Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Montreal CanadiensApr 24, 2026

Final / OTPlayoffsFriday, Apr 24, 2026· Centre Bell

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Goals	1	2	3	1OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	1OT	T
TBL	1	1	0	0	2		TBL	6	7	4	0	17
MTL	1	1	0	1	3		MTL	7	13	8	1	29

: TBL 50MTL 52
: TBL 2.55MTL 2.45
PP goals: TBL 1MTL 0
Hits: TBL 31MTL 36
Blocks: TBL 14MTL 19
PIM: TBL 14MTL 16
: TBL 54%MTL 46%

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 (OT)

Montreal Canadiens beat Tampa Bay Lightning 3–2 in overtime at home. Kirby Dach (MTL) led the scoring with 1G 1A. TBL's first power-play unit (Kucherov, Guentzel, Point, Raddysh and Hagel) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 7:41 together.

Points
Alexandre Texier had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 11:29.Texier
Points
Kirby Dach had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 11:32.Dach
Points
Zachary Bolduc had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 12:19.Bolduc
PP1
TBL's first power-play unit (Kucherov, Guentzel, Point, Raddysh and Hagel) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 7:41 together.Kucherov Guentzel Point Raddysh Hagel
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New look for TBL: Gourde–Girgensons–Guentzel skated 6:37 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (60% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Gourde Girgensons Guentzel
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New look for MTL: Newhook–Kapanen–Demidov skated 7:53 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Newhook Kapanen Demidov
New line
New look for MTL: Texier–Dach–Bolduc skated 6:43 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (71.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Texier Dach Bolduc
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New look for TBL: Point–Goncalves–James skated 4:46 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (35.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Point Goncalves James

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 102 of 102 attempts · MTL 52 · TBL 50

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 29% of the game, MTL 28%.

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
	40	49
	1.70	2.20
	1.61	2.06
	1	7
	8	5
	20	12
	+0.009	−0.009
	29%	28%

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

L1Kucherov – Cirelli – Hagel
7:3469% CF
L2Gourde – Girgensons – Guentzel
6:3760% CF
L3Point – Goncalves – James
4:4636% CF
L4Perry – Sabourin – Paul
1:310% CF
D1Raddysh – Moser
13:1546% CF
D2McDonagh – Cernak
11:5341% CF
D3Lilleberg – Carlile
7:1838% CF

PP1Kucherov – Guentzel – Point – Raddysh – Hagel
7:4189% CF
PP2Perry – Paul – Goncalves – Moser – James
1:38100% CF
PK1FCirelli – Hagel
2:22
PK2FGourde – Girgensons
1:49
PK1DMcDonagh – Cernak
3:53
PK2DMoser – Lilleberg
1:39

Current TBL line combinations →

Montreal Canadiens

L1Suzuki – Caufield – Slafkovský
9:1750% CF
L2Danault – Anderson – Evans
8:1463% CF
L3Newhook – Kapanen – Demidov
7:5350% CF
L4Texier – Dach – Bolduc
6:4371% CF
D1Guhle – Hutson
13:2035% CF
D2Matheson – Carrier
13:0756% CF
D3Struble – Xhekaj
8:1083% CF

PP1Suzuki – Caufield – Hutson – Slafkovský – Demidov
5:31100% CF
PP2Matheson – Texier – Dach – Newhook – Bolduc
1:34100% CF
PK1FEvans – Newhook
4:55
PK2FDanault – Anderson
3:32
PK1DMatheson – Carrier
3:54
PK2DGuhle – Hutson
1:12

Current MTL 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.

