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Montreal Canadiens vs. Tampa Bay LightningMay 3, 2026

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MTL1012MTL4059
TBL0101TBL912829
MTL 40TBL 56
MTL 0.89TBL 2.82
PP goals
MTL 0TBL 1
Hits
MTL 43TBL 30
Blocks
MTL 14TBL 15
PIM
MTL 6TBL 2
MTL 53%TBL 47%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Montreal Canadiens edge Tampa Bay Lightning 2–1

Montreal Canadiens beat Tampa Bay Lightning 2–1 at TBL. Kaiden Guhle (MTL) led the scoring with 0G 2A. Jayden Struble (MTL) played 5:06, −7:10 down on his 12:16 season average over 11 games.

  1. Points
    Kaiden Guhle had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 20:56.Guhle
  2. Usage
    Jayden Struble (MTL) played 5:06, −7:10 down on his 12:16 season average over 11 games.Struble
  3. Luck
    TBL scored 1 goal on 2.82 expected goals (56 attempts), well short of its chances.
  4. Usage
    Jake Guentzel (TBL) played 16:22, −6:40 down on his 23:02 season average over 6 games.Guentzel
  5. Usage
    Brayden Point (TBL) played 15:06, −4:24 down on his 19:30 season average over 6 games.Point
  6. Usage
    Cole Caufield (MTL) played 14:29, −4:07 down on his 18:36 season average over 18 games.Caufield
  7. Usage
    Ryan McDonagh (TBL) played 16:17, −3:55 down on his 20:12 season average over 6 games.McDonagh
  8. Usage
    Brandon Hagel (TBL) played 21:53, −3:28 down on his 25:21 season average over 6 games.Hagel

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: 96 attempts, 38 on goal, 3 goals, 3.71 expected goals; best chance Nick Paul at 0.20 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 96 of 96 attempts · TBL 56 · MTL 40

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 2.82 to 0.89 (TBL led the chances), shot attempts 56 to 40, 3 goals.

0.01.02.03.01st2nd3rdTBLMTLSJNnet xGcumulative expected goals · 60:00
  • TBL
  • MTL
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
TBLMTLcontrol2nd3rdSuzuki · 1st 18:39James · 2nd 13:27Newhook · 3rd 11:07
  • 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 22% of the game, TBL 52%.

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 60:00; most ice Andrei Vasilevskiy (57:30) for TBL and Jakub Dobes (60:00) for MTL, 3 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 Moser vs Suzuki, 13:22 at 76% xGF.

TBL ↓ · MTL →SuzukiAndersonCaufieldTexierDachBolducSlafkovskýDemidovEvansDanaultNewhookGallagherMathesonCarrierHutsonDobsonGuhleStrubleL1 HagelL1 KucherovL1 CirelliL2 GourdeL2 GirgensonsL2 PaulL3 GoncalvesL3 JamesL3 BjorkstrandL4 GuentzelL4 PointL4 PerryD1 RaddyshD1 MoserD2 D'AstousD2 LillebergD3 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
4356
0.912.74
0.882.56
47
66
1417
−0.001+0.001
22%52%

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. 18:39
    MTLNick Suzuki (Kaiden Guhle, Josh Anderson)tip-in0.06 xG
    MTL: Anderson, Suzuki, Caufield, Guhle, HutsonTBL: Kucherov, Raddysh, Cirelli, Hagel, Moser
    MTL 1 – 0 TBL

2nd period

  1. 13:27
    TBLDominic JamesPP (Charle-Edouard D'Astous, Gage Goncalves)tip-in0.15 xG
    MTL: Matheson, Evans, Carrier, SuzukiTBL: Perry, Paul, D'Astous, Goncalves, James
    MTL 1 – 1 TBL

3rd period

  1. 11:07
    MTLAlex Newhook (Lane Hutson, Kaiden Guhle)other0.09 xG
    MTL: Suzuki, Newhook, Guhle, Hutson, SlafkovskýTBL: Bjorkstrand, Cernak, D'Astous, Goncalves, James
    MTL 2 – 1 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
Nick Suzuki CL1101+230.1733022:48——5233
Josh Anderson RL1011+100.0030015:33——5422
Cole Caufield RL1000+110.0750014:29——6032
Alexandre Texier LL2000010.0010011:15——192
Kirby Dach CL2000000.0041011:02——151
Zachary Bolduc RL2000000.002108:51——222
Juraj Slafkovský LL3000+110.1910021:25——5465
Ivan Demidov RL3000000.0011017:50——4232
Jake Evans CL3000000.0040016:46——3320
Phillip Danault CL4000000.0730017:56——6751
Alex Newhook CL4101+110.0911016:09——3834
Brendan Gallagher RL4000000.000006:48——500
Mike Matheson DD1000000.0311425:22——3222
Alexandre Carrier DD1000010.2122022:39——2123
Lane Hutson DD2011+200.0110023:27——5023
Noah Dobson DD2000000.0442018:37——5029
Kaiden Guhle DD3022+210.0132220:56——6336
Jayden Struble DD3000000.004005:06——250
MTL goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Jakub Dobes(start)W29281.9662.8260:00

Tampa Bay Lightning

TBL skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Brandon Hagel LL1000-130.1721021:53——5761
Nikita Kucherov RL1000-130.0601020:16——5768
Anthony Cirelli CL1000-100.0021017:50——5057
Yanni Gourde CL2000000.0121016:01——3872
Zemgus Girgensons CL2000000.0073014:00——3367
Nick Paul LL2000020.4441012:38——5499
Gage Goncalves CL3011-130.3511014:33——5985
Dominic James CL3101-140.3920013:27——7592
Oliver Bjorkstrand RL3000-130.6301012:12——7292
Jake Guentzel CL4000040.1410016:22——6062
Brayden Point CL4000020.2610215:06——6353
Corey Perry RL4000000.001008:58——4623
Darren Raddysh DD1000-120.1411026:07——5678
J.J. Moser DD1000-100.0811022:12——6785
Charle-Edouard D'Astous DD2011-110.0720017:41——6165
Emil Lilleberg DD2000010.0621015:42——6572
Erik Cernak DD3000-100.0201017:18——4773
Ryan McDonagh DD3000010.0111016:17——3671
TBL goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Andrei Vasilevskiy(start)L972.7780.8957:30

Goal anatomy

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

Nick Suzuki (MTL) 1st 18:39 · assists Kaiden Guhle, Josh Anderson · Deflection · 51.7 mph shot.

Dominic James · 2nd 13:27 · TBL PP

Play
deflection
Passes
3 (royal road)
Shot
71.9 mph
Distance
62 ft
Type
one-timer

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