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Montreal Canadiens vs. Tampa Bay LightningApr 21, 2026

Final / OTPlayoffs· Benchmark International Arena
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Goals1231OTTShots1231OTT
MTL11002MTL1296027
TBL10113TBL6118934
MTL 56TBL 80
MTL 2.40TBL 2.47
PP goals
MTL 1TBL 0
Hits
MTL 43TBL 34
Blocks
MTL 25TBL 15
PIM
MTL 25TBL 27
MTL 48%TBL 52%

Fantasy takeaways

Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.

Tampa Bay Lightning edge Montreal Canadiens 3–2 (OT)

Tampa Bay Lightning beat Montreal Canadiens 3–2 in overtime at home. Brandon Hagel (TBL) led the scoring with 1G 1A. MTL's first power-play unit (Suzuki, Caufield, Hutson, Slafkovský and Demidov) scored 1 power-play goal on 11 attempts in 6:37 together.

  1. Points
    Brandon Hagel had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 23:52.Hagel
  2. Points
    Anthony Cirelli had 2 assists (2 points) in 22:43.Cirelli
  3. PP1
    MTL's first power-play unit (Suzuki, Caufield, Hutson, Slafkovský and Demidov) scored 1 power-play goal on 11 attempts in 6:37 together.SuzukiCaufieldHutsonSlafkovskýDemidov
  4. Usage
    Cole Caufield (MTL) played 24:50, +6:48 up on his 18:02 season average over 18 games.Caufield
  5. Usage
    Lane Hutson (MTL) played 32:00, +6:55 up on his 25:05 season average over 18 games.Hutson
  6. Usage
    J.J. Moser (TBL) played 29:14, +6:39 up on his 22:35 season average over 6 games.Moser
  7. Usage
    Emil Lilleberg (TBL) played 23:31, +7:56 up on his 15:35 season average over 6 games.Lilleberg
  8. Usage
    Gage Goncalves (TBL) played 19:58, +6:25 up on his 13:34 season average over 6 games.Goncalves

Shot map

Both teams on one rink, filtered by strength and period.

Shot map

Every attempt, sized by expected goals. Goals are rings, shots on goal dots, misses hollow, blocks crosses.

Shot map, MTL at TBL: 136 attempts, 61 on goal, 5 goals, 4.87 expected goals; best chance Yanni Gourde at 0.23 xG.

Strength
Period
Team
← MTL attacks left (bottom on phones)TBL attacks right (top on phones) →
  • TBL
  • MTL
  • Goal
  • Shot on goal
  • Missed
  • Blocked

Showing 136 of 136 attempts · TBL 80 · MTL 56

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

Game flow, MTL at TBL: expected goals 2.47 to 2.40 (TBL led the chances), shot attempts 80 to 56, 5 goals.

0.00.51.01.52.02.51st2nd3rdOTTBLMTLHHAKMnet xGcumulative expected goals · 72:48
  • TBL
  • MTL
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
TBLMTLcontrol2nd3rdOTHagel · 1st 8:40Hutson · 1st 16:11Anderson · 2nd 18:36Kucherov · 3rd 12:33Moser · OT 12:48
  • TBL pressure
  • MTL pressure
  • Goal
  • Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: MTL 25% of the game, TBL 41%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

Shift chart, MTL at TBL: 38 players over 72:48; most ice Andrei Vasilevskiy (72:14) for TBL and Jakub Dobes (72:48) for MTL, 5 goals.

TBL
MTL
goals / penalties
  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • Goal
  • Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

TBL skaters (rows) against MTL skaters (columns) at 5v5. Square size is time together; colour is xGF% from the TBL side.

Matchup matrix

Head-to-head matrix, TBL rows versus MTL columns: 250 matchups; most common Cirelli vs Caufield, 14:11 at 54% xGF.

TBL ↓ · MTL →SlafkovskýSuzukiCaufieldDanaultAndersonEvansDemidovNewhookTexierBolducDachKapanenMathesonCarrierHutsonGuhleStrubleXhekajL1 GuentzelL1 HagelL1 CirelliL2 KucherovL2 PointL2 GoncalvesL3 GourdeL3 PaulL3 GirgensonsL4 JamesL4 PerryL4 SabourinD1 MoserD1 RaddyshD2 LillebergD2 CarlileD3 CernakD3 McDonagh
TBL xGF% 4060square size = TOI together · blank = under 1:00

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
StatMTLTBL
4679
1.652.32
1.622.23
127
710
2624
−0.011+0.011
25%41%

Definitions: sequence xG, transition attempts, Draw Equity, control and the Pressure Index.

