Tampa Bay Lightning @ Montreal Canadiens

East 1st Round - Game 4 • MTL leads series 2-1

Tampa Bay LightningLightningTB

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

TB -115

MTL

Montreal CanadiensCanadiensMTL

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

Game Odds
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Tampa Bay LightningLightningTB

(50-26-6)

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

-115

ML

Montreal CanadiensCanadiensMTL

(48-24-10)

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

u6.5

-130

Lightning

NAME	WINS	L	OTL	SO	GAA	SV%
A. Vasilevskiy	39	15	4	2	2.31	.912
J. Johansson	11	10	2	0	3.29	.884

Canadiens

NAME	WINS	L	OTL	SO	GAA	SV%
J. Dobes	29	10	4	0	2.78	.901
S. Montembeault	10	8	4	0	3.43	.872
J. Fowler	9	6	2	1	2.43	.908

Bell Centre

Bell Centre

7:00 PM, April 26, 2026Coverage: ESPN

Montreal, QC

Montreal hosts Tampa Bay with 2-1 series lead

Tampa Bay Lightning (50-26-6, in the Atlantic Division) vs. Montreal Canadiens (48-24-10, in the Atlantic Division)

Apr 25, 2026, 04:11 am - Data Skrive

TB

MTL

Points

Nikita KucherovRW #86

Nick SuzukiC #14

Goals

Nikita KucherovRW #86

Cole CaufieldRW #13

Assists

Nikita KucherovRW #86

Nick SuzukiC #14

Tampa Bay Lightning

Name, Pos	Status	Est. Return Date
Charle-Edouard D'Astous D	OUT	Apr 29
Victor Hedman D	IR-LT	May 5
Pontus Holmberg RW	OUT	May 5

Montreal Canadiens

Name, Pos	Status	Est. Return Date
Noah Dobson D	OUT	May 3

team	GF/G	GAA	SF/G	SA/G	PIM	PPG	PCT	PPGA	PCT	SHG	SHGA
TB	3.49	2.79	28.1	26.7	1207	51	20.7	45	82.6	6	0
MTL	3.40	3.06	26.3	27.8	849	56	23.1	54	78.2	8	0

Lightning Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
4/24/26	@MTL	L3-2 OT
4/21/26	vsMTL	W3-2 OT
4/19/26	vsMTL	L4-3 OT
4/15/26	vsNYR	L4-2
4/13/26	vsDET	W4-3 OT

Canadiens Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
4/24/26	vsTB	W3-2 OT
4/21/26	@TB	L3-2 OT
4/19/26	@TB	W4-3 OT
4/14/26	@PHI	L4-2
4/12/26	@NYI	W4-1

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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

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Canadiens
Lightning

Game 5

4/29

Lightning
Canadiens

Game 6

5/1

Canadiens
Lightning

Game 7

5/3

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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