Montreal Canadiens 4, Tampa Bay Lightning 1: final score and stats
Montreal Canadiens beat Tampa Bay Lightning, Montreal Canadiens 4 to Tampa Bay Lightning 1, on Tuesday, March 31, 2026 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.
NHLTuesday, March 31, 2026
DateMar 31, 2026
Start time7:00 PM ET
VenueBenchmark International Arena, Tampa, FL
TVESPN+
Attendance19,092
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montreal Canadiens | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Tampa Bay Lightning | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Top performers
Team comparison
Montreal CanadiensTampa Bay Lightning
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
43-21-10Record46-22-6
2nd in Atlantic DivisionStanding3rd in Atlantic Division
6-2Road record / home record8-0
LWWLWLast 5LWWWL
L1StreakL1
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
Brayden 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 | 0 | 12:31 | 0:00 | 1:39 | 10:52 | 18 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| Zack Bolduc | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10:37 | 0:42 | 0:00 | 9:55 | 16 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Cole Caufield | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:05 | 3:18 | 0:00 | 13:47 | 21 | 1 | 47 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Phillip Danault | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14:43 | 0:00 | 2:36 | 12:07 | 20 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 75.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Ivan Demidov | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15:43 | 2:50 | 0:00 | 12:53 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jake Evans | 4 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 14:43 | 0:01 | 4:19 | 10:23 | 19 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 42.9 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Brendan Gallagher | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8:18 | 0:38 | 0:00 | 7:40 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Oliver Kapanen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:30 | 0:38 | 0:48 | 13:04 | 18 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 25.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Newhook | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 14:45 | 0:38 | 0:00 | 14:07 | 16 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 83.3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Juraj Slafkovsky | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 19:12 | 3:22 | 0:09 | 15:41 | 22 | 1 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Suzuki | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 20:27 | 3:21 | 0:18 | 16:48 | 22 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Joe Veleno | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13:03 | 0:00 | 4:13 | 8:50 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Montreal Canadiens Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Noah Dobson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21:45 | 0:44 | 4:06 | 16:55 | 27 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Kaiden Guhle | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 18:14 | 0:05 | 2:16 | 15:53 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Lane Hutson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26:11 | 3:21 | 2:08 | 20:42 | 24 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Matheson | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 23:28 | 0:01 | 5:32 | 17:55 | 25 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jayden Struble | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13:48 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 13:48 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Arber Xhekaj | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12:57 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 12:57 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Montreal Canadiens Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jakub Dobes | 1 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 36 | .973 | 25 | 10 | 1 | 60:00 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthony Cirelli | 1 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 15:49 | 0:00 | 2:53 | 12:56 | 18 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 58.3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Zemgus Girgensons | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12:42 | 0:09 | 1:07 | 11:26 | 19 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gage Goncalves | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13:43 | 0:30 | 0:17 | 12:56 | 15 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Yanni Gourde | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14:19 | 0:09 | 0:50 | 13:20 | 20 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 71.4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jake Guentzel | 2 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 21:06 | 6:52 | 0:00 | 14:14 | 17 | 1 | 36 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 45.5 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| Brandon Hagel | 0 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 22:21 | 6:52 | 1:31 | 13:58 | 20 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Pontus Holmberg | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11:15 | 0:09 | 0:00 | 11:06 | 17 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nikita Kucherov | 0 | 1 | 0 | -3 | 23:10 | 6:22 | 0:00 | 16:48 | 23 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| Nick Paul | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10:47 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 10:47 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 27.3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Corey Perry | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 9:50 | 0:27 | 0:00 | 9:23 | 12 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brayden Point | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 20:32 | 6:52 | 0:00 | 13:40 | 20 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 27.3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Scott Sabourin | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9:05 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 9:05 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erik Cernak | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15:58 | 0:09 | 2:53 | 12:56 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Charle-Edouard D'Astous | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 17:23 | 0:27 | 0:00 | 16:56 | 22 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Emil Lilleberg | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 17:17 | 0:00 | 1:07 | 16:10 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| Ryan McDonagh | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 19:33 | 0:09 | 2:53 | 16:31 | 26 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| JJ Moser | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 17:55 | 0:00 | 1:07 | 16:48 | 20 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Darren Raddysh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23:35 | 6:25 | 0:00 | 17:10 | 22 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Tampa Bay Lightning Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrei Vasilevskiy | 2 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 19 | .905 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 57:40 | 0 | 0 |
Recent form
Season series
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Apr 9, 2026TB 1, MTL 2
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Montreal Canadiens vs Tampa Bay Lightning?
Montreal Canadiens won, 4-1, on Tuesday, March 31, 2026.
What was the final score of Montreal Canadiens vs Tampa Bay Lightning?
Montreal Canadiens 4, Tampa Bay Lightning 1.
Who were the top performers?
Montreal Canadiens: Mike Matheson (1 goals). Tampa Bay Lightning: Jake Guentzel (1 goals).
Where is Montreal Canadiens vs Tampa Bay Lightning played?
Benchmark International Arena, Tampa, FL.
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