Tampa Bay Lightning @ Montreal Canadiens

East 1st Round - Game 6 • Series tied 3-3

50-26-6, 24-12-5 Away

Final/OT

	1	2	3	OT	T
Lightning TB	0	0	0	1	1
Canadiens MTL	0	0	0	0	0

Montreal CanadiensCanadiensMTL

48-24-10, 24-15-2 Home

Tampa Bay Lightning


forwards
Oliver BjorkstrandO. Bjorkstrand#22
Anthony CirelliA. Cirelli#71
Zemgus GirgensonsZ. Girgensons#28
Gage GoncalvesG. Goncalves#93
Yanni GourdeY. Gourde#37
Jake GuentzelJ. Guentzel#59
Brandon HagelB. Hagel#38
Dominic JamesD. James#17
Nikita KucherovN. Kucherov#86
Nick PaulN. Paul#20
Corey PerryC. Perry#10
Brayden PointB. Point#21
defensemen
Erik CernakE. Cernak#81
Charle-Edouard D'AstousC. D'Astous#51
Emil LillebergE. Lilleberg#78
Ryan McDonaghR. McDonagh#27
J.J. MoserJ.J. Moser#90
Darren RaddyshD. Raddysh#43

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	4	0	0	16	12:24	0:00	0:00	12:24	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	32	23:11	0:00	3:28	19:43	12	10	54.5
0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	5	0	0	19	12:44	0:00	2:27	10:17	0	0	0.0
1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	20	15:26	0:50	0:00	14:36	0	1	0.0
0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	17	13:53	0:00	1:37	12:16	0	1	0.0
0	0	0	3	3	0	1	2	0	1	1	24	20:55	5:11	0:57	14:47	1	5	16.7
0	1	1	3	1	1	0	0	2	1	4	34	29:05	5:09	3:27	20:29	1	1	50.0
0	1	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	17	13:36	0:51	0:00	12:45	1	0	100.0
0	0	0	6	9	0	1	2	1	1	4	28	22:50	5:10	0:00	17:40	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	4	1	1	16	12:25	0:49	0:00	11:36	5	4	55.6
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	16	9:43	0:35	0:00	9:08	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	24	17:21	5:16	0:00	12:05	3	2	60.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	33	23:10	0:01	3:06	20:03	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	4	0	2	1	2	4	0	0	27	18:29	0:44	0:02	17:43	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	2	27	16:26	0:00	2:46	13:40	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	1	1	1	32	21:52	0:00	3:14	18:38	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	1	30	25:34	0:04	2:55	22:35	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	6	5	0	0	0	1	0	1	26	28:11	5:20	0:01	22:50	0	0	0.0

goalies
Andrei VasilevskiyA. Vasilevskiy#88

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
30	0	30	1.000	25	4	1	0	0	69:03	0

Montreal Canadiens


forwards
Josh AndersonJ. Anderson#17
Zack BolducZ. Bolduc#76
Cole CaufieldC. Caufield#13
Kirby DachK. Dach#77
Phillip DanaultP. Danault#24
Ivan DemidovI. Demidov#93
Jake EvansJ. Evans#71
Brendan GallagherB. Gallagher#11
Alex NewhookA. Newhook#15
Juraj SlafkovskyJ. Slafkovsky#20
Nick SuzukiN. Suzuki#14
Alexandre TexierA. Texier#85
defensemen
Alexandre CarrierA. Carrier#45
Kaiden GuhleK. Guhle#21
Lane HutsonL. Hutson#48
Mike MathesonM. Matheson#8
Jayden StrubleJ. Struble#47
Arber XhekajA. Xhekaj#72

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	24	18:53	0:00	2:09	16:44	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	3	0	1	0	0	3	1	1	18	15:39	1:34	0:00	14:05	0	1	0.0
0	0	0	4	2	0	0	0	2	0	2	25	19:41	4:24	0:00	15:17	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	12:09	1:30	0:00	10:39	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	4	0	5	25	19:31	0:00	2:07	17:24	7	6	53.8
0	0	0	5	3	1	1	2	1	0	0	23	17:38	4:31	0:00	13:07	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	6	0	0	22	16:08	0:00	3:51	12:17	7	6	53.8
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	10	5:39	0:00	0:00	5:39	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	18	14:31	0:54	3:52	9:45	1	3	25.0
0	0	0	2	3	2	0	0	3	1	0	24	22:31	4:38	0:00	17:53	0	1	0.0
0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	2	0	3	27	24:55	4:49	0:00	20:06	9	6	60.0
0	0	-1	3	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	20	17:05	1:10	0:00	15:55	0	0	0.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	1	0	2	31	24:29	0:30	3:23	20:36	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	1	2	2	1	2	3	0	0	31	24:14	0:00	2:12	22:02	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	2	4	2	0	0	0	0	2	32	30:46	5:12	1:01	24:33	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	1	30	28:47	0:48	5:25	22:34	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	5	1	2	18	12:53	0:00	0:00	12:53	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	1	0	1	0	0	7	0	1	18	11:46	0:00	0:00	11:46	0	0	0.0

goalies
Jakub DobesJ. Dobes#75

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
33	1	32	.970	28	4	0	0	0	69:03	0

* - A player receives a "plus" if they are on the ice when their Club scores an even-strength or shorthand goal. They receive a "minus" if on the ice for an even-strength or shorthand goal scored by the opposing Club. The difference in these numbers is considered the player's plus-minus statistic.

ESPN2		1	2	3	OT	T
	Lightning	0	0	0	1	1
	Canadiens	0	0	0	0	0

1st Period
No Goals Scored

2nd Period
No Goals Scored

3rd Period
No Goals Scored

OT Summary			TB	MTL
9:03		Gage Goncalves (1) Assists: Dominic James (1), Brandon Hagel (2)	1	0

Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Montreal Canadiens: Game Highlights

1:18

Lightning force Game 7 on Gage Goncalves’ OT goal

0:35

Andrei Vasilevskiy makes a spectacular save for the Lightning

0:35

Canadiens
4
Lightning
3

Game 1

4/19

Canadiens
2
Lightning
3

Game 2

4/21

Lightning
2
Canadiens
3

Game 3

4/24

Lightning
3
Canadiens
2

Game 4

4/26

Canadiens
3
Lightning
2

Game 5

4/29

Lightning
1
Canadiens
0

Game 6

5/1

Canadiens
Lightning

Game 7

5/3

TNT/truTV/HBO Max

Bell Centre

7:00 PM, May 1, 2026Coverage: ESPN2

Montreal, QC

Attendance: 20,962

Referees:
Francis Charron
Jon McIsaac
Kendrick Nicholson

Linesmen:
Andrew Smith
Jesse Marquis
Jonathan Deschamps

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Buffalo	50	23	9	109
Tampa Bay	50	26	6	106
Montreal	48	24	10	106
Boston	45	27	10	100
Ottawa	44	27	11	99
Detroit	41	31	10	92
Florida	40	38	4	84
Toronto	32	36	14	78

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