Tampa Bay Lightning vs Montreal Canadiens, East 1st Round Game 6

NHL

Lightning

50-26-6, 106 PTS

1-0

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	9	7	12	5	33
MTL	7	10	9	4	30

In net

Andrei Vasilevskiy30/30 SV, 1.000

Jakub Dobes32/33 SV, .970

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

Who won: Lightning 1-0

The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Montreal Canadiens 1-0 in overtime in East 1st Round Game 6 on Friday, May 1, 2026 at Bell Centre. The series is tied 2-2. Gage Goncalves led the Lightning in goals (1).

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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: Francis Charron (Referee), Jon McIsaac (Referee), Kendrick Nicholson (Referee), Andrew Smith (Linesman), Jesse Marquis (Linesman), Jonathan Deschamps (Linesman)