MTL
MTL
Montréal Canadiens
48-23-10 · W1 · L10: 8-2-0
L
W
L
W
W
L
W
W
W
W
Final
2—1
2026-05-03 · Amalie Arena
TBL
TBL
Tampa Bay Lightning
49-25-6 · W1 · L10: 5-4-1
L
W
W
L
L
L
W
W
L
W
TBL controlled xG 2.3 to 1.7 but MTL won on execution

xG Flow

CUMULATIVE
0121ST2ND3RD
MTL xG
1.71
ACTUAL
2 — 1
TBL xG
2.28

Scoring Timeline

0.07
MED xG
MTL1P 18:39Even Strength
Nick Suzuki
14
Nick Suzuki(1)
C · MTL · #14
Kaiden Guhle (3), Josh Anderson (1)
MTL 1 - 0 TBL
0.15
HIGH xG
TBL2P 13:27Power Play
Dominic James
Dominic James(2)
C · TBL
Charles-Edouard D'Astous (1), Gage Goncalves (2)
MTL 1 - 1 TBL
0.92
HIGH xG
MTL3P 11:07Even Strength
Alex Newhook
15
Alex Newhook(1)
C · MTL · #15
Lane Hutson (4), Kaiden Guhle (4)
MTL 2 - 1 TBL

Three Stars

PUCKLAB PICKS
★1
Jakub Dobes
75
Jakub Dobes
G · MTL · #75
28/29 saves, .965 SV%, +1.3 GSAx
★2
Andrei Vasilevskiy
88
Andrei Vasilevskiy
G · TBL · #88
7/9 saves, .777 SV%, -0.3 GSAx
★3
Kaiden Guhle
21
Kaiden Guhle
D · MTL · #21
2A, 1 SOG, 3 HIT

Team Stats

MTLTBL
9Shots29
0.81xGF2.11
43.9CF%56.1
53.3FO%46.7
0/2PP1/3
43Hits30
13Blocks15
12Giveaways12
4Takeaways4
6PIM4

Period Breakdown

PeriodMTL SOGTBL SOGMTL xGTBL xG
1st390.410.58
2nd0110.181.11
3rd481.120.59
Total7281.712.28

Penalties

5 TOTAL
2P 3:14
MTL
Mike Mathesontripping (2 min)
Drawn by Anthony Cirelli
2P 5:04
TBL
Brayden Pointholding (2 min)
Drawn by Alex Newhook
2P 12:33
MTL
Kaiden Guhleholding (2 min)
Drawn by Jake Guentzel
2P 15:22
TBL
Teamtoo-many-men-on-the-ice (2 min)
3P 19:53
MTL
Mike Mathesondelaying-game (2 min)