Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Montreal CanadiensApr 9, 2026

FinalThursday, Apr 9, 2026· Centre Bell

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
TBL	0	0	1	1		TBL	3	7	8	18
MTL	0	1	1	2		MTL	8	8	5	21

: TBL 36MTL 59
: TBL 1.90MTL 4.37
PP goals: TBL 0MTL 0
Hits: TBL 29MTL 34
Blocks: TBL 13MTL 9
PIM: TBL 71MTL 55
: TBL 48%MTL 52%

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 home. Juraj Slafkovský (MTL) led the scoring with 1G 1A. Darren Raddysh (TBL) played 13:59, −8:50 down on his 22:49 season average over 72 games.

Points
Juraj Slafkovský had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 21:23.Slafkovský
Points
Nick Suzuki had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 22:25.Suzuki
Usage
Darren Raddysh (TBL) played 13:59, −8:50 down on his 22:49 season average over 72 games.Raddysh
Usage
Declan Carlile (TBL) played 5:02, −9:59 down on his 15:01 season average over 41 games.Carlile
New line
New look for MTL: Danault–Dach–Newhook skated 6:43 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (25% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Danault Dach Newhook
Usage
Charle-Edouard D'Astous (TBL) played 9:12, −9:41 down on his 18:53 season average over 69 games.D'Astous
Luck
MTL scored 2 goals on 4.37 expected goals (59 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Gage Goncalves (TBL) played 18:19, +5:18 up on his 13:01 season average over 73 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.

Strength

Period

Team

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

MTL
TBL
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 95 of 95 attempts · MTL 59 · TBL 36

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

MTL
TBL
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

MTL pressure
TBL pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: TBL 23% of the game, MTL 37%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

MTL

TBL

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

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

Matchup matrix

MTL 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	TBL	MTL
	24	41
	0.88	1.81
	0.86	1.73
	4	7
	4	2
	18	24
	−0.014	+0.014
	23%	37%

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.

Tampa Bay Lightning

L1Gourde – Girgensons – Bjorkstrand
4:5227% CF
L2Kucherov – Guentzel – Cirelli
4:4663% CF
L3Perry – Point – Goncalves
0:54
D1McDonagh – Cernak
10:3624% CF
D2D'Astous – Lilleberg
5:4033% CF
D3Moser – Carlile
4:5430% CF

PP1Perry – Kucherov – Guentzel – Point – Raddysh
7:4470% CF
PP2McDonagh – Kucherov – Guentzel – Bjorkstrand – Raddysh
0:060% CF
PK1FGuentzel – Cirelli
7:08
PK2FGourde – Girgensons
2:27
PK1DMcDonagh – Cernak
7:42
PK2DMoser – Lilleberg
4:28

Current TBL line combinations →

Montreal Canadiens

L1Suzuki – Caufield – Slafkovský
8:3874% CF
L2Danault – Dach – Newhook
6:4325% CF
L3Anderson – Evans – Veleno
4:3160% CF
L4Texier – Kapanen – Demidov
3:4860% CF
D1Struble – Hutson
9:5971% CF
D2Matheson – Dobson
9:4755% CF
D3Xhekaj – Engstrom
6:2075% CF

PP1Suzuki – Caufield – Hutson – Slafkovský – Demidov
8:5387% CF
PP2Texier – Dobson – Dach – Newhook – Kapanen
4:24100% CF
PK1FEvans – Veleno
2:47
PK2FDanault – Anderson
2:37
PK1DMatheson – Dobson
5:22

Current MTL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

6:30
MTLCole Caufield (Nick Suzuki, Juraj Slafkovský)snap0.11 xG
TBL: Paul, Point, D'Astous, Goncalves, LillebergMTL: Suzuki, Caufield, Struble, Hutson, Slafkovský
TBL 0 – 1 MTL

3rd period

18:09
TBLDarren Raddysh (Nikita Kucherov, Gage Goncalves)snap0.08 xG
TBL: Perry, Kucherov, Point, Raddysh, D'Astous, GoncalvesMTL: Anderson, Suzuki, Struble, Hutson, Slafkovský
TBL 1 – 1 MTL
18:56
MTLJuraj Slafkovský (Nick Suzuki)snap0.35 xG
TBL: Kucherov, Gourde, Guentzel, Cernak, MoserMTL: Matheson, Suzuki, Caufield, Hutson, Slafkovský
TBL 1 – 2 MTL

