Tampa Bay Lightning vs Montreal Canadiens, East 1st Round Game 4

NHL

Lightning

50-26-6, 106 PTS

3-2

Final

Canadiens

48-24-10, 106 PTS

Bell Centre

TV: Sportsnet

On the ice

TB shoots leftMTL shoots right

Shots on goal

	1st	2nd	3rd	T
TB	6	10	4	20
MTL	9	5	4	18

In net

Andrei Vasilevskiy16/18 SV, .889

Jakub Dobes17/20 SV, .850

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

Who won: Lightning 3-2

The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Montreal Canadiens 3-2 in East 1st Round Game 4 on Sunday, April 26, 2026 at Bell Centre. The series is tied 2-2. The Lightning outscored the Canadiens 2-0 in the 3rd period. Brandon Hagel led the Lightning in goals (2). Zack Bolduc led the Canadiens in goals (1).

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Brandon Hagel scored his NHL playoffs-leading fifth and sixth goals in the third period and the Tampa Bay Lightning rallied to beat the Montreal Canadiens 3-2 on Sunday night in Game 4 to tie the series.

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: Wes McCauley (Referee), Pierre Lambert (Referee), Brandon Blandina (Referee), Jonny Murray (Linesman), Jonathan Deschamps (Linesman), CJ Murray (Linesman)