Montréal Canadiens vs Tampa Bay Lightning
Playoffs · Wednesday, April 29, 2026 · Benchmark International Arena
ESPN2 · CBC · SN · TVAS
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 3-2 on Wednesday, April 29, 2026 at Benchmark International Arena. The Lightning outshot the Canadiens 40-24.
Goals came from Brendan Gallagher, Dominic James, Kirby Dach, Jake Guentzel and Alexandre Texier.
Jakub Dobes made 38 saves on 40 shots for the win; Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 21 of 24.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Brendan Gallagher (1)Alex Newhook (1)1–003:00 MTL
2nd period
Dominic James (1)Gage Goncalves (1), Yanni Gourde (1)1–106:49 TBL
Kirby Dach (2)Zachary Bolduc (3), Kaiden Guhle (2)2–107:00 MTL
Jake Guentzel (2)UnassistedCarrier 1:08 into shift2–217:23 TBL
3rd period
Alexandre Texier (2)Lane Hutson (3), Nick Suzuki (5)3–201:06 MTL
Tired legs
Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.
2–2 · 2nd 17:23 · Guentzel. Carrier was 1:08 into his shift when it went in.
1–0 MTL
1st 3:00 · Gallagher
Perry 0:58
1–1 TBL
2nd 6:49 · James
Suzuki 0:32
2–1 MTL
2nd 7:00 · Dach
Goncalves 0:33
2–2 TBL
2nd 17:23 · Guentzel
Long shift: Carrier 1:08
3–2 MTL
3rd 1:06 · Texier
James 0:08
Hover or tap a bar for the skater.
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
Penalties
- 1st 07:30
Ryan McDonagh · high sticking double minor4 min - 1st 13:06
Jake Evans · delaying game puck over glass2 min - 1st 17:52Yanni Gourde · holding the stick2 min
- 1st 17:52Kaiden Guhle · holding2 min
- 2nd 01:13Lane Hutson · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 2nd 04:17Arber Xhekaj · roughing2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 11Brendan GallagherR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 06:48 |
| 14Nick SuzukiC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 20:42 |
| 15Alex NewhookC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14:35 |
| 76Zachary BolducR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 13:26 |
| 77Kirby DachC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 11:46 |
| 85Alexandre TexierL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 13:40 |
| 21Kaiden GuhleD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 21:41 |
| 48Lane HutsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 23:31 |
| 13Cole CaufieldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:13 |
| 17Josh AndersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 15:32 |
| 20Juraj SlafkovskýL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 19:27 |
| 24Phillip DanaultC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:40 |
| 71Jake EvansC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:14 |
| 93Ivan DemidovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 11:07 |
| 8Mike MathesonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 27:54 |
| 45Alexandre CarrierD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 23:27 |
| 47Jayden StrubleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 10:23 |
| 72Arber XhekajD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 09:54 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32Jacob FowlerG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 75Jakub DobesG | W | 40 | 38 | 2 | .950 | 60:00 |
Tampa Bay Lightning
| 17Dominic JamesC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 13:14 |
| 37Yanni GourdeC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 14:23 |
| 59Jake GuentzelC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 22:11 |
| 93Gage GoncalvesC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 13:51 |
| 10Corey PerryR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 06:55 |
| 14Conor GeekieC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 05:04 |
| 21Brayden PointC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 21:17 |
| 22Oliver BjorkstrandR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 14:47 |
| 28Zemgus GirgensonsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 07:21 |
| 38Brandon HagelL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 23:12 |
| 71Anthony CirelliC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20:49 |
| 86Nikita KucherovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 21:44 |
| 24Max CrozierD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 17:40 |
| 27Ryan McDonaghD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:23 |
| 43Darren RaddyshD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 6 | 25:26 |
| 78Emil LillebergD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 15:47 |
| 81Erik CernakD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:56 |
| 90J.J. MoserD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 20:33 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Jonas JohanssonG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 88Andrei VasilevskiyG | L | 24 | 21 | 3 | .875 | 57:27 |