Tampa Bay Lightning @ Montreal Canadiens

East 1st Round - Game 3 • Series tied 1-1

50-26-6, 24-12-5 Away

20:00 - 3rd

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

Montreal CanadiensCanadiensMTL

48-24-10, 24-15-2 Home

Tampa Bay Lightning


forwards
Anthony CirelliA. Cirelli#71
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
Scott SabourinS. Sabourin#46
defensemen
Declan CarlileD. Carlile#67
Erik CernakE. Cernak#81
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	0	0	0	1	1	0	19	10:34	0:16	3:40	6:38	9	6	60.0
0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	4	0	0	15	8:34	0:00	1:25	7:09	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	14	8:25	0:59	0:03	7:23	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	17	10:43	0:00	2:30	8:13	3	4	42.9
0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	16	18:10	6:39	2:06	9:25	1	3	25.0
1	0	1	2	0	0	1	2	1	0	1	19	16:27	6:06	2:42	7:39	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	10	6:44	0:58	0:00	5:46	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	1	5	0	1	2	0	1	0	18	14:17	6:37	0:00	7:40	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	8	4:16	1:13	0:00	3:03	2	0	100.0
0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	6:05	2:07	0:15	3:43	0	0	0.0
1	0	-1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	14	12:12	5:29	0:16	6:27	1	2	33.3
0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	5	2:13	0:00	0:00	2:13	0	0	0.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	0	4	0	0	9	7:52	0:00	1:15	6:37	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	0	0	2	1	2	0	1	0	18	11:24	0:00	3:26	7:58	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	14	9:47	0:00	1:52	7:55	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	18	14:03	0:00	3:53	10:10	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	17	13:59	1:29	2:41	9:49	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	1	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	16	15:44	6:07	0:00	9:37	0	0	0.0

goalies
Andrei VasilevskiyA. Vasilevskiy#88

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
20	2	18	.900	11	5	2	0	0	40:00	0

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%
0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	11	9:01	0:06	3:33	5:22	0	0	0.0
0	1	2	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	10	7:12	1:46	0:00	5:26	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	13	11:33	4:09	0:00	7:24	0	0	0.0
1	1	2	2	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	11	6:46	2:14	0:00	4:32	1	2	33.3
0	0	-1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	9:42	0:06	3:37	5:59	1	3	25.0
0	0	0	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	14	11:50	4:30	0:00	7:20	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	13	10:02	0:06	4:01	5:55	6	3	66.7
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	5:47	0:00	0:00	5:47	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	15	13:25	2:16	4:02	7:07	3	1	75.0
0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	13	12:17	4:07	0:00	8:10	0	1	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	13	12:19	4:19	0:00	8:00	4	6	40.0
1	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	10	7:15	2:10	0:00	5:05	0	0	0.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	19	14:48	0:15	5:10	9:23	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	15	12:37	0:00	4:26	8:11	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	1	0	4	0	0	1	0	1	18	16:49	4:50	1:46	10:13	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	3	0	0	1	2	1	0	2	18	15:49	1:41	3:49	10:19	0	0	0.0
0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	8	6:53	0:00	0:00	6:53	0	0	0.0
0	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	9	6:54	0:00	0:00	6:54	0	0	0.0

goalies
Jakub DobesJ. Dobes#75

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
13	2	11	.846	7	4	0	0	0	39:25	4

* - 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.

TNT/truTV/HBO Max		1	2	3	T
	Lightning	1	1	0	2
	Canadiens	1	1	0	2

2nd Period			TB	MTL
12:43		Kirby Dach (1) Assists: Arber Xhekaj (1)	2	2
4:47		Brandon Hagel (4) Unassisted	2	1

1st Period			TB	MTL
7:42		Brayden Point (1) (Power Play) Assists: Jake Guentzel (5), Nikita Kucherov (3)	1	1
4:53		Alexandre Texier (1) Assists: Zack Bolduc (1), Kirby Dach (1)	0	1

Andrei Vasilevskiy robs Canadiens with save

0:29

Tempers flare after Hagel puts Lightning ahead 2-1

1:02

Kirby Dach ties it up for Canadiens

0:46

Canadiens
4
Lightning
3

Game 1

4/19

Canadiens
2
Lightning
3

Game 2

4/21

Lightning
Canadiens

Game 3

TNT/truTV/HBO Max

Lightning
Canadiens

Game 4

4/26

ESPN

Canadiens
Lightning

Game 5

4/29

Lightning
Canadiens

Game 6

5/1

Canadiens
Lightning

Game 7

5/3

Bell Centre

7:00 PM, April 24, 2026Coverage: TNT/truTV/HBO Max

Montreal, QC

Referees:
Chris Rooney
Wes McCauley
Peter MacDougall

Linesmen:
Devin Berg
James Tobias
Jonathan Deschamps

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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