Montreal Canadiens vs Tampa Bay Lightning, East 1st Round Game 5

NHL

Canadiens

48-24-10, 106 PTS

3-2

Final

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	T
MTL	6	12	6	24
TB	8	15	17	40

In net

Jakub Dobes38/40 SV, .950

Andrei Vasilevskiy21/24 SV, .875

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

Who won: Canadiens 3-2

The Montreal Canadiens beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 3-2 in East 1st Round Game 5 on Wednesday, April 29, 2026 at Benchmark International Arena. The series is tied 2-2. Alexandre Texier led the Canadiens in goals (1). Jake Guentzel led the Lightning in goals (1).

Recap · Apr 30

Texier breaks 3rd-period tie, Canadiens beat Lightning 3-2 in Game 5 to take series lead

Alexandre Texier broke a tie 1:06 into the third period and the Montreal Canadiens beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 3-2 on Wednesday night to take a 3-2 lead in the first-round series.

What it means

Winner take all: Game 5 decides the series.

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Injuries and inactives

Canadiens1st in Eastern Conference

Florian Xhekaj LW
Undisclosed
Day-To-Day
Bryce Pickford D
Undisclosed
Injured Reserve
Ivan Demidov RW
Lower Body
Injured Reserve
Oliver Kapanen C
Lower Body
Injured Reserve
Sam Montembeault G
Lower Body
Injured Reserve

Lightning1st in Eastern Conference

Yanni Gourde C
Hip, Surgery
Injured Reserve
Emil Lilleberg D
Undisclosed
Day-To-Day

Starting goalies

Canadiens1st in Eastern Conference

Jakub Dobes G

Starting goalie, confirmed

Lightning1st in Eastern Conference

Andrei Vasilevskiy G

Starting goalie, confirmed

Head to head

Series tied 2-2

Last meeting: Canadiens 2, Lightning 1 (Apr 9)

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Game info

Venue: Benchmark International Arena, Tampa, FL · Attendance 19,092
Officials: Jean Hebert (Referee), TJ Luxmore (Referee), Furman South (Referee), Scott Cherrey (Linesman), Kilian McNamara (Linesman)