Tampa Bay Lightning @ Montreal Canadiens

East 1st Round - Game 6 • Series tied 3-3

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

Final/OT

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

Montreal CanadiensCanadiensMTL

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

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
1
Canadiens
0

Game 6

5/1

Canadiens
2
Lightning
1

Game 7

5/3

Bell Centre

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

Montreal, Canada

Attendance: 20,962

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

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