Tampa Bay Lightning vs Montreal Canadiens, East 1st Round Game 3

NHL

Lightning

50-26-6, 106 PTS

2-3

Final/OT

Canadiens

48-24-10, 106 PTS

Bell Centre

TV: Sportsnet

On the ice

TB shoots leftMTL shoots right

Shots on goal

	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	T
TB	6	7	4	0	17
MTL	7	13	8	1	29

In net

Andrei Vasilevskiy26/29 SV, .897

Jakub Dobes15/17 SV, .882

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

Who won: Canadiens 3-2

The Montreal Canadiens beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 3-2 in overtime in East 1st Round Game 3 on Friday, April 24, 2026 at Bell Centre. The series is tied 2-2. Alexandre Texier led the Canadiens in goals (1). Brandon Hagel led the Lightning 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	4	0	0	14:51	0:11	3:33	11:07	19	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	1	1	2
Zack BolducRW	2	1	1	3	12:19	1:46	0:00	10:33	16	0	0	2	3	1	0	0	0.0	1	0	0
Cole CaufieldRW	0	2	0	-1	17:37	5:33	0:00	12:04	20	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Kirby DachC	0	1	0	3	11:32	2:14	0:00	9:18	17	1	1	1	2	1	3	4	42.9	1	1	2
Phillip DanaultC	0	0	0	-1	15:18	0:11	4:38	10:29	19	0	0	0	3	1	1	4	20.0	1	1	2
Ivan DemidovRW	0	1	0	0	17:32	5:37	0:00	11:55	19	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0.0	3	1	2
Jake EvansC	0	3	0	-1	16:18	0:10	4:59	11:09	21	0	0	0	1	0	8	4	66.7	1	0	0
Oliver KapanenC	0	0	0	0	8:35	0:00	0:00	8:35	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Alex NewhookC	2	1	1	0	17:51	2:16	5:11	10:24	21	0	0	0	2	0	5	4	55.6	0	0	0
Juraj SlafkovskyLW	2	2	0	0	18:08	5:31	0:00	12:37	20	0	3	0	1	0	0	1	0.0	1	0	0
Nick SuzukiC	0	2	0	0	21:11	5:45	0:51	14:35	22	0	0	0	2	1	5	9	35.7	2	0	0
Alexandre TexierLW	0	1	0	3	11:29	2:10	0:00	9:19	16	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0

Defenses	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	G	YTDG	A	S	SM	GV	PN	PIM
Alexandre CarrierD	4	0	0	0	23:25	0:18	6:30	16:37	30	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0
Kaiden GuhleD	3	4	1	0	21:44	0:00	5:07	16:37	25	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Lane HutsonD	4	3	0	0	26:40	6:15	1:46	18:39	28	1	2	0	2	0	1	0	0
Mike MathesonD	1	1	0	0	24:36	2:03	5:49	16:44	27	0	0	0	3	1	4	1	2
Jayden StrubleD	0	2	0	2	9:58	0:00	0:00	9:58	13	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Arber XhekajD	0	8	0	2	10:40	0:00	0:00	10:40	14	0	0	1	2	1	0	1	2

Goalies	GA	SA	SOS	SOSA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	TOI	YTDG	PIM
Jakub DobesG	2	17	0	0	15	.882	10	5	0	61:34	0	4