Montreal Canadiens vs Tampa Bay Lightning
NHL
Benchmark International Arena
TV: TSN2 / Sportsnet / RDS
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | OT | SO | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 MTL | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
 TB | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
Who won: Lightning 5-4
The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Montreal Canadiens 5-4 in a shootout on Sunday, December 28, 2025 at Benchmark International Arena. The Lightning lead the series 2-0. The Lightning outscored the Canadiens 3-0 in the 2nd period. Nikita Kucherov led the Lightning in goals (2). Juraj Slafkovsky led the Canadiens in goals (2).
| Forwards | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josh AndersonRW | 0 | 4 | 0 | -2 | 16:17 | 0:18 | 1:21 | 14:38 | 23 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sammy BlaisLW | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8:22 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 8:22 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zack BolducRW | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 16:48 | 3:36 | 0:00 | 13:12 | 18 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cole CaufieldRW | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 22:42 | 4:08 | 0:00 | 18:34 | 22 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Phillip DanaultC | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 16:52 | 0:18 | 1:22 | 15:12 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 72.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Ivan DemidovRW | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18:26 | 4:08 | 0:00 | 14:18 | 23 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brendan GallagherRW | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13:42 | 3:35 | 0:00 | 10:07 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oliver KapanenC | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:20 | 3:24 | 0:36 | 12:20 | 22 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 42.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Juraj SlafkovskyLW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:27 | 4:09 | 0:00 | 16:18 | 23 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick SuzukiC | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 22:43 | 4:04 | 0:01 | 18:38 | 22 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 68.8 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Alexandre TexierLW | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14:34 | 3:38 | 0:00 | 10:56 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Joe VelenoC | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 9:43 | 0:11 | 0:40 | 8:52 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 75.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenses | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexandre CarrierD | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 18:56 | 0:07 | 1:17 | 17:32 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Noah DobsonD | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 27:29 | 3:47 | 0:43 | 22:59 | 32 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lane HutsonD | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 28:13 | 4:08 | 0:44 | 23:21 | 30 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike MathesonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26:37 | 0:29 | 1:16 | 24:52 | 30 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jayden StrubleD | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8:51 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 8:51 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Arber XhekajD | 0 | 3 | 0 | -1 | 7:15 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 7:15 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Goalies | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacob FowlerG | 4 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 17 | .810 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 63:43 | 0 | 0 |
