Tampa Bay Lightning @ Montreal Canadiens

East 1st Round - Game 6 • MTL leads series 3-2

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

6:13 - 3rd

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

Montreal CanadiensCanadiensMTL

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

Tampa Bay Lightning


forwards
Oliver BjorkstrandO. Bjorkstrand#22
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
defensemen
Erik CernakE. Cernak#81
Charle-Edouard D'AstousC. D'Astous#51
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	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	12	9:52	0:00	0:00	9:52	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	25	17:47	0:00	2:24	15:23	10	6	62.5
0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	4	0	0	15	9:42	0:00	1:32	8:10	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	15	11:10	0:50	0:00	10:20	0	1	0.0
0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	15	11:58	0:00	1:37	10:21	0	1	0.0
0	0	0	3	3	0	1	2	0	1	1	16	14:09	3:11	0:00	10:58	1	3	25.0
0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	2	1	2	26	21:24	3:09	2:24	15:51	1	1	50.0
0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	10:42	0:51	0:00	9:51	1	0	100.0
0	0	0	4	5	0	0	0	1	1	4	22	17:00	3:10	0:00	13:50	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	3	1	0	14	10:31	0:49	0:00	9:42	4	4	50.0
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	14	8:28	0:35	0:00	7:53	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	18	12:25	3:16	0:00	9:09	3	2	60.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	25	17:41	0:01	2:08	15:32	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	4	0	1	1	2	3	0	0	22	15:04	0:44	0:02	14:18	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	21	12:16	0:00	1:50	10:26	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	1	0	1	24	16:38	0:00	2:09	14:29	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	1	21	19:10	0:04	1:53	17:13	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	3	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	19	21:14	3:20	0:01	17:53	0	0	0.0

goalies
Andrei VasilevskiyA. Vasilevskiy#88

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
24	0	24	1.000	20	3	1	0	0	52:00	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
Brendan GallagherB. Gallagher#11
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	3	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	17	13:06	0:00	1:02	12:04	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	3	1	0	14	12:08	1:08	0:00	11:00	0	1	0.0
0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	2	20	15:52	2:50	0:00	13:02	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	9:41	1:09	0:00	8:32	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	5	19	14:02	0:00	1:00	13:02	6	6	50.0
0	0	0	3	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	17	12:39	2:52	0:00	9:47	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	5	0	0	17	12:21	0:00	2:58	9:23	4	6	40.0
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	10	5:39	0:00	0:00	5:39	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	11:31	0:54	2:59	7:38	1	2	33.3
0	0	0	2	2	2	0	0	4	1	0	18	16:15	2:53	0:00	13:22	0	1	0.0
0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	2	0	1	21	18:33	2:49	0:00	15:44	7	4	63.6
0	0	0	3	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	16	14:02	1:10	0:00	12:52	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	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	24	18:50	0:15	2:31	16:04	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	2	1	1	2	3	0	0	24	18:30	0:00	1:04	17:26	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	25	23:32	3:26	1:01	19:05	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	1	23	22:10	0:34	3:25	18:11	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	3	1	1	15	9:31	0:00	0:00	9:31	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	7	0	1	14	8:49	0:00	0:00	8:49	0	0	0.0

goalies
Jakub DobesJ. Dobes#75

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
24	0	24	1.000	22	1	0	0	0	52:00	0

* - 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.

ESPN2		1	2	3	T
	Lightning	0	0	0	0
	Canadiens	0	0	0	0

3rd Period
No Goals Scored

2nd Period
No Goals Scored

1st Period
No Goals Scored

Andrei Vasilevskiy makes a spectacular save for the Lightning

0:35

Andrei Vasilevskiy makes an amazing save for the Lightning

0:17

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
3
Canadiens
2

Game 4

4/26

Canadiens
3
Lightning
2

Game 5

4/29

Lightning
Canadiens

Game 6

ESPN2

Canadiens
Lightning

Game 7

5/3

Bell Centre

7:00 PM, May 1, 2026Coverage: ESPN2

Montreal, QC

Referees:
Francis Charron
Jon McIsaac
Kendrick Nicholson

Linesmen:
Andrew Smith
Jesse Marquis
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

Interim Kings coach D.J. Smith candidate for full-time job

Interim head coach D.J. Smith will be among the candidates for the Kings' full-time job when general manager Ken Holland conducts his coaching search this month.

Devils won't renew contracts of assistant GM MacKinnon, adviser Fletcher

The Devils said Friday they are not renewing the contracts of assistant general manager Dan MacKinnon and senior adviser Chuck Fletcher.

Blues sign Dylan Holloway to a 5-year, $38.75M contract

The Blues signed forward Dylan Holloway to a five-year contract worth $38.75 million. Holloway ranked second on the team with 22 goals and was tied for second in points with 51 this past regular season.

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Interim Kings coach D.J. Smith candidate for full-time job

Devils won't renew contracts of assistant GM MacKinnon, adviser Fletcher

Blues sign Dylan Holloway to a 5-year, $38.75M contract