Lines used

Detected from who actually shared the ice, with time together. Percentages are the unit's share of shot attempts.

Montreal Canadiens

Current MTL line combinations →

Tampa Bay Lightning

Current TBL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

  1. 8:40
    TBLBrandon Hagel (Jake Guentzel, Erik Cernak)slap0.02 xG
    MTL: Carrier, Suzuki, Caufield, Guhle, SlafkovskýTBL: McDonagh, Guentzel, Cernak, Cirelli, Hagel
    MTL 0 – 1 TBL
  2. 16:11
    MTLLane HutsonPP (Nick Suzuki, Cole Caufield)slap0.06 xG
    MTL: Suzuki, Caufield, Hutson, Slafkovský, DemidovTBL: Cernak, Cirelli, Goncalves, Moser
    MTL 1 – 1 TBL

2nd period

  1. 18:36
    MTLJosh Anderson (Phillip Danault, Jake Evans)wrist0.17 xG
    MTL: Danault, Anderson, Evans, Struble, HutsonTBL: Gourde, Girgensons, Paul, Lilleberg, Carlile
    MTL 2 – 1 TBL

3rd period

  1. 12:33
    TBLNikita Kucherov (Anthony Cirelli, Brandon Hagel)wrap-around0.09 xG
    MTL: Suzuki, Caufield, Guhle, Hutson, SlafkovskýTBL: Kucherov, Raddysh, Cirelli, Hagel, Moser
    MTL 2 – 2 TBL

OT period

  1. 12:48
    TBLJ.J. Moser (Anthony Cirelli)wrist0.09 xG
    MTL: Texier, Dach, Struble, Newhook, HutsonTBL: Kucherov, Raddysh, Cirelli, Hagel, Moser
    MTL 2 – 3 TBL

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Montreal Canadiens

MTL skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Juraj Slafkovský LL1000-220.3720525:33——4848
Nick Suzuki CL1011-220.3021025:08——5045
Cole Caufield RL1011-210.0730024:50——4143
Phillip Danault CL2011+100.0532018:38——4346
Josh Anderson RL2101+140.4351217:21——3133
Jake Evans CL2011+120.1923216:39——3740
Ivan Demidov RL3000000.0021220:39——2527
Alex Newhook CL3000-100.0021018:57——1816
Alexandre Texier LL3000-120.0940016:37——2930
Zachary Bolduc RL4000020.1730012:02——4285
Kirby Dach CL4000-100.0030210:53——3359
Oliver Kapanen CL4000010.1212010:04——3377
Mike Matheson DD1000020.1503228:47——2742
Alexandre Carrier DD1000-100.0034227:18——2728
Lane Hutson DD2101-160.4102032:00——3742
Kaiden Guhle DD2000-230.0733226:24——3641
Jayden Struble DD3000000.0011015:05——4846
Arber Xhekaj DD3000000.004169:05——6183
MTL goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Jakub Dobes(start)L34313.9122.4772:48

Tampa Bay Lightning

TBL skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Jake Guentzel CL1011+140.1410225:10——7165
Brandon Hagel LL1112+310.0310723:52——5448
Anthony Cirelli CL1022+300.0630022:43——5961
Nikita Kucherov RL2101+250.3411223:22——7778
Brayden Point CL2000040.3202021:34——7366
Gage Goncalves CL2000020.1431019:58——7687
Yanni Gourde CL3000-120.2611418:41——5849
Nick Paul LL3000-130.1911213:32——5043
Zemgus Girgensons CL3000-110.0451012:54——4615
Dominic James CL4000010.2700013:25——6773
Corey Perry RL4000010.1711410:49——6357
Scott Sabourin RL4000000.005028:20——5510
J.J. Moser DD1101+220.1211029:14——7477
Darren Raddysh DD1000+240.2310227:28——7375
Emil Lilleberg DD2000-110.0642023:31——5549
Declan Carlile DD2000-110.0610017:38——5034
Erik Cernak DD3011+110.0032021:26——6038
Ryan McDonagh DD3000+110.0622221:06——5846
TBL goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Andrei Vasilevskiy(start)W27252.9262.4072:14

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Brandon Hagel (TBL) 1st 8:40 · assists Jake Guentzel, Erik Cernak · Forecheck turnover · 64.6 mph shot.

Nikita Kucherov · 3rd 12:33 · TBL

Play
rebound
Entry
carry
Odd man
4-on-3
Passes
0
Shot
23.8 mph
Distance
1 ft
Entry to goal
9.1 s
Type
rebound

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