11-4-2, 3-4-2 Away

11-3-3, 5-2-2 Home

Tampa Bay Lightning @ Montreal Canadiens

Lightning

NAME	WINS	L	OTL	SO	GAA	SV%
A. Vasilevskiy	8	4	1	0	2.85	.883
D. Hildeby	3	0	1	0	2.95	.880

Canadiens

NAME	WINS	L	OTL	SO	GAA	SV%
J. Fowler	8	1	1	2	2.16	.925
J. Dobes	3	2	2	0	4.04	.847

Bell Centre

7:30 PM, December 2, 2026Coverage: TNT/truTV

Montreal, Canada

MTL

Points

Nikita KucherovRW #86

22PTS

17A

Lane HutsonD #48

17PTS

14A

Goals

Jake GuentzelC #59

10G

3PPG

47S

Cole CaufieldRW #13

11G

2PPG

57S

Assists

Nikita KucherovRW #86

17A

6PPA

6+/-

Lane HutsonD #48

14A

4PPA

8+/-

team	GF/G	GAA	SF/G	SA/G	PIM	PPG	PCT	PPGA	PCT	SHG	SHGA
TB	3.71	3.06	29.9	24.7	140	12	19.4	13	72.9	0	0
MTL	3.47	3.12	27.6	28.3	200	8	15.4	15	78.3	1	0

Tampa Bay Lightning

Name, Pos	Status	Est. Return Date
Brayden Point C	IR	Dec 2

Montreal Canadiens

Name, Pos	Status	Est. Return Date
Jake Evans C	Day-To-Day	Nov 10
Ivan Demidov RW	IR	Nov 14
Mike Matheson D	OUT	Nov 14
Sam Montembeault G	IR	Nov 12
Bryce Pickford D	IR-NR	Nov 30

Lightning Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
11/8/26	@WPG	L4-3
11/7/26	@MIN	W4-3 OT
11/5/26	vsCHI	W4-1
11/3/26	vsDET	W4-2
10/31/26	@NSH	L5-4 SO

Canadiens Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
11/7/26	@TOR	W4-2
11/5/26	vsUTA	W5-4 OT
11/3/26	vsWPG	L5-4 OT
10/31/26	vsPIT	W5-4
10/29/26	@DAL	W5-2

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Regular Season Series

Series starts 12/2

Lightning
Canadiens

Game 1

12/2

TNT/truTV

Canadiens
Lightning

Game 2

12/31

Lightning
Canadiens

Game 3

3/18

Canadiens
Lightning

Game 4

4/8

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Boston	13	4	1	27
Montreal	11	3	3	25
Tampa Bay	11	4	2	24
Ottawa	11	6	1	23
Florida	9	7	2	20
Buffalo	8	6	3	19
Toronto	8	9	2	18
Detroit	7	8	3	17

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Tampa Bay Lightning @ Montreal Canadiens

Scoring Leaders

Nikita KucherovRW #86

Lane HutsonD #48

Jake GuentzelC #59

Cole CaufieldRW #13

Nikita KucherovRW #86

Lane HutsonD #48

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