Montreal Canadiens vs. Tampa Bay LightningApr 29, 2026

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MTL	1	1	1	3		MTL	6	12	6	24
TBL	0	2	0	2		TBL	8	15	17	40

: MTL 51TBL 63
: MTL 2.71TBL 2.83
PP goals: MTL 0TBL 0
Hits: MTL 37TBL 23
Blocks: MTL 16TBL 18
PIM: MTL 8TBL 6
: MTL 66%TBL 34%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Montreal Canadiens edge Tampa Bay Lightning 3–2

Montreal Canadiens beat Tampa Bay Lightning 3–2 at TBL. Jake Guentzel (TBL) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for MTL: Anderson–Suzuki–Caufield skated 7:54 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

New line
New look for MTL: Anderson–Suzuki–Caufield skated 7:54 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Anderson Suzuki Caufield
Goalie
Jakub Dobes (MTL) faced 40 shots and stopped 38 (.950), +10 against a season average of 29.7; the win.Dobes
New line
New look for MTL: Evans–Slafkovský–Demidov skated 5:06 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (71.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Evans Slafkovský Demidov
New line
New look for MTL: Gallagher–Danault–Newhook skated 5:30 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (75% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Gallagher Danault Newhook
Usage
Ivan Demidov (MTL) played 11:07, −6:16 down on his 17:23 season average over 18 games.Demidov
Usage
Cole Caufield (MTL) played 13:13, −5:27 down on his 18:40 season average over 18 games.Caufield
Usage
Zemgus Girgensons (TBL) played 7:21, −5:03 down on his 12:24 season average over 6 games.Girgensons
Usage
Erik Cernak (TBL) played 15:56, −4:07 down on his 20:03 season average over 6 games.Cernak

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.

Strength

Period

Team

← MTL attacks left (bottom on phones)TBL attacks right (top on phones) →

TBL
MTL
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 114 of 114 attempts · TBL 63 · MTL 51

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

TBL
MTL
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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 30% of the game, TBL 22%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

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

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
Stat	MTL	TBL
	50	44
	2.46	1.96
	2.35	1.88
	10	8
	4	5
	25	16
	+0.069	−0.069
	30%	22%

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

L1Anderson – Suzuki – Caufield
7:5450% CF
L2Texier – Dach – Bolduc
7:4833% CF
L3Gallagher – Danault – Newhook
5:3075% CF
L4Evans – Slafkovský – Demidov
5:0671% CF
D1Guhle – Hutson
16:0568% CF
D2Matheson – Carrier
13:3333% CF
D3Struble – Xhekaj
8:1753% CF

PP1Suzuki – Caufield – Hutson – Slafkovský – Demidov
2:04100% CF
PP2Matheson – Texier – Dach – Newhook – Bolduc
1:130% CF
PK1FDanault – Anderson
1:46
PK2FEvans – Newhook
1:39
PK1DMatheson – Carrier
2:32
PK2DGuhle – Hutson
0:00

Current MTL line combinations →

Tampa Bay Lightning

L1Bjorkstrand – Goncalves – James
8:5250% CF
L2Kucherov – Point – Hagel
5:2143% CF
L3Gourde – Guentzel – Cirelli
4:1022% CF
L4Perry – Girgensons – Geekie
3:0143% CF
D1Raddysh – Moser
13:5448% CF
D2McDonagh – Cernak
11:0328% CF
D3Crozier – Lilleberg
10:4854% CF

PP1Kucherov – Guentzel – Point – Raddysh – Hagel
4:3686% CF
PP2Perry – Cirelli – Goncalves – Moser – James
1:02100% CF
PK1FGuentzel – Cirelli
1:03
PK2FGourde – Hagel
0:34
PK1DCernak – Moser
2:13
PK2DCrozier – Lilleberg
1:30

