Montréal Canadiens vs Tampa Bay Lightning
Playoffs · Sunday, May 3, 2026 · Benchmark International Arena
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Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 2-1 on Sunday, May 3, 2026 at Benchmark International Arena. The Lightning outshot the Canadiens 29-9.
Goals came from Nick Suzuki, Dominic James and Alex Newhook.
Jakub Dobes made 28 saves on 29 shots for the win; Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 7 of 9.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Nick Suzuki (1)Kaiden Guhle (3), Josh Anderson (1)Raddysh 1:06 into shift1–018:39 MTL
2nd period
Dominic James (2)Charle-Edouard D'Astous (1), Gage Goncalves (2)Evans 1:20 into shift1–113:27 TBL · PPG
3rd period
Alex Newhook (1)Lane Hutson (4), Kaiden Guhle (4)Cernak 1:07 into shift2–111:07 MTL
Tired legs
Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.
1–1 · 2nd 13:27 · James. Evans was 1:20 into his shift when it went in.
1–0 MTL
1st 18:39 · Suzuki
Long shift: Raddysh 1:06
1–1 TBL
2nd 13:27 · PP · James
Long shift: Evans 1:20
2–1 MTL
3rd 11:07 · Newhook
Long shift: Cernak 1:07
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
- 2nd 03:14
Mike Matheson · tripping2 min - 2nd 05:04
Brayden Point · holding2 min - 2nd 12:33Kaiden Guhle · holding2 min
- 2nd 15:22Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 3rd 19:53Mike Matheson · delaying game2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 21Kaiden GuhleD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 20:56 |
| 14Nick SuzukiC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 22:48 |
| 15Alex NewhookC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 16:09 |
| 17Josh AndersonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 15:33 |
| 48Lane HutsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 23:27 |
| 11Brendan GallagherR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:48 |
| 13Cole CaufieldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 14:29 |
| 20Juraj SlafkovskýL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 21:25 |
| 24Phillip DanaultC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:56 |
| 71Jake EvansC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:46 |
| 76Zachary BolducR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:51 |
| 77Kirby DachC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:02 |
| 85Alexandre TexierL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:15 |
| 93Ivan DemidovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:50 |
| 8Mike MathesonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25:22 |
| 45Alexandre CarrierD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:39 |
| 47Jayden StrubleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:06 |
| 53Noah DobsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:37 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32Jacob FowlerG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 75Jakub DobesG | W | 29 | 28 | 1 | .966 | 60:00 |
Tampa Bay Lightning
| 17Dominic JamesC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 13:27 |
| 93Gage GoncalvesC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 14:33 |
| 51Charle-Edouard D'AstousD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 17:41 |
| 10Corey PerryR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:58 |
| 20Nick PaulL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:38 |
| 21Brayden PointC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:06 |
| 22Oliver BjorkstrandR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 12:12 |
| 28Zemgus GirgensonsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:00 |
| 37Yanni GourdeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:01 |
| 38Brandon HagelL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 21:53 |
| 59Jake GuentzelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 16:22 |
| 71Anthony CirelliC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 17:50 |
| 86Nikita KucherovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 20:16 |
| 27Ryan McDonaghD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:17 |
| 43Darren RaddyshD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 26:07 |
| 78Emil LillebergD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:42 |
| 81Erik CernakD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 17:18 |
| 90J.J. MoserD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 22:12 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Jonas JohanssonG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 88Andrei VasilevskiyG | L | 9 | 7 | 2 | .778 | 57:30 |