Tampa Bay Lightning vs Montreal Canadiens

NHL

Lightning

48-25-6, 102 PTS

1-2

Final

Canadiens

47-22-10, 104 PTS

Bell Centre

TV: ESPN+

Team	1	2	3	T
TB	0	0	1	1
MTL	0	1	1	2

Who won: Canadiens 2-1

The Montreal Canadiens beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 2-1 on Thursday, April 9, 2026 at Bell Centre. The series is tied 2-2. Juraj Slafkovsky led the Canadiens in goals (1). Darren Raddysh led the Lightning in goals (1).

MTL

Forwards	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	YTDG	A	S	SM	FW	FL	FO%	GV	PN	PIM
Oliver BjorkstrandRW	0	3	1	0	10:46	1:53	0:00	8:53	13	11	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	2
Anthony CirelliC	2	3	0	0	20:28	0:02	7:22	13:04	26	23	0	1	0	9	8	52.9	2	1	2
Zemgus GirgensonsC	1	1	0	0	12:25	0:00	4:31	7:54	18	9	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	0	0
Gage GoncalvesC	1	1	0	0	18:19	0:29	3:59	13:51	22	11	1	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Yanni GourdeC	0	6	2	-1	14:05	0:00	4:05	10:00	20	9	0	1	1	4	5	44.4	3	1	4
Jake GuentzelC	0	0	0	-1	26:38	7:58	8:03	10:37	28	37	0	4	0	3	4	42.9	0	0	0
Nikita KucherovRW	0	1	1	0	23:12	7:30	0:00	15:42	22	43	1	1	2	0	0	0.0	1	1	2
Nick PaulLW	1	3	0	-1	7:38	0:03	0:00	7:35	13	7	0	0	0	3	2	60.0	0	2	12
Jakob PelletierLW	1	0	0	0	7:06	0:36	0:00	6:30	11	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	1	0	0
Corey PerryRW	0	0	0	1	13:17	5:28	0:00	7:49	13	16	0	0	3	0	0	0.0	0	1	2
Brayden PointC	0	0	0	0	21:22	7:48	0:00	13:34	21	18	0	1	0	1	3	25.0	2	1	2

Defenses	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	G	YTDG	S	SM	GV	PN	PIM
Declan CarlileD	1	0	0	0	5:02	0:00	0:00	5:02	8	0	1	0	0	0	3	17
Erik CernakD	2	4	0	-1	22:05	0:00	8:04	14:01	29	0	2	1	0	2	0	0
Charle-Edouard D'AstousD	0	0	0	0	9:12	0:00	0:38	8:34	17	0	6	0	1	0	2	12
Emil LillebergD	1	4	0	-1	18:43	0:00	6:00	12:43	23	0	3	0	0	2	0	0
Ryan McDonaghD	2	1	0	0	22:47	0:13	8:32	14:02	27	0	6	1	0	1	0	0
J.J. MoserD	0	2	0	-1	20:41	0:00	4:45	15:56	25	0	7	0	1	1	1	2
Darren RaddyshD	1	0	1	1	13:59	8:00	0:01	5:58	10	1	22	5	1	0	3	14