Montreal Canadiens vs Tampa Bay Lightning, East 1st Round Game 1

NHL

Canadiens

48-24-10, 106 PTS

4-3

Final/OT

Lightning

50-26-6, 106 PTS

Benchmark International Arena

TV: Sportsnet

On the ice

MTL shoots leftTB shoots right

Shots on goal

	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	T
MTL	4	5	8	2	19
TB	9	7	7	0	23

In net

Jakub Dobes20/23 SV, .870

Andrei Vasilevskiy15/19 SV, .789

Team	1	2	3	OT	T
MTL	1	1	1	1	4
TB	0	2	1	0	3

Who won: Canadiens 4-3

The Montreal Canadiens beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-3 in overtime in East 1st Round Game 1 on Sunday, April 19, 2026 at Benchmark International Arena. The series is tied 2-2. Juraj Slafkovsky led the Canadiens in goals (3). Brandon Hagel led the Lightning in goals (2).

MTL

Forwards	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	G	YTDG	A	S	SM	FW	FL	FO%	GV	PN	PIM
Josh AndersonRW	1	4	1	1	14:47	0:00	3:31	11:16	18	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	1	2	4
Zack BolducRW	0	2	0	0	9:10	0:46	0:02	8:22	12	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	1	1	2
Cole CaufieldRW	1	2	0	-1	21:11	6:29	0:00	14:42	26	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Kirby DachC	0	2	0	0	10:58	0:46	0:04	10:08	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	50.0	0	0	0
Phillip DanaultC	1	1	0	1	13:19	0:00	3:01	10:18	20	0	0	0	1	0	5	4	55.6	1	0	0
Ivan DemidovRW	1	2	0	0	16:34	6:23	0:00	10:11	18	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Jake EvansC	1	1	1	1	15:16	0:00	4:38	10:38	21	0	0	0	0	0	9	6	60.0	1	0	0
Oliver KapanenC	0	0	0	0	8:25	0:00	0:42	7:43	12	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	66.7	0	0	0
Alex NewhookC	0	4	0	0	16:23	0:49	3:12	12:22	21	0	0	0	1	0	2	5	28.6	1	1	2
Juraj SlafkovskyLW	0	2	1	-1	21:11	6:26	0:00	14:45	26	3	3	0	7	3	0	0	0.0	2	1	2
Nick SuzukiC	1	1	0	-1	22:58	6:29	0:13	16:16	27	0	0	2	0	0	15	6	71.4	3	0	0
Alexandre TexierLW	0	4	0	0	10:32	0:52	0:00	9:40	15	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	100.0	0	0	0

Defenses	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	A	S	SM	GV	PN	PIM
Alexandre CarrierD	2	3	0	1	18:36	0:00	4:13	14:23	30	1	0	0	0	0	0
Kaiden GuhleD	1	3	1	-1	21:21	0:00	3:25	17:56	26	0	0	0	0	1	4
Lane HutsonD	1	0	1	-1	29:00	7:06	0:44	21:10	28	1	2	3	4	0	0
Mike MathesonD	6	4	1	1	22:56	0:09	6:56	15:51	32	1	0	0	2	0	0
Jayden StrubleD	0	2	0	0	12:33	0:00	0:04	12:29	17	0	0	0	0	0	0
Arber XhekajD	1	5	0	0	10:59	0:00	0:03	10:56	16	0	1	1	0	0	0

Goalies	GA	SA	SOS	SOSA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	TOI	YTDG	PIM
Jakub DobesG	3	23	0	0	20	.870	12	8	0	61:13	0	0