Montreal Canadiens @ Tampa Bay Lightning

East 1st Round - Game 1 • MTL leads series 1-0

48-24-10, 24-9-8 Away

Final/OT

	1	2	3	OT	T
Canadiens MTL	1	1	1	1	4
Lightning TB	0	2	1	0	3

Tampa Bay LightningLightningTB

50-26-6, 26-14-1 Home

Montreal Canadiens


forwards
Josh AndersonJ. Anderson#17
Zack BolducZ. Bolduc#76
Cole CaufieldC. Caufield#13
Kirby DachK. Dach#77
Phillip DanaultP. Danault#24
Ivan DemidovI. Demidov#93
Jake EvansJ. Evans#71
Oliver KapanenO. Kapanen#91
Alex NewhookA. Newhook#15
Juraj SlafkovskyJ. Slafkovsky#20
Nick SuzukiN. Suzuki#14
Alexandre TexierA. Texier#85
defensemen
Alexandre CarrierA. Carrier#45
Kaiden GuhleK. Guhle#21
Lane HutsonL. Hutson#48
Mike MathesonM. Matheson#8
Jayden StrubleJ. Struble#47
Arber XhekajA. Xhekaj#72

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
1	0	1	1	0	1	2	4	4	1	1	18	14:47	0:00	3:31	11:16	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	2	0	1	12	9:10	0:46	0:02	8:22	0	0	0.0
0	2	-1	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	26	21:11	6:29	0:00	14:42	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	16	10:58	0:46	0:04	10:08	1	1	50.0
0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	20	13:19	0:00	3:01	10:18	5	4	55.6
0	1	0	2	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	18	16:34	6:23	0:00	10:11	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	21	15:16	0:00	4:38	10:38	9	6	60.0
0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	8:25	0:00	0:42	7:43	2	1	66.7
0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	4	0	1	21	16:23	0:49	3:12	12:22	2	5	28.6
3	0	-1	7	3	0	1	2	2	1	2	26	21:11	6:26	0:00	14:45	0	0	0.0
0	2	-1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	3	27	22:58	6:29	0:13	16:16	15	6	71.4
0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	15	10:32	0:52	0:00	9:40	2	0	100.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	3	0	0	30	18:36	0:00	4:13	14:23	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	0	0	1	1	4	3	1	0	26	21:21	0:00	3:25	17:56	0	0	0.0
0	1	-1	2	3	1	0	0	0	1	4	28	29:00	7:06	0:44	21:10	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	0	0	6	0	0	4	1	2	32	22:56	0:09	6:56	15:51	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	17	12:33	0:00	0:04	12:29	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	5	0	0	16	10:59	0:00	0:03	10:56	0	0	0.0

goalies
Jakub DobesJ. Dobes#75

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
23	3	20	.870	12	8	0	0	0	61:13	0

Tampa Bay Lightning


forwards
Anthony CirelliA. Cirelli#71
Conor GeekieC. Geekie#14
Zemgus GirgensonsZ. Girgensons#28
Gage GoncalvesG. Goncalves#93
Yanni GourdeY. Gourde#37
Jake GuentzelJ. Guentzel#59
Brandon HagelB. Hagel#38
Dominic JamesD. James#17
Nikita KucherovN. Kucherov#86
Nick PaulN. Paul#20
Corey PerryC. Perry#10
Brayden PointB. Point#21
defensemen
Erik CernakE. Cernak#81
Charle-Edouard D'AstousC. D'Astous#51
Emil LillebergE. Lilleberg#78
Ryan McDonaghR. McDonagh#27
J.J. MoserJ.J. Moser#90
Darren RaddyshD. Raddysh#43

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	1	1	0	1	1	2	6	0	0	30	17:35	1:36	3:29	12:30	8	11	42.1
0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	12	8:12	0:00	0:00	8:12	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	22	12:42	0:00	2:32	10:10	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	10:43	0:39	0:00	10:04	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	2	0	1	25	17:37	0:14	3:02	14:21	0	2	0.0
0	3	1	4	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	27	22:57	7:29	0:52	14:36	2	6	25.0
2	0	1	3	4	0	1	2	1	2	0	30	25:25	5:14	4:36	15:35	1	1	50.0
0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	9	7:18	0:00	0:00	7:18	1	3	25.0
0	2	-1	5	2	0	1	2	2	1	0	21	17:38	7:40	0:00	9:58	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	7	1	1	19	13:47	0:15	0:00	13:32	8	7	53.3
0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	11	8:42	0:00	0:00	8:42	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	18:30	7:28	0:00	11:02	3	6	33.3
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	4	0	0	29	20:53	0:07	5:44	15:02	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	12	9:35	0:13	0:00	9:22	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	23	17:27	0:00	1:13	16:14	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	4	2	1	32	21:19	0:00	5:55	15:24	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	0	0	2	0	0	3	0	1	31	22:12	0:00	1:37	20:35	0	0	0.0
1	0	-1	6	2	0	0	0	4	1	2	29	23:55	7:35	0:00	16:20	0	0	0.0

goalies
Andrei VasilevskiyA. Vasilevskiy#88

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
19	4	15	.789	8	7	0	0	0	61:22	0

* - A player receives a "plus" if they are on the ice when their Club scores an even-strength or shorthand goal. They receive a "minus" if on the ice for an even-strength or shorthand goal scored by the opposing Club. The difference in these numbers is considered the player's plus-minus statistic.

		1	2	3	OT	T
	Canadiens	1	1	1	1	4
	Lightning	0	2	1	0	3

1st Period			MTL	TB
13:24		Josh Anderson (1) Assists: Alexandre Carrier (1), Mike Matheson (1)	1	0

2nd Period		MTL	TB
12:15	Darren Raddysh (1) (Power Play) Assists: Nikita Kucherov (1), Jake Guentzel (1)	1	1
12:44	Brandon Hagel (1) Assists: Jake Guentzel (2), Ryan McDonagh (1)	1	2
19:36	Juraj Slafkovsky (1) (Power Play) Assists: Ivan Demidov (1), Cole Caufield (1)	2	2

3rd Period			MTL	TB
5:56		Juraj Slafkovsky (2) (Power Play) Assists: Cole Caufield (2), Nick Suzuki (1)	3	2
8:58		Brandon Hagel (2) (Power Play) Assists: Jake Guentzel (3), Nikita Kucherov (2)	3	3

OT Summary			MTL	TB
1:22		Juraj Slafkovsky (3) (Power Play) Assists: Lane Hutson (1), Nick Suzuki (2)	4	3

Montreal Canadiens vs. Tampa Bay Lightning: Game Highlights

1:25

Juraj Slafkovsky completes hat trick, wins it for Canadiens in OT

0:56

Juraj Slafkovsky nets his second power-play goal of the game

0:22

Canadiens
4
Lightning
3

Game 1

20/4

Canadiens
Lightning

Game 2

22/4

Lightning
Canadiens

Game 3

25/4

Lightning
Canadiens

Game 4

27/4

Canadiens
Lightning

Game 5

29/4

Lightning
Canadiens

Game 6

1/5

Canadiens
Lightning

Game 7

3/5

Benchmark International Arena

3:15 AM, 20 April 2026

Tampa, FL

Attendance: 19,092

Referees:
Francois St. Laurent
Graham Skilliter
Jake Brenk

Linesmen:
Shandor Alphonso
Julien Fournier

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Buffalo	50	23	9	109
Tampa Bay	50	26	6	106
Montreal	48	24	10	106
Boston	45	27	10	100
Ottawa	44	27	11	99
Detroit	41	31	10	92
Florida	40	38	4	84
Toronto	32	36	14	78

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