Current TBL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

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
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nick Suzuki C	L1	0	1	1	-1	0	0.19	3	0	0	20:42	—	—	50	40
Josh Anderson R	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.12	4	0	0	15:32	—	—	52	57
Cole Caufield R	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.18	1	0	0	13:13	—	—	57	62
Alexandre Texier L	L2	1	0	1	+2	2	0.09	1	1	0	13:40	—	—	32	27
Zachary Bolduc R	L2	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	3	0	0	13:26	—	—	33	43
Kirby Dach C	L2	1	0	1	+2	1	0.17	3	2	0	11:46	—	—	42	46
Phillip Danault C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	19:40	—	—	61	56
Alex Newhook C	L3	0	1	1	0	2	0.24	2	1	0	14:35	—	—	68	61
Brendan Gallagher R	L3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.43	3	0	0	6:48	—	—	77	93
Juraj Slafkovský L	L4	0	0	0	-1	3	0.23	1	1	0	19:27	—	—	59	53
Jake Evans C	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.36	2	2	2	15:14	—	—	47	68
Ivan Demidov R	L4	0	0	0	-1	3	0.49	2	0	0	11:07	—	—	60	69
Lane Hutson D	D1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.06	1	1	2	23:31	—	—	68	77
Kaiden Guhle D	D1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.08	4	0	2	21:41	—	—	69	75
Mike Matheson D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.05	0	4	0	27:54	—	—	35	27
Alexandre Carrier D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	4	0	23:27	—	—	35	25
Jayden Struble D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	4	0	0	10:23	—	—	53	59
Arber Xhekaj D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	1	0	2	9:54	—	—	55	65

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jakub Dobes(start)	W	40	38	2	.950	2.83	60:00

Tampa Bay Lightning

TBL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Oliver Bjorkstrand R	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.20	2	3	0	14:47	—	—	52	66
Gage Goncalves C	L1	0	1	1	-1	2	0.19	1	0	0	13:51	—	—	48	53
Dominic James C	L1	1	0	1	-1	2	0.18	1	2	0	13:14	—	—	48	57
Brandon Hagel L	L2	0	0	0	0	5	0.49	3	1	0	23:12	—	—	61	79
Nikita Kucherov R	L2	0	0	0	0	8	0.34	1	0	0	21:44	—	—	52	65
Brayden Point C	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.16	0	0	0	21:17	—	—	44	30
Jake Guentzel C	L3	1	0	1	+1	4	0.31	1	0	0	22:11	—	—	33	22
Anthony Cirelli C	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.36	0	2	0	20:49	—	—	42	40
Yanni Gourde C	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	0	2	14:23	—	—	43	31
Zemgus Girgensons C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.02	3	0	0	7:21	—	—	39	21
Corey Perry R	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	0	0	0	6:55	—	—	56	10
Conor Geekie C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	3	0	0	5:04	—	—	50	10
Darren Raddysh D	D1	0	0	0	+1	6	0.36	5	1	0	25:26	—	—	50	63
J.J. Moser D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.00	1	5	0	20:33	—	—	46	54
Ryan McDonagh D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	0	2	4	16:23	—	—	42	36
Erik Cernak D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	2	0	15:56	—	—	24	29
Maxwell Crozier D	D3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.13	0	0	0	17:40	—	—	71	51
Emil Lilleberg D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	2	0	0	15:47	—	—	56	44

TBL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Andrei Vasilevskiy(start)	L	24	21	3	.875	2.71	57:27

Goal anatomy

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

Dominic James (TBL) 2nd 6:49 · assists Gage Goncalves, Yanni Gourde · Odd-man rush · carried in · 2-on-1 at the blue line · 62.4 mph shot · 1.9 s from entry to goal.

Dominic James · 2nd 6:49 · TBL

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 62.4 mph
Distance: 25 ft
Entry to goal: 1.9 s

Watch on NHL.com → · Tracking-derived via NHL EDGE

Kirby Dach · 2nd 7:00 · MTL

Play: rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: No
Passes: 3
Shot: 29.3 mph
Distance: 6 ft
Entry to goal: 4.8 s

Watch on NHL.com → · Tracking-derived via NHL EDGE

Jake Guentzel · 2nd 17:23 · TBL

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 55.6 mph
Distance: 23 ft
Entry to goal: 2.0 s

Watch on NHL.com → · Tracking-derived via NHL EDGE

Alexandre Texier · 3rd 1:06 · MTL

Play: rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: No
Passes: 2
Shot: 31.2 mph
Distance: 34 ft
Entry to goal: 2.2 s

Watch on NHL.com → · Tracking-derived via NHL EDGE

Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.

Montreal Canadiens vs. Tampa Bay LightningApr 29, 2026

Fantasy takeaways

Montreal Canadiens edge Tampa Bay Lightning 3–2

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Head-to-head matchups

Matchup matrix

Sequence card

Lines used

Montreal Canadiens

Tampa Bay Lightning

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Montreal Canadiens

Tampa Bay Lightning

Goal anatomy

Dominic James · 2nd 6:49 · TBL

Kirby Dach · 2nd 7:00 · MTL

Jake Guentzel · 2nd 17:23 · TBL

Alexandre Texier · 3rd 1:06 · MTL