning
Canadiens

Game 6

5/1

Canadiens
Lightning

Game 7

5/3

Bell Centre

7:00 PM, April 24, 2026Coverage: TNT/truTV/HBO Max

Montreal, QC

Attendance: 20,962

Referees:
Chris Rooney
Wes McCauley
Peter MacDougall

Linesmen:
Devin Berg
James Tobias
Jonathan Deschamps

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Buffalo	50	23	9	109
Tampa Bay	50	26	6	106
Montreal	48	24	10	106
Boston	45	27	10	100
Ottawa	44	27	11	99
Detroit	41	31	10	92
Florida	40	38	4	84
Toronto	32	36	14	78

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