Tampa Bay Lightning @ Montreal Canadiens

17-11-2, 9-4-2 Away

Final

	1	2	3	T
Lightning TB	3	1	2	6
Canadiens MTL	0	1	0	1

Montreal CanadiensCanadiensMTL

15-11-3, 7-8-1 Home

Tampa Bay Lightning


forwards
Oliver BjorkstrandO. Bjorkstrand#22
Anthony CirelliA. Cirelli#71
Curtis DouglasC. Douglas#42
Zemgus GirgensonsZ. Girgensons#28
Yanni GourdeY. Gourde#37
Jake GuentzelJ. Guentzel#59
Brandon HagelB. Hagel#38
Pontus HolmbergP. Holmberg#29
Nikita KucherovN. Kucherov#86
Nick PaulN. Paul#20
Brayden PointB. Point#21
Scott SabourinS. Sabourin#46
defensemen
Maxwell CrozierM. Crozier#24
Charle-Edouard D'AstousC. D'Astous#51
Victor HedmanV. Hedman#77
Emil LillebergE. Lilleberg#78
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	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	17	15:59	2:57	0:00	13:02	0	0	0.0
0	1	3	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	18	14:44	0:02	4:17	10:25	3	8	27.3
0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	3	1	1	12	9:49	0:00	0:00	9:49	0	1	0.0
0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	18	14:58	0:02	2:31	12:25	0	6	0.0
0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	18	15:44	1:05	2:38	12:01	1	4	20.0
0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	20	19:28	3:14	0:08	16:06	3	4	42.9
0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	16:54	1:13	4:56	10:45	1	0	100.0
1	0	1	2	2	1	1	2	1	0	1	16	12:34	0:02	0:00	12:32	1	0	100.0
1	1	3	2	1	1	1	2	0	0	2	20	17:43	3:50	0:00	13:53	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	1	2	14	12:22	0:46	0:00	11:36	3	3	50.0
1	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	17:44	2:49	0:05	14:50	1	4	20.0
0	0	1	0	0	2	1	5	2	0	1	11	8:26	0:00	0:00	8:26	0	0	0.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	1	1	2	0	3	1	2	0	0	0	20	15:18	0:00	0:52	14:26	0	0	0.0
1	0	5	5	0	0	2	4	1	0	1	29	23:46	0:40	0:40	22:26	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	6:14	0:00	1:20	4:54	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	1	0	3	1	2	5	0	1	30	23:45	0:02	4:03	19:40	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	25	22:13	0:16	4:05	17:52	0	0	0.0
2	0	3	3	2	1	0	0	3	0	1	25	24:26	3:22	2:09	18:55	0	0	0.0

goalies
Jonas JohanssonJ. Johansson#31

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
27	1	26	.963	18	6	2	0	0	60:00	0

Montreal Canadiens


forwards
Josh AndersonJ. Anderson#17
Zack BolducZ. Bolduc#76
Cole CaufieldC. Caufield#13
Jared DavidsonJ. Davidson#49
Ivan DemidovI. Demidov#93
Jake EvansJ. Evans#71
Brendan GallagherB. Gallagher#11
Oliver KapanenO. Kapanen#91
Juraj SlafkovskyJ. Slafkovsky#20
Nick SuzukiN. Suzuki#14
Alexandre TexierA. Texier#85
Joe VelenoJ. Veleno#90
defensemen
Alexandre CarrierA. Carrier#45
Noah DobsonN. Dobson#53
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	-1	1	0	1	1	5	2	0	1	20	12:32	0:00	2:24	10:08	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	3	1	0	19	15:47	3:25	0:00	12:22	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	18:02	5:18	0:00	12:44	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	1	1	0	1	2	1	0	1	15	12:15	0:00	0:00	12:15	0	0	0.0
0	1	-3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	18	15:48	3:26	0:00	12:22	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	0	3	0	1	21	14:08	0:00	2:25	11:43	10	3	76.9
0	0	-1	0	1	1	1	2	1	0	0	16	12:46	2:10	0:00	10:36	0	0	0.0
1	0	-2	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	18	16:24	3:29	1:35	11:20	5	4	55.6
0	0	-1	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	20	16:41	3:25	0:02	13:14	0	0	0.0
0	1	-2	4	3	0	0	0	1	0	3	21	19:45	6:08	0:02	13:35	8	4	66.7
0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	17	14:38	0:05	0:00	14:33	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	17	12:59	0:00	1:38	11:21	7	2	77.8
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	-1	2	0	2	0	0	1	1	1	23	20:52	0:00	2:26	18:26	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	3	1	3	0	0	0	0	2	22	19:24	3:10	1:38	14:36	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	21	20:14	3:46	0:17	16:11	0	0	0.0
0	0	-3	2	0	3	0	0	0	1	2	24	22:04	0:18	3:49	17:57	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	15	14:49	0:00	0:00	14:49	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	0	1	2	4	5	0	1	18	16:01	0:00	0:00	16:01	0	0	0.0

goalies
Jakub DobesJ. Dobes#75
Sam MontembeaultS. Montembeault#35

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
14	3	11	.786	10	0	1	0	0	19:50	0
13	3	10	.769	8	2	0	0	0	40:00	0

* - 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.

ESPN+		1	2	3	T
	Lightning	3	1	2	6
	Canadiens	0	1	0	1

1st Period		TB
2:27	Brayden Point (4) Assists: Jake Guentzel (15), Oliver Bjorkstrand (8)	1
6:03	Pontus Holmberg (2) Unassisted	2
17:12	Nikita Kucherov (13) Assists: Maxwell Crozier (4)	3

2nd Period			TB	MTL
2:43		Charle-Edouard D'Astous (3) Assists: Nikita Kucherov (23)	4	0
19:06		Oliver Kapanen (9) (Power Play) Assists: Nick Suzuki (25), Ivan Demidov (17)	4	1

3rd Period			TB	MTL
1:22		Darren Raddysh (4) Assists: Anthony Cirelli (9)	5	1
8:41		Darren Raddysh (5) (Power Play) Assists: Brayden Point (9)	6	1

Regular Season Series

TB leads 1-0

Lightning
6
Canadiens
1

Game 1

12/9

Canadiens
Lightning

Game 2

12/28

ESPN+

Canadiens
Lightning

Game 3

3/31

Lightning
Canadiens

Game 4

4/9

Bell Centre

7:00 PM, December 9, 2025Coverage: ESPN+

Montreal, QC

Attendance: 20,962

Referees:
Francis Charron
Michael Markovic

Linesmen:
Brad Kovachik
Shawn Oliver

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Detroit	17	11	3	37
Tampa Bay	17	11	2	36
Boston	18	13	0	36
Montreal	15	11	3	33
Florida	15	12	2	32
Toronto	14	11	4	32
Ottawa	13	12	4	30
Buffalo	12	14	4	28

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Tampa Bay Lightning @ Montreal Canadiens

Regular Season Series

TB leads 1-0

Game Information

2025-26 Atlantic Division Standings

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