13-5-2, 5-4-2 Away

12-4-4, 5-3-3 Home

Tampa Bay Lightning @ Montreal Canadiens

Lightning

NAME	WINS	L	OTL	SO	GAA	SV%
A. Vasilevskiy	9	5	1	0	2.74	.889
D. Hildeby	4	0	1	0	2.56	.899

Canadiens

NAME	WINS	L	OTL	SO	GAA	SV%
J. Fowler	9	1	2	2	2.13	.926
J. Dobes	3	3	2	0	3.93	.852

Bell Centre

7:00 PM, March 18, 2027

Montreal, Canada

MTL

Points

Nikita KucherovRW #86

28PTS

20A

Cole CaufieldRW #13

19PTS

12G

Goals

Brandon HagelLW #38

13G

1PPG

80S

Cole CaufieldRW #13

12G

2PPG

67S

Assists

Nikita KucherovRW #86

20A

6PPA

10+/-

Lane HutsonD #48

15A

4PPA

5+/-

Tampa Bay Lightning

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

Montreal Canadiens

Name, Pos	Status	Est. Return Date
Mike Matheson D	OUT	Nov 21
Josh Anderson RW	IR	Nov 23
Chris Kreider LW	IR	Jan 2
Ivan Demidov RW	IR	Nov 21
Sam Montembeault G	IR	Nov 21

team	GF/G	GAA	SF/G	SA/G	PIM	PPG	PCT	PPGA	PCT	SHG	SHGA
TB	3.70	2.90	29.5	25.1	162	14	20.6	15	71.7	0	0
MTL	3.30	3.05	27.8	28.2	218	8	13.3	17	77.9	1	0

Lightning Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
11/14/26	vsDET	L2-0
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

Canadiens Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
11/14/26	vsCOL	L4-1
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

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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	5	2	28
Montreal	12	4	4	28
Ottawa	13	6	2	28
Boston	13	6	1	27
Florida	12	7	2	26
Buffalo	8	8	4	20
Detroit	8	10	3	19
Toronto	8	12	2	18

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Tampa Bay Lightning @ Montreal Canadiens

Scoring Leaders

Nikita KucherovRW #86

Cole CaufieldRW #13

Brandon HagelLW #38

Cole CaufieldRW #13

Nikita KucherovRW #86

Lane HutsonD #48

Injury Report

Team Stats

Devon Levi's connection with the ice leads to Russell Crowe praise

NHL Tonight: What to watch in Sunday's five showdowns

New York takes on Montreal following Gawdin's 2-goal showing