7-3-1, 2-3-1 Away

7-3-2, 3-2-1 Home

Tampa Bay Lightning @ Montreal Canadiens

Lightning

NAME	WINS	L	OTL	SO	GAA	SV%
A. Vasilevskiy	5	3	0	0	2.78	.884
D. Hildeby	2	0	1	0	2.98	.885

Canadiens

NAME	WINS	L	OTL	SO	GAA	SV%
J. Fowler	6	1	0	2	1.54	.942
J. Dobes	1	2	2	0	4.47	.847

Bell Centre

7:00 PM, March 18, 2027

Montreal, Canada

MTL

Points

Nikita KucherovRW #86

14PTS

10A

Nick SuzukiC #14

12PTS

Goals

Brandon HagelLW #38

1PPG

50S

Cole CaufieldRW #13

0PPG

39S

Assists

Nikita KucherovRW #86

10A

4PPA

2+/-

Nick SuzukiC #14

1PPA

6+/-

Tampa Bay Lightning

Name, Pos	Status	Est. Return Date
Zemgus Girgensons C	OUT	Oct 31
Yanni Gourde C	IR-NR	Dec 2

Montreal Canadiens

Name, Pos	Status	Est. Return Date
Nick Suzuki C	OUT	Nov 18
Sam Montembeault G	IR	Oct 31
Ivan Demidov RW	IR	Oct 31
Bryce Pickford D	IR-NR	Oct 31
Lucas Condotta LW	IR-NR	Oct 31

team	GF/G	GAA	SF/G	SA/G	PIM	PPG	PCT	PPGA	PCT	SHG	SHGA
TB	3.45	3.09	30.4	24.5	92	6	15.0	7	76.7	0	0
MTL	3.00	3.00	28.0	28.2	132	4	11.4	8	83.7	1	0

Lightning Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
10/24/26	@UTA	L5-4 OT
10/23/26	@COL	L6-3
10/20/26	@VGK	W6-2
10/17/26	vsVAN	W4-2
10/15/26	vsSEA	W4-3 OT

Canadiens Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
10/27/26	@STL	W2-0
10/25/26	@WPG	W2-1
10/23/26	@CHI	W4-1
10/20/26	vsSJ	L4-3 OT
10/17/26	vsBUF	W4-3 OT

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Regular Season Series

Series starts 12/2

Lightning
Canadiens

Game 1

12/2

TNT

Canadiens
Lightning

Game 2

12/31

Lightning
Canadiens

Game 3

3/18

Canadiens
Lightning

Game 4

4/8

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Boston	9	3	1	19
Montreal	7	3	2	16
Ottawa	8	5	0	16
Florida	7	4	2	16
Toronto	7	6	2	16
Tampa Bay	7	3	1	15
Buffalo	5	4	3	13
Detroit	5	4	3	13

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Tampa Bay Lightning @ Montreal Canadiens

Scoring Leaders

Nikita KucherovRW #86

Nick SuzukiC #14

Brandon HagelLW #38

Cole CaufieldRW #13

Nikita KucherovRW #86

Nick SuzukiC #14

Injury Report

Team Stats

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