Montreal Canadiens vs Tampa Bay Lightning, East 1st Round Game 2

NHL

Canadiens

48-24-10, 106 PTS

2-3

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	12	9	6	0	27
TB	6	11	8	9	34

In net

Jakub Dobes31/34 SV, .912

Andrei Vasilevskiy25/27 SV, .926

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

Who won: Lightning 3-2

The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Montreal Canadiens 3-2 in overtime in East 1st Round Game 2 on Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at Benchmark International Arena. The series is tied 2-2. Brandon Hagel led the Lightning in goals (1). Josh Anderson led the Canadiens in goals (1).

MTL

Forwards	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	G	YTDG	A	S	SM	FW	FL	FO%	GV	PN	PIM
Josh AndersonRW	1	5	0	1	17:21	0:00	3:09	14:12	23	1	2	0	4	2	0	0	0.0	1	1	2
Zack BolducRW	0	3	0	0	12:02	1:05	0:00	10:57	18	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Cole CaufieldRW	0	3	0	-2	24:50	6:46	0:00	18:04	26	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0.0	1	0	0
Kirby DachC	0	3	0	-1	10:53	0:39	0:00	10:14	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	2
Phillip DanaultC	2	3	1	1	18:38	0:05	3:09	15:24	26	0	0	1	0	2	8	4	66.7	1	0	0
Ivan DemidovRW	1	2	1	0	20:39	6:37	0:00	14:02	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	2
Jake EvansC	3	2	1	1	16:39	0:00	2:44	13:55	24	0	0	1	2	0	7	6	53.8	0	1	2
Oliver KapanenC	2	1	0	0	10:04	0:00	0:00	10:04	16	0	0	0	1	1	3	2	60.0	0	0	0
Alex NewhookC	1	2	0	-1	18:57	1:04	2:43	15:10	27	0	0	0	0	0	4	7	36.4	0	0	0
Juraj SlafkovskyLW	0	2	0	-2	25:33	6:49	0:05	18:39	25	0	3	0	2	2	0	0	0.0	1	1	5
Nick SuzukiC	1	2	1	-2	25:08	6:47	0:10	18:11	27	0	0	1	2	2	13	18	41.9	2	0	0
Alexandre TexierLW	0	4	0	-1	16:37	1:01	0:00	15:36	22	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0.0	1	0	0

Defenses	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	G	YTDG	S	SM	GV	PN	PIM
Alexandre CarrierD	4	3	0	-1	27:18	0:03	4:17	22:58	36	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Kaiden GuhleD	3	3	1	-2	26:24	0:23	1:49	24:12	34	0	0	3	0	3	1	2
Lane HutsonD	2	0	1	-1	32:00	6:47	0:35	24:38	35	1	1	6	2	2	0	0
Mike MathesonD	3	0	1	0	28:47	1:09	5:19	22:19	36	0	0	2	0	3	1	2
Jayden StrubleD	1	1	0	0	15:05	0:00	0:00	15:05	23	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Arber XhekajD	1	4	0	0	9:05	0:00	0:00	9:05	15	0	0	0	1	2	3	6

Goalies	GA	SA	SOS	SOSA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	TOI	YTDG	PIM
Jakub DobesG	3	34	0	0	31	.912	26	5	0	72:48	0	0