Montreal Canadiens vs Tampa Bay Lightning, East 1st Round Game 7
NHL
Benchmark International Arena
TV: Sportsnet
On the ice
MTL shoots leftTB shoots right 
Shots on goal
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MTL | 4 | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| TB | 9 | 12 | 8 | 29 |
In net
Jakub Dobes28/29 SV, .966
Andrei Vasilevskiy7/9 SV, .778| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MTL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| TB | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Who won: Canadiens 2-1
The Montreal Canadiens beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 2-1 in East 1st Round Game 7 on Sunday, May 3, 2026 at Benchmark International Arena. The series is tied 2-2. Nick Suzuki led the Canadiens in goals (1). Dominic James led the Lightning in goals (1).
| Forwards | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josh AndersonRW | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 15:33 | 0:00 | 0:41 | 14:52 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zack BolducRW | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8:51 | 0:02 | 0:00 | 8:49 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cole CaufieldRW | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14:29 | 3:00 | 0:00 | 11:29 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kirby DachC | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11:02 | 0:45 | 0:00 | 10:17 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Phillip DanaultC | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17:56 | 0:00 | 0:40 | 17:16 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 9 | 64.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ivan DemidovRW | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17:50 | 3:39 | 0:00 | 14:11 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jake EvansC | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16:46 | 0:00 | 2:11 | 14:35 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 57.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brendan GallagherRW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6:48 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 6:48 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex NewhookC | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16:09 | 0:00 | 0:43 | 15:26 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Juraj SlafkovskyLW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 21:25 | 3:41 | 0:00 | 17:44 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick SuzukiC | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 22:48 | 3:50 | 1:28 | 17:30 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 46.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Alexandre TexierLW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11:15 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 11:15 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 22:39 | 0:00 | 2:33 | 20:06 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Noah DobsonD | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 18:37 | 0:19 | 0:00 | 18:18 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Kaiden GuhleD | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 20:56 | 0:00 | 1:31 | 19:25 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Lane HutsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 23:27 | 3:41 | 0:43 | 19:03 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike MathesonD | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25:22 | 0:13 | 0:54 | 24:15 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Jayden StrubleD | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5:06 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 5:06 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Goalies | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jakub DobesG | 1 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 28 | .966 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 60:00 | 0 | 0 |
