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
Anthony CirelliC	0	1	1	1	17:52	0:16	4:42	12:54	30	0	0	0	1	0	14	9	60.9	0	0	0
Zemgus GirgensonsC	2	4	1	0	13:18	0:00	2:13	11:05	21	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0.0	1	1	2
Gage GoncalvesC	0	1	0	-2	16:04	1:55	0:03	14:06	21	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Yanni GourdeC	0	3	1	0	16:08	0:00	2:57	13:11	25	0	0	0	0	0	4	5	44.4	0	0	0
Jake GuentzelC	0	1	2	-1	24:17	7:58	2:06	14:13	24	0	0	1	0	1	1	4	20.0	0	0	0
Brandon HagelLW	0	1	0	1	24:58	7:10	3:23	14:25	31	1	4	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	2
Dominic JamesC	1	2	0	-2	12:20	1:39	0:00	10:41	17	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	0.0	0	0	0
Nikita KucherovRW	0	0	1	1	20:35	7:56	0:00	12:39	26	0	1	1	1	6	0	0	0.0	0	1	2
Nick PaulLW	1	3	1	-1	7:58	1:54	0:00	6:04	13	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	100.0	0	0	0
Corey PerryRW	0	0	0	-1	9:32	3:06	0:15	6:11	12	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Brayden PointC	0	1	0	-2	18:22	6:30	0:16	11:36	21	1	1	0	1	0	4	2	66.7	2	0	0
Scott SabourinRW	0	1	0	0	3:44	0:00	0:00	3:44	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	2	0	0

Defenses	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	YTDG	S	SM	GV	PN	PIM
Declan CarlileD	2	7	0	-2	11:20	0:00	1:15	10:05	16	0	0	1	0	0	0
Erik CernakD	3	0	1	1	17:54	0:00	4:28	13:26	27	0	1	0	1	1	2
Emil LillebergD	1	1	0	-2	14:27	0:00	2:19	12:08	22	0	1	0	0	2	4
Ryan McDonaghD	1	0	0	0	20:12	0:00	4:32	15:40	28	0	0	0	1	0	0
J.J. MoserD	3	2	0	0	25:27	2:19	3:31	19:37	29	1	4	0	0	0	0
Darren RaddyshD	0	3	0	-1	26:17	7:17	0:00	19:00	26	1	1	1	1	1	2

Goalies	GA	SA	SOS	SOSA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	TOI	YTDG	PIM
Andrei VasilevskiyG	3	29	0	0	26	.897	19	5	2	62:09	0	0