Box score

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

Tampa Bay Lightning

TBL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Yanni Gourde C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.10	6	0	4	14:05	—	—	32	15
Zemgus Girgensons C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	12:25	—	—	29	7
Oliver Bjorkstrand R	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	2	10:46	—	—	31	9
Jake Guentzel C	L2	0	0	0	-1	4	0.57	0	0	0	26:38	—	—	41	37
Nikita Kucherov R	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.24	1	0	2	23:12	—	—	39	41
Anthony Cirelli C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	3	2	2	20:28	—	—	35	39
Brayden Point C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.18	0	0	2	21:22	—	—	24	38
Gage Goncalves C	L3	0	1	1	0	2	0.03	1	1	0	18:19	—	—	50	33
Corey Perry R	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.25	0	0	2	13:17	—	—	71	69
Ryan McDonagh D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	2	0	22:47	—	—	28	12
Erik Cernak D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	4	2	0	22:05	—	—	29	8
Emil Lilleberg D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	4	1	0	18:43	—	—	50	58
Charle-Edouard D'Astous D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.09	0	0	12	9:12	—	—	44	50
J.J. Moser D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	2	0	2	20:41	—	—	48	37
Declan Carlile D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	17	5:02	—	—	30	35
Darren Raddysh D	—	1	0	1	+1	5	0.29	0	1	14	13:59	—	—	40	74
Nick Paul L	—	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	1	12	7:38	—	—	50	11
Jakob Pelletier L	—	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	0	1	0	7:06	—	—	25	0

TBL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Andrei Vasilevskiy(start)	L	21	19	2	.905	3.28	58:15

Montreal Canadiens

MTL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nick Suzuki C	L1	0	2	2	+1	1	0.78	1	0	0	22:25	—	—	71	82
Juraj Slafkovský L	L1	1	1	2	+1	3	0.87	2	0	0	21:23	—	—	71	82
Cole Caufield R	L1	1	0	1	+2	5	0.77	1	0	0	17:56	—	—	74	82
Alex Newhook C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.26	1	0	0	18:56	—	—	50	81
Kirby Dach C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	5	0	0	14:38	—	—	30	5
Phillip Danault C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	1	0	0	12:40	—	—	42	15
Josh Anderson R	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	1	1	11	12:32	—	—	58	84
Jake Evans C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.80	1	0	12	12:29	—	—	63	51
Joseph Veleno C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.08	4	0	2	10:44	—	—	57	68
Ivan Demidov R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.17	0	0	4	19:14	—	—	73	63
Oliver Kapanen C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	1	0	0	13:03	—	—	70	52
Alexandre Texier L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	1	0	12	9:03	—	—	67	30
Lane Hutson D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.16	1	2	0	29:17	—	—	71	90
Jayden Struble D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	5	3	12	11:09	—	—	68	89
Mike Matheson D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	1	0	25:39	—	—	65	67
Noah Dobson D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	4	1	0	22:55	—	—	43	19
Adam Engstrom D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	1	1	0	9:12	—	—	55	56
Arber Xhekaj D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	0	2	8:45	—	—	60	60

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jakub Dobes(start)	W	18	17	1	.944	1.90	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

Cole Caufield (MTL) 2nd 6:30 · assists Nick Suzuki, Juraj Slafkovský · Odd-man rush · carried in · 2-on-1 at the blue line · 52.8 mph shot · 2.0 s from entry to goal.

Cole Caufield · 2nd 6:30 · MTL

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 52.8 mph
Distance: 21 ft
Entry to goal: 2.0 s

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Darren Raddysh · 3rd 18:09 · TBL

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 68.2 mph
Distance: 37 ft
Type: one-timer

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Juraj Slafkovský · 3rd 18:56 · MTL

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 11.6 mph
Distance: 7 ft
Entry to goal: 5.7 s
Type: rebound

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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.