8-3-2, 5-1-1 Away

8-3-1, 6-0-0 Home

Montreal Canadiens @ Tampa Bay Lightning

Canadiens

NAME	WINS	L	OTL	SO	GAA	SV%
J. Fowler	6	1	0	2	1.54	.942
J. Dobes	2	2	2	0	4.06	.853

Lightning

NAME	WINS	L	OTL	SO	GAA	SV%
A. Vasilevskiy	6	3	0	0	2.92	.876
D. Hildeby	2	0	1	0	2.98	.885

Benchmark International Arena

12:30 AM, 1 January 2027

Tampa, FL

MTL

Points

Cole CaufieldRW #13

12PTS

Brandon HagelLW #38

16PTS

Goals

Cole CaufieldRW #13

0PPG

42S

Brandon HagelLW #38

1PPG

55S

Assists

Lane HutsonD #48

1PPA

4+/-

Nikita KucherovRW #86

11A

4PPA

2+/-

Montreal Canadiens

Name, Pos	Status	Est. Return Date
Mike Matheson D	Day-To-Day	31 Oct
Nick Suzuki C	OUT	18 Nov
Sam Montembeault G	IR	31 Oct
Ivan Demidov RW	IR	31 Oct
Bryce Pickford D	IR-NR	31 Oct

Tampa Bay Lightning

Name, Pos	Status	Est. Return Date
Zemgus Girgensons C	Day-To-Day	31 Oct
Yanni Gourde C	IR-NR	2 Dec

team	GF/G	GAA	SF/G	SA/G	PIM	PPG	PCT	PPGA	PCT	SHG	SHGA
MTL	3.15	2.92	27.5	27.5	138	4	10.3	9	82.7	1	0
TB	3.67	3.17	30.4	24.3	96	7	16.3	7	78.1	0	0

Canadiens Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
30/10/26	@DAL	W5-2
28/10/26	@STL	W2-0
26/10/26	@WPG	W2-1
24/10/26	@CHI	W4-1
21/10/26	vsSJ	L4-3 OT

Lightning Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
30/10/26	vsWPG	W6-4
25/10/26	@UTA	L5-4 OT
24/10/26	@COL	L6-3
21/10/26	@VGK	W6-2
18/10/26	vsVAN	W4-2

Regular Season Series

Series starts 12/2

Lightning
Canadiens

Game 1

3/12

Canadiens
Lightning

Game 2

1/1

Lightning
Canadiens

Game 3

19/3

Canadiens
Lightning

Game 4

9/4

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Boston	9	4	1	19
Montreal	8	3	2	18
Tampa Bay	8	3	1	17
Ottawa	8	5	1	17
Florida	7	4	2	16
Toronto	7	6	2	16
Buffalo	6	4	3	15
Detroit	6	4	3	15

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Montreal Canadiens @ Tampa Bay Lightning

Scoring Leaders

Cole CaufieldRW #13

Brandon HagelLW #38

Cole CaufieldRW #13

Brandon HagelLW #38

Lane HutsonD #48

Nikita KucherovRW #86

Injury Report

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