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Tampa Bay Lightning vs Montréal Canadiens

Playoffs · Sunday, April 26, 2026 · Centre Bell

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3–2

Final

SOG 20–18

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Game summary

The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Montréal Canadiens 3-2 on Sunday, April 26, 2026 at Centre Bell. The Lightning outshot the Canadiens 20-18.

Brandon Hagel scored twice. Zachary Bolduc, Cole Caufield and Jake Guentzel also scored.

Andrei Vasilevskiy made 16 saves on 18 shots for the win; Jakub Dobes stopped 17 of 20.

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
Tampa Bay LightningTBL012320
Montréal CanadiensMTL020218

Three stars

  1. ★1st starBrandon HagelTBL · 2G 0A
  2. ★2nd starJake GuentzelTBL · 1G 1A
  3. ★3rd starKaiden GuhleMTL · 0G 1A

Scoring

2nd period

3rd 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+
1:03

3–2 · 3rd 15:07 · Hagel. Caufield was 1:03 into his shift when it went in.

GoalTBL on iceMTL on ice

0–1 MTL

2nd 10:06 · Bolduc

Raddysh 0:58

0–2 MTL

2nd 13:29 · PP · Caufield

Gourde 0:20

1–2 TBL

2nd 19:06 · Guentzel

Long shift: Newhook 1:01

2–2 TBL

3rd 1:40 · PP · Hagel

Long shift: Newhook 1:00

3–2 TBL

3rd 15:07 · Hagel

Long shift: Caufield 1:03

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

TBLMTL
20Shots on goal18
35%Faceoff %65%
1/7Power play1/6
16Penalty minutes18
28Hits50
14Blocked shots13
15Giveaways4
5Takeaways7

Penalties

  • 1st 02:04Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
  • 1st 07:22Max Crozier · high sticking2 min
  • 1st 09:10Yanni Gourde · cross checking2 min
  • 2nd 00:41Josh Anderson · boarding2 min
  • 2nd 10:24Alex Newhook · hooking2 min
  • 2nd 12:24Jake Guentzel · slashing2 min
  • 2nd 13:48Zemgus Girgensons · roughing2 min
  • 2nd 13:48Nick Paul · roughing2 min
  • 2nd 13:48Kirby Dach · roughing2 min
  • 2nd 13:48Arber Xhekaj · roughing2 min
  • 2nd 13:58Darren Raddysh · delaying game puck over glass2 min
  • 2nd 18:05Mike Matheson · slashing2 min
  • 2nd 18:33Brandon Hagel · slashing2 min
  • 3rd 00:51Oliver Kapanen · high sticking2 min
  • 3rd 10:44Mike Matheson · high sticking2 min
  • 3rd 11:33Jake Evans · cross checking2 min
  • 3rd 17:27Nikita Kucherov · slashing2 min

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