Montreal Canadiens 4, Tampa Bay Lightning 5: final score and stats
Tampa Bay Lightning beat Montreal Canadiens, Montreal Canadiens 4 to Tampa Bay Lightning 5, on Sunday, December 28, 2025 at Benchmark International Arena, Tampa, FL. Below: the box score, top performers, team stats, injuries and recent form for Tampa Bay Lightning vs Montreal Canadiens.
NHLSunday, December 28, 2025
DateDec 28, 2025
Start time5:00 PM ET
VenueBenchmark International Arena, Tampa, FL
TVESPN+
Attendance19,092
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | OT1 | OT2 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montreal Canadiens | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Tampa Bay Lightning | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
Top performers
Team comparison
Montreal CanadiensTampa Bay Lightning
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
20-12-6Record22-13-3
2nd in Atlantic DivisionStanding2nd in Atlantic Division
6-2Road record / home record8-0
LWWLWLast 5WLWWW
L1StreakW1
Team stats
Montreal CanadiensTampa Bay Lightning
Blocked Shots
Hits
Takeaways
Shots
Power Play Goals
Power Play Opportunities
Power Play Percentage
Short Handed Goals
Shootout Goals
Faceoffs Won
Faceoff Win Percent
Giveaways
Total Penalties
Penalty Minutes
Injury report
Confirm lineups and injuries close to game time.
Montreal Canadiens
Ivan Demidov RW · Ankle - Fracture
Injured ReserveSam Montembeault G · Lower Body
Injured ReserveBryce Pickford D · Undisclosed
Injured ReserveLucas Condotta LW · Undisclosed
Injured ReserveMike Matheson D · Lower Body
Day-To-DayTampa Bay Lightning
Erik Cernak D · Undisclosed
OutBrayden Point C · Undisclosed - Not Specified
Injured ReserveBox score
Montreal Canadiens Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josh Anderson | 0 | 4 | 0 | -2 | 16:17 | 0:18 | 1:21 | 14:38 | 23 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sammy Blais | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8:22 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 8:22 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zack Bolduc | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 16:48 | 3:36 | 0:00 | 13:12 | 18 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cole Caufield | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 22:42 | 4:08 | 0:00 | 18:34 | 22 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Phillip Danault | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 16:52 | 0:18 | 1:22 | 15:12 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 72.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Ivan Demidov | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18:26 | 4:08 | 0:00 | 14:18 | 23 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brendan Gallagher | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13:42 | 3:35 | 0:00 | 10:07 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oliver Kapanen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:20 | 3:24 | 0:36 | 12:20 | 22 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 42.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Juraj Slafkovsky | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:27 | 4:09 | 0:00 | 16:18 | 23 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Suzuki | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 22:43 | 4:04 | 0:01 | 18:38 | 22 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 68.8 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Alexandre Texier | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14:34 | 3:38 | 0:00 | 10:56 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Joe Veleno | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 9:43 | 0:11 | 0:40 | 8:52 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 75.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Montreal Canadiens Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexandre Carrier | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 18:56 | 0:07 | 1:17 | 17:32 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Noah Dobson | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 27:29 | 3:47 | 0:43 | 22:59 | 32 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lane Hutson | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 28:13 | 4:08 | 0:44 | 23:21 | 30 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Matheson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26:37 | 0:29 | 1:16 | 24:52 | 30 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jayden Struble | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8:51 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 8:51 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Arber Xhekaj | 0 | 3 | 0 | -1 | 7:15 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 7:15 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
Montreal Canadiens Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacob Fowler | 4 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 17 | .810 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 63:43 | 0 | 0 |
Tampa Bay Lightning Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oliver Bjorkstrand | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13:27 | 1:13 | 0:00 | 12:14 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Anthony Cirelli | 2 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 18:06 | 0:33 | 4:26 | 13:07 | 23 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 33.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zemgus Girgensons | 1 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 14:52 | 0:01 | 2:44 | 12:07 | 20 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gage Goncalves | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:51 | 0:39 | 0:00 | 13:12 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yanni Gourde | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 15:46 | 0:01 | 2:57 | 12:48 | 20 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 44.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jake Guentzel | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 18:42 | 1:13 | 1:02 | 16:27 | 21 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 60.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon Hagel | 2 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 21:25 | 0:46 | 4:43 | 15:56 | 26 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Pontus Holmberg | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12:25 | 0:01 | 0:00 | 12:24 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nikita Kucherov | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19:48 | 1:32 | 0:00 | 18:16 | 23 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Nick Paul | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:05 | 0:46 | 0:07 | 15:12 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Brayden Point | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:38 | 1:13 | 0:00 | 15:25 | 17 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 45.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Scott Sabourin | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2:20 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 2:20 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
Tampa Bay Lightning Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Declan Carlile | 3 | 2 | 0 | -2 | 20:01 | 0:00 | 3:03 | 16:58 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Max Crozier | 5 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 23:41 | 0:00 | 2:34 | 21:07 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Charle-Edouard D'Astous | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17:38 | 0:34 | 0:39 | 16:25 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| Maxim Groshev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:03 | 0:00 | 0:03 | 13:00 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| JJ Moser | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24:28 | 0:01 | 4:52 | 19:35 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Darren Raddysh | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24:44 | 1:27 | 4:50 | 18:27 | 26 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Tampa Bay Lightning Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jonas Johansson | 4 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 31 | .886 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 65:00 | 0 | 0 |
Recent form
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Montreal Canadiens vs Tampa Bay Lightning?
Tampa Bay Lightning won, 5-4, on Sunday, December 28, 2025.
What was the final score of Montreal Canadiens vs Tampa Bay Lightning?
Montreal Canadiens 4, Tampa Bay Lightning 5.
Who were the top performers?
Montreal Canadiens: Juraj Slafkovsky (2 goals). Tampa Bay Lightning: Nikita Kucherov (2 goals).
Where is Montreal Canadiens vs Tampa Bay Lightning played?
Benchmark International Arena, Tampa, FL.
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