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).

Recap · Apr 24

Canadiens beat Lightning 3-2 in OT to take 2-1 lead in all extra-time series

Lane Hutson scored on a slap shot at 2:09 of overtime and the Montreal Canadiens beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 3-2 on Friday night to take a 2-1 lead in the first-round series that has opened with three extra-time thrillers.

What it means

Winner take all: Game 5 decides the series.

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Injuries and inactives

Lightning1st in Eastern Conference

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

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

Starting goalies

Lightning1st in Eastern Conference

Andrei Vasilevskiy G

Starting goalie, confirmed

Canadiens1st in Eastern Conference

Jakub Dobes 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: Bell Centre, Montreal, Canada · Attendance 20,962
Officials: Chris Rooney (Referee), Wes McCauley (Referee), Peter MacDougall (Referee), Devin Berg (Linesman), James Tobias (Linesman), Jonathan Deschamps (Linesman)