12-3-4, 7-1-1 Away

13-4-2, 8-0-0 Home

Montreal Canadiens @ Tampa Bay Lightning

Canadiens

NAME	WINS	L	OTL	SO	GAA	SV%
J. Fowler	9	1	2	2	2.13	.926
J. Dobes	3	2	2	0	4.04	.847

Lightning

NAME	WINS	L	OTL	SO	GAA	SV%
A. Vasilevskiy	9	4	1	0	2.86	.885
D. Hildeby	4	0	1	0	2.56	.899

Benchmark International Arena

2:00 PM, December 31, 2026

Tampa, FL

MTL

Points

Cole CaufieldRW #13

18PTS

12G

Nikita KucherovRW #86

28PTS

20A

Goals

Cole CaufieldRW #13

12G

2PPG

63S

Brandon HagelLW #38

13G

1PPG

76S

Assists

Lane HutsonD #48

15A

4PPA

7+/-

Nikita KucherovRW #86

20A

6PPA

12+/-

Montreal Canadiens

Name, Pos	Status	Est. Return Date
Mike Matheson D	OUT	Nov 16
Chris Kreider LW	OUT	Jan 2
Ivan Demidov RW	IR	Nov 21
Sam Montembeault G	IR	Nov 16
Bryce Pickford D	IR-NR	Nov 30

Tampa Bay Lightning

Name, Pos	Status	Est. Return Date
Erik Cernak D	OUT	Nov 17
Anthony Cirelli C	OUT	Nov 17
Brayden Point C	IR	Nov 17

team	GF/G	GAA	SF/G	SA/G	PIM	PPG	PCT	PPGA	PCT	SHG	SHGA
MTL	3.42	3.00	27.8	28.3	210	8	13.8	16	78.1	1	0
TB	3.89	2.95	29.4	25.3	162	14	21.2	15	71.7	0	0

Canadiens Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
11/12/26	@BOS	W5-2
11/10/26	vsMIN	L2-1 OT
11/7/26	@TOR	W4-2
11/5/26	vsUTA	W5-4 OT
11/3/26	vsWPG	L5-4 OT

Lightning Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
11/12/26	@CBJ	W3-1
11/11/26	@BUF	W8-3
11/8/26	@WPG	L4-3
11/7/26	@MIN	W4-3 OT
11/5/26	vsCHI	W4-1

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Regular Season Series

Series starts 12/2

Lightning
Canadiens

Game 1

12/2

TNT/truTV

Canadiens
Lightning

Game 2

12/31

Lightning
Canadiens

Game 3

3/18

Canadiens
Lightning

Game 4

4/8

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Tampa Bay	13	4	2	28
Montreal	12	3	4	28
Boston	13	5	1	27
Ottawa	12	6	2	26
Florida	11	7	2	24
Buffalo	8	7	4	20
Toronto	8	11	2	18
Detroit	7	10	3	17

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Montreal Canadiens @ Tampa Bay Lightning

Scoring Leaders

Cole CaufieldRW #13

Nikita KucherovRW #86

Cole CaufieldRW #13

Brandon HagelLW #38

Lane HutsonD #48

Nikita KucherovRW #86

Injury Report

Team Stats

Most consecutive games played in MLB, NFL, NBA, NHL

Scheifele and Connor score in shootout and Jets erase 4-goal deficit for 5-4 win over Blackhawks

Winnipeg Jets vs. Chicago Blackhawks: Game Highlights