Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Montreal CanadiensMay 1, 2026

Final / OTPlayoffsFriday, May 1, 2026· Centre Bell

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Goals	1	2	3	1OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	1OT	T
TBL	0	0	0	1	1		TBL	9	7	12	5	33
MTL	0	0	0	0	0		MTL	7	10	9	4	30

: TBL 90MTL 66
: TBL 4.49MTL 3.61
PP goals: TBL 0MTL 0
Hits: TBL 38MTL 49
Blocks: TBL 13MTL 22
PIM: TBL 8MTL 8
: TBL 49%MTL 51%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Tampa Bay Lightning edge Montreal Canadiens 1–0 (OT)

Tampa Bay Lightning beat Montreal Canadiens 1–0 in overtime at MTL. Gage Goncalves (TBL) led the scoring with 1G 0A. MTL scored 0 goals on 3.61 expected goals (66 attempts), well short of its chances.

Luck
MTL scored 0 goals on 3.61 expected goals (66 attempts), well short of its chances.
Luck
TBL scored 1 goal on 4.49 expected goals (90 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Brandon Hagel (TBL) played 29:05, +4:56 up on his 24:09 season average over 6 games.Hagel
New line
New look for TBL: Perry–Guentzel–Point skated 6:30 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (75% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Perry Guentzel Point
Usage
Lane Hutson (MTL) played 30:46, +5:37 up on his 25:09 season average over 18 games.Hutson
Usage
Alexandre Texier (MTL) played 17:05, +4:27 up on his 12:38 season average over 18 games.Texier
Usage
Erik Cernak (TBL) played 23:10, +4:19 up on his 18:51 season average over 6 games.Cernak
Usage
Zachary Bolduc (MTL) played 15:39, +4:30 up on his 11:09 season average over 18 games.Bolduc

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 156 of 156 attempts · MTL 66 · TBL 90

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 38% of the game, MTL 23%.

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
	83	64
	3.99	3.18
	3.59	3.03
	25	8
	8	7
	28	20
	+0.012	−0.012
	38%	23%

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
13:3370% CF
L2Bjorkstrand – Goncalves – James
9:4527% CF
L3Gourde – Girgensons – Paul
7:5053% CF
L4Perry – Guentzel – Point
6:3075% CF
D1Raddysh – Moser
17:2073% CF
D2McDonagh – Cernak
15:1431% CF
D3D'Astous – Lilleberg
10:1764% CF

PP1Kucherov – Guentzel – Point – Raddysh – Hagel
5:0989% CF
PP2Perry – Paul – D'Astous – Goncalves – James
0:35100% CF
PK1FCirelli – Hagel
3:19
PK2FGourde – Girgensons
1:32
PK1DMcDonagh – Cernak
3:04
PK2DMoser – Lilleberg
2:41

Current TBL line combinations →

Montreal Canadiens

L1Texier – Dach – Bolduc
9:5552% CF
L2Suzuki – Caufield – Slafkovský
9:2158% CF
L3Danault – Anderson – Demidov
3:4538% CF
L4Gallagher – Evans – Newhook
1:22100% CF
D1Matheson – Carrier
17:0426% CF
D2Guhle – Hutson
16:1671% CF
D3Struble – Xhekaj
9:2148% CF

PP1Suzuki – Caufield – Hutson – Slafkovský – Demidov
4:23100% CF
PP2Texier – Dach – Newhook – Bolduc – Hutson
0:52
PK1FEvans – Newhook
3:50
PK2FDanault – Anderson
2:06
PK1DMatheson – Carrier
2:47
PK2DGuhle – Hutson
0:00

Current MTL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

OT period

9:03
TBLGage Goncalves (Dominic James, Brandon Hagel)snap0.81 xG
TBL: Hagel, Goncalves, Moser, Lilleberg, JamesMTL: Texier, Dach, Guhle, Bolduc, Xhekaj
TBL 1 – 0 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	0	1	1	+1	3	0.28	2	1	0	29:05	—	—	63	68
Anthony Cirelli C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	23:11	—	—	59	52
Nikita Kucherov R	L1	0	0	0	0	6	1.14	1	0	2	22:50	—	—	72	54
Gage Goncalves C	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.91	1	0	0	15:26	—	—	30	59
Dominic James C	L2	0	1	1	+1	3	0.11	1	0	0	13:36	—	—	38	68
Oliver Bjorkstrand R	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.06	4	1	0	12:24	—	—	33	31
Yanni Gourde C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.23	2	0	0	13:53	—	—	59	46
Zemgus Girgensons C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.10	5	1	0	12:44	—	—	61	58
Nick Paul L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.16	4	1	0	12:25	—	—	50	38
Jake Guentzel C	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.28	0	0	2	20:55	—	—	62	49
Brayden Point C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.18	1	1	0	17:21	—	—	70	53
Corey Perry R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	9:43	—	—	71	70
Darren Raddysh D	D1	0	0	0	0	6	0.70	1	0	0	28:11	—	—	72	50
J.J. Moser D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.02	1	0	2	25:34	—	—	64	66
Erik Cernak D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	3	1	0	23:10	—	—	37	27
Ryan McDonagh D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	5	0	21:52	—	—	31	13
Charle-Edouard D'Astous D	D3	0	0	0	0	4	0.14	4	2	2	18:29	—	—	61	59
Emil Lilleberg D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.16	3	0	0	16:26	—	—	63	79

TBL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Andrei Vasilevskiy(start)	W	30	30	0	.1000	3.61	69:03

Montreal Canadiens

MTL skaters
Skater	Line	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Alexandre Texier L	L1	-1	3	0.25	0	1	2	17:05	—	—	32	27
Zachary Bolduc R	L1	-1	3	0.23	3	1	0	15:39	—	—	33	24
Kirby Dach C	L1	-1	1	0.05	0	0	0	12:09	—	—	46	29
Nick Suzuki C	L2	0	0	0.16	2	1	0	24:55	—	—	57	61
Juraj Slafkovský L	L2	0	2	0.63	3	2	0	22:31	—	—	57	72
Cole Caufield R	L2	0	4	0.46	2	0	0	19:41	—	—	59	60
Phillip Danault C	L3	0	2	0.07	4	1	0	19:31	—	—	26	29
Josh Anderson R	L3	0	3	0.20	9	0	0	18:53	—	—	31	41
Ivan Demidov R	L3	0	5	0.71	1	1	2	17:38	—	—	48	61
Jake Evans C	L4	0	2	0.23	6	2	0	16:08	—	—	32	66
Alex Newhook C	L4	0	1	0.17	0	1	0	14:31	—	—	50	55
Brendan Gallagher R	L4	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	5:39	—	—	69	49
Mike Matheson D	D1	0	0	0.00	1	4	0	28:47	—	—	33	53
Alexandre Carrier D	D1	0	0	0.07	1	3	0	24:29	—	—	24	54
Lane Hutson D	D2	0	2	0.26	0	2	0	30:46	—	—	55	59
Kaiden Guhle D	D2	-1	1	0.06	3	2	2	24:14	—	—	64	48
Jayden Struble D	D3	0	0	0.01	5	0	2	12:53	—	—	45	30
Arber Xhekaj D	D3	-1	1	0.04	7	1	0	11:46	—	—	36	13

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jakub Dobes(start)	L	33	32	1	.970	4.49	69:03

Goal anatomy

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

Gage Goncalves (TBL) OT 9:03 · assists Dominic James, Brandon Hagel · Cycle · 37.6 mph shot.

Gage Goncalves · OT 9:03 · TBL

Play: cycle
Passes: 4
Shot: 37.6 mph
Distance: 3 ft

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.