Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Montreal CanadiensApr 26, 2026

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
TBL	0	1	2	3		TBL	6	10	4	20
MTL	0	2	0	2		MTL	9	5	4	18

: TBL 55MTL 48
: TBL 3.13MTL 3.07
PP goals: TBL 1MTL 1
Hits: TBL 28MTL 50
Blocks: TBL 14MTL 13
PIM: TBL 16MTL 16
: TBL 35%MTL 65%

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

Tampa Bay Lightning beat Montreal Canadiens 3–2 at MTL. Brandon Hagel (TBL) led the scoring with 2G 0A. MTL's first power-play unit (Suzuki, Caufield, Hutson, Slafkovský and Demidov) scored 1 power-play goal on 16 attempts in 5:40 together.

Points
Brandon Hagel had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 25:34.Hagel
Points
Jake Guentzel had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 22:40.Guentzel
Points
J.J. Moser had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 19:33.Moser
Points
Nikita Kucherov had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 22:57.Kucherov
PP1
MTL's first power-play unit (Suzuki, Caufield, Hutson, Slafkovský and Demidov) scored 1 power-play goal on 16 attempts in 5:40 together.Suzuki Caufield Hutson Slafkovský Demidov
PP1
TBL's first power-play unit (Kucherov, Guentzel, Point, Raddysh and Hagel) scored 1 power-play goal on 16 attempts in 9:18 together.Kucherov Guentzel Point Raddysh Hagel
New line
New look for TBL: Kucherov–Point–Hagel skated 7:49 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (83.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kucherov Point Hagel
New line
New look for TBL: Bjorkstrand–Goncalves–James skated 6:19 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (37.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Bjorkstrand 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 103 of 103 attempts · MTL 48 · TBL 55

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 40% of the game, MTL 25%.

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
	37	26
	1.53	0.79
	1.48	0.78
	11	2
	4	5
	11	20
	−0.095	+0.095
	40%	25%

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 – Point – Hagel
7:4983% CF
L2Bjorkstrand – Goncalves – James
6:1938% CF
L3Gourde – Guentzel – Cirelli
5:1550% CF
L4Perry – Girgensons – Paul
5:0480% CF
D1Raddysh – Moser
13:3071% CF
D2McDonagh – Cernak
10:1831% CF
D3Crozier – Lilleberg
8:4467% CF

PP1Kucherov – Guentzel – Point – Raddysh – Hagel
9:18100% CF
PP2Perry – Paul – Raddysh – Goncalves – James
0:23
PK1FCirelli – Hagel
4:12
PK2FGirgensons – Guentzel
0:49
PK1DMcDonagh – Cernak
4:32
PK2DMoser – Lilleberg
2:06

Current TBL line combinations →

Montreal Canadiens

L1Suzuki – Caufield – Slafkovský
9:1154% CF
L2Danault – Anderson – Evans
8:0043% CF
L3Texier – Dach – Bolduc
7:5036% CF
L4Newhook – Kapanen – Demidov
5:3333% CF
D1Guhle – Hutson
13:0663% CF
D2Matheson – Carrier
10:2932% CF
D3Struble – Xhekaj
6:2738% CF

PP1Suzuki – Caufield – Hutson – Slafkovský – Demidov
5:40100% CF
PP2Matheson – Texier – Dach – Newhook – Bolduc
1:48100% CF
PK1FEvans – Newhook
4:38
PK2FDanault – Anderson
2:07
PK1DMatheson – Carrier
5:10
PK2DGuhle – Hutson
0:29

Current MTL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

10:06
MTLZachary Bolduc (Kaiden Guhle, Alexandre Texier)deflected0.07 xG
TBL: Bjorkstrand, Raddysh, Goncalves, Moser, JamesMTL: Texier, Dach, Struble, Bolduc, Xhekaj
TBL 0 – 1 MTL
13:29
MTLCole CaufieldPP (Nick Suzuki, Lane Hutson)snap0.26 xG
TBL: Gourde, Girgensons, Moser, LillebergMTL: Suzuki, Caufield, Hutson, Slafkovský, Demidov
TBL 0 – 2 MTL
19:06
TBLJake Guentzel (J.J. Moser, Darren Raddysh)snap0.18 xG
TBL: Guentzel, Raddysh, Cirelli, MoserMTL: Struble, Newhook, Hutson, Demidov
TBL 1 – 2 MTL

3rd period

1:40
TBLBrandon HagelPP (Nikita Kucherov, Jake Guentzel)snap0.21 xG
TBL: Kucherov, Guentzel, Point, Raddysh, HagelMTL: Matheson, Evans, Carrier, Newhook
TBL 2 – 2 MTL
15:07
TBLBrandon Hagel (Nikita Kucherov, J.J. Moser)deflected0.19 xG
TBL: Kucherov, Point, Raddysh, Hagel, MoserMTL: Matheson, Carrier, Suzuki, Caufield, Slafkovský
TBL 3 – 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
Brandon Hagel L	L1	2	0	2	+1	3	0.68	2	1	2	25:34	—	—	67	83
Nikita Kucherov R	L1	0	2	2	+1	3	0.38	0	0	2	22:57	—	—	68	79
Brayden Point C	L1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.55	0	0	0	19:57	—	—	80	98
Dominic James C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	0	11:25	—	—	29	10
Gage Goncalves C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	0	0	10:44	—	—	46	26
Oliver Bjorkstrand R	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	0	8:18	—	—	46	18
Jake Guentzel C	L3	1	1	2	+1	2	0.68	1	0	2	22:40	—	—	50	54
Anthony Cirelli C	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	3	0	18:58	—	—	55	41
Yanni Gourde C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	2	1	2	12:46	—	—	29	37
Corey Perry R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.21	1	0	0	8:50	—	—	83	80
Zemgus Girgensons C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	2	1	2	8:46	—	—	67	77
Nick Paul L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	2	0	2	7:33	—	—	63	44
Darren Raddysh D	D1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.29	2	1	2	25:18	—	—	71	77
J.J. Moser D	D1	0	2	2	+1	1	0.08	0	2	0	19:33	—	—	67	75
Ryan McDonagh D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	3	2	0	20:22	—	—	36	49
Erik Cernak D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	19:37	—	—	29	13
Emil Lilleberg D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	13:43	—	—	67	74
Maxwell Crozier D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	1	1	2	11:54	—	—	64	94

TBL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Andrei Vasilevskiy(start)	W	18	16	2	.889	3.07	60:00

Montreal Canadiens

MTL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nick Suzuki C	L1	0	1	1	-1	3	0.78	4	4	0	22:23	—	—	41	27
Cole Caufield R	L1	1	0	1	-1	2	0.42	2	0	0	19:03	—	—	44	29
Juraj Slafkovský L	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.94	2	0	0	18:46	—	—	39	39
Jake Evans C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	5	1	2	15:49	—	—	40	36
Phillip Danault C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	0	0	15:02	—	—	30	18
Josh Anderson R	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	0	2	13:18	—	—	46	78
Alexandre Texier L	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	12:44	—	—	50	38
Zachary Bolduc R	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.14	3	0	0	11:53	—	—	40	37
Kirby Dach C	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.13	2	0	2	9:51	—	—	33	22
Alex Newhook C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	2	15:47	—	—	46	47
Ivan Demidov R	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.13	0	0	0	15:29	—	—	36	45
Oliver Kapanen C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	0	0	2	7:32	—	—	50	24
Lane Hutson D	D1	0	1	1	-1	1	0.17	1	3	0	26:15	—	—	62	60
Kaiden Guhle D	D1	0	1	1	0	1	0.02	11	2	0	22:48	—	—	50	62
Mike Matheson D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.18	3	2	4	23:08	—	—	37	17
Alexandre Carrier D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.06	2	1	0	21:24	—	—	33	19
Jayden Struble D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	3	0	0	9:24	—	—	30	59
Arber Xhekaj D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	6	0	2	8:18	—	—	46	73

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jakub Dobes(start)	L	20	17	3	.850	3.13	58:17

Goal anatomy

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

Zachary Bolduc (MTL) 2nd 10:06 · assists Kaiden Guhle, Alexandre Texier · Deflection · carried in · 1-on-0 at the blue line · 11.0 mph shot · 3.0 s from entry to goal.

Zachary Bolduc · 2nd 10:06 · MTL

Play: deflection
Entry: carry
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 3
Shot: 11.0 mph
Distance: 7 ft
Entry to goal: 3.0 s

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Cole Caufield · 2nd 13:29 · MTL PP

Play: cycle
Passes: 2
Shot: 23.1 mph
Distance: 2 ft

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Jake Guentzel · 2nd 19:06 · TBL

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1
Shot: 33.6 mph
Distance: 13 ft
Type: one-timer

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Brandon Hagel · 3rd 1:40 · TBL PP

Play: cycle
Passes: 5 (royal road)
Shot: 20.1 mph
Distance: 6 ft

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Brandon Hagel · 3rd 15:07 · TBL

Play: deflection
Entry: dump
Odd man: 4-on-2
Passes: 3
Shot: 22.5 mph
Distance: 6 ft
Entry to goal: 8.1 s

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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.