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Montréal Canadiens vs Tampa Bay Lightning

Regular season · Sunday, December 28, 2025 · Benchmark International Arena

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4–5

Final/SO

SOG 35–21

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Game summary

The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Montréal Canadiens 5-4 in a shootout on Sunday, December 28, 2025 at Benchmark International Arena. The Canadiens outshot the Lightning 35-21.

Nikita Kucherov scored twice and Juraj Slafkovský scored twice. Nick Paul, Ivan Demidov, Pontus Holmberg and Noah Dobson also scored.

Jonas Johansson made 31 saves on 35 shots for the win; Jacob Fowler stopped 17 of 21.

Goals1st2nd3rdOTSOTSOG
Montréal CanadiensMTL00400435
Tampa Bay LightningTBL03101521

Three stars

  1. ★1st starNikita KucherovTBL · 2G 0A
  2. ★2nd starJuraj SlafkovskýMTL · 2G 1A
  3. ★3rd starGage GoncalvesTBL · 0G 2A

Scoring

2nd period

3rd period

SO period

Tired legs

Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+
1:37

4–4 · 3rd 19:56 · Slafkovský. TBL stayed on through an icing. Moser was 1:37 into his shift when it went in.

GoalMTL on iceTBL on ice

0–1 TBL

2nd 2:28 · Kucherov

Long shift: Kapanen 1:05

0–2 TBL

2nd 12:11 · Kucherov

Long shift: Xhekaj 1:17

0–3 TBL

2nd 14:49 · Paul

Matheson 0:21

1–3 MTL

3rd 1:06 · Demidov

Guentzel 0:33

1–4 TBL

3rd 1:40 · Holmberg

Hutson 0:42

2–4 MTL

3rd 9:16 · Slafkovský

Kucherov 0:27

3–4 MTL

3rd 12:17 · Dobson

Long shift: Holmberg 1:02

4–4 MTL

3rd 19:56 · Slafkovský

Stuck out there: Moser 1:37

Hover or tap a bar for the skater.

Across the league. Share of 5v5 unblocked shots that went in, by how far into his shift the defending team’s longest-serving skater was (2025–26).
3.9%
5.8%
6.5%
7.1%
7.3%
0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.9×

Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.9 times as often as against fresh legs (7.3% vs 3.9%).

30%

of 5v5 goals came with a defender 60s+ into his shift.

Team stats

MTLTBL
35Shots on goal21
63%Faceoff %37%
0/4Power play0/1
7Penalty minutes13
26Hits17
11Blocked shots23
13Giveaways18
8Takeaways3

Penalties

  • 1st 03:50Max Crozier · holding2 min
  • 1st 12:15Nick Paul · delaying game puck over glass2 min
  • 1st 16:46Arber Xhekaj · fighting5 min
  • 1st 16:46Scott Sabourin · fighting5 min
  • 1st 18:07Charle-Edouard D'Astous · holding2 min
  • 2nd 03:54Alexandre Texier · hooking2 min
  • 2nd 12:19Nikita Kucherov · slashing2 min

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