Tampa Bay Lightning

TBL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Brandon Hagel L	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.11	1	0	2	24:58	—	—	70	86
Nikita Kucherov R	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.27	0	0	2	20:35	—	—	58	48
Anthony Cirelli C	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.20	1	0	0	17:52	—	—	59	65
Jake Guentzel C	L2	0	1	1	-1	0	0.17	1	0	0	24:17	—	—	53	54
Yanni Gourde C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	16:08	—	—	50	73
Zemgus Girgensons C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.33	4	2	2	13:18	—	—	43	70
Brayden Point C	L3	1	0	1	-2	1	0.15	1	0	0	18:22	—	—	42	29
Gage Goncalves C	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.12	1	0	0	16:04	—	—	38	35
Dominic James C	L3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.33	2	1	0	12:20	—	—	30	20
Corey Perry R	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.14	0	0	0	9:32	—	—	25	6
Nick Paul L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.10	3	1	0	7:58	—	—	20	8
Scott Sabourin R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	1	0	0	3:44	—	—	33	37
Darren Raddysh D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.07	3	0	2	26:17	—	—	47	53
J.J. Moser D	D1	0	0	0	0	4	0.43	2	3	0	25:27	—	—	50	57
Ryan McDonagh D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	20:12	—	—	38	27
Erik Cernak D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.08	0	3	2	17:54	—	—	41	19
Emil Lilleberg D	D3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.03	1	1	4	14:27	—	—	43	47
Declan Carlile D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.01	7	2	0	11:20	—	—	35	41

TBL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Andrei Vasilevskiy(start)	L	29	26	3	.897	2.45	62:09

Montreal Canadiens

MTL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nick Suzuki C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	2	0	0	21:11	—	—	52	41
Juraj Slafkovský L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	2	2	0	18:08	—	—	53	81
Cole Caufield R	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.13	2	0	0	17:37	—	—	47	69
Jake Evans C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	3	0	0	16:18	—	—	48	81
Phillip Danault C	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.14	0	0	2	15:18	—	—	65	86
Josh Anderson R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.23	4	1	2	14:51	—	—	65	92
Alex Newhook C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	1	2	0	17:51	—	—	50	23
Ivan Demidov R	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.39	1	0	2	17:32	—	—	44	12
Oliver Kapanen C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	8:35	—	—	47	9
Zachary Bolduc R	L4	0	2	2	+3	3	0.37	1	2	0	12:19	—	—	59	70
Kirby Dach C	L4	1	1	2	+3	2	0.48	1	0	2	11:32	—	—	73	77
Alexandre Texier L	L4	1	1	2	+3	1	0.24	1	0	0	11:29	—	—	68	70
Lane Hutson D	D1	1	0	1	0	2	0.12	3	4	0	26:40	—	—	38	35
Kaiden Guhle D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	3	0	21:44	—	—	30	27
Mike Matheson D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.05	1	1	2	24:36	—	—	52	51
Alexandre Carrier D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	4	0	23:25	—	—	63	91
Arber Xhekaj D	D3	0	1	1	+2	2	0.05	8	0	2	10:40	—	—	84	90
Jayden Struble D	D3	0	0	0	+2	1	0.01	2	0	0	9:58	—	—	79	87

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jakub Dobes(start)	W	17	15	2	.882	2.55	61:34

Goal anatomy

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

Alexandre Texier (MTL) 1st 4:53 · assists Zachary Bolduc, Kirby Dach · Rush · passed in · 60.8 mph shot · 3.7 s from entry to goal.

Alexandre Texier · 1st 4:53 · MTL

Play: rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 60.8 mph
Distance: 24 ft
Entry to goal: 3.7 s

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

Brayden Point · 1st 7:42 · TBL PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 59.4 mph
Distance: 24 ft
Type: one-timer

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

Kirby Dach · 2nd 12:43 · MTL

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 59.4 mph
Distance: 42 ft

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Brandon Hagel · 2nd 4:47 · TBL

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 70.1 mph
Distance: 42 ft
Entry to goal: 2.0 s

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Lane Hutson · OT 2:09 · MTL

Play: point-shot
Passes: 2
Shot: 73.3 mph
Distance: 50 ft

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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.

Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Montreal CanadiensApr 24, 2026

Fantasy takeaways

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

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Head-to-head matchups

Matchup matrix

Sequence card

Lines used

Tampa Bay Lightning

Montreal Canadiens

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

OT period

Box score

Tampa Bay Lightning

Montreal Canadiens

Goal anatomy

Alexandre Texier · 1st 4:53 · MTL

Brayden Point · 1st 7:42 · TBL PP

Kirby Dach · 2nd 12:43 · MTL

Brandon Hagel · 2nd 4:47 · TBL

Lane Hutson · OT 2:09 · MTL