Tampa Bay Lightning 1, Montreal Canadiens 