MTL
MTL
Montréal Canadiens
48-24-10 · L1 · L10: 7-3-0
L
W
L
W
W
L
W
W
W
W
Final
3—2
2026-04-29 · Amalie Arena
TBL
TBL
Tampa Bay Lightning
50-26-6 · L1 · L10: 5-5-0
L
W
W
L
L
L
W
W
L
W
TBL controlled xG 2.7 to 2.6 but MTL won on execution

xG Flow

CUMULATIVE
01231ST2ND3RD
MTL xG
2.62
ACTUAL
3 — 2
TBL xG
2.66

Scoring Timeline

0.29
HIGH xG
MTL1P 3:00Even Strength
Brendan Gallagher
11
Brendan Gallagher(1)
R · MTL · #11
Alex Newhook (1)
MTL 1 - 0 TBL
0.18
HIGH xG
TBL2P 6:49Even Strength
Dominic James
Dominic James(1)
C · TBL
Gage Goncalves (1), Yanni Gourde (1)
MTL 1 - 1 TBL
0.14
HIGH xG
MTL2P 7:00Even Strength
Kirby Dach
77
Kirby Dach(2)
C · MTL · #77
Zack Bolduc (3), Kaiden Guhle (2)
MTL 2 - 1 TBL
0.14
HIGH xG
TBL2P 17:23Even Strength
Jake Guentzel
59
Jake Guentzel(2)
C · TBL · #59
MTL 2 - 2 TBL
0.04
MED xG
MTL3P 1:06Even Strength
Alexandre Texier
85
Alexandre Texier(2)
L · MTL · #85
Lane Hutson (3), Nick Suzuki (5)
MTL 3 - 2 TBL

Three Stars

PUCKLAB PICKS
★1
Jakub Dobes
75
Jakub Dobes
G · MTL · #75
38/40 saves, .950 SV%, +1.7 GSAx
★2
Andrei Vasilevskiy
88
Andrei Vasilevskiy
G · TBL · #88
21/24 saves, .875 SV%, -0.3 GSAx
★3
Jake Guentzel
59
Jake Guentzel
C · TBL · #59
1G, 4 SOG, 1 HIT

Team Stats

MTLTBL
24Shots40
2.62xGF2.66
53.2CF%46.8
66FO%34
0/2PP0/3
37Hits23
16Blocks18
11Giveaways18
6Takeaways4
8PIM6

Period Breakdown

PeriodMTL SOGTBL SOGMTL xGTBL xG
1st580.910.64
2nd11131.421.27
3rd5170.290.75
Total21382.622.66

Penalties

6 TOTAL
1P 7:30
TBL
Ryan McDonaghhigh-sticking-double-minor (4 min)
Drawn by Nick Suzuki
1P 13:06
MTL
Jake Evansdelaying-game-puck-over-glass (2 min)
1P 17:52
TBL
Yanni Gourdeholding-the-stick (2 min)
Drawn by Kaiden Guhle
1P 17:52
MTL
Kaiden Guhleholding (2 min)
Drawn by Yanni Gourde
2P 1:13
MTL
Lane Hutsondelaying-game-puck-over-glass (2 min)
2P 4:17
MTL
Arber Xhekajroughing (2 min)
Drawn by Max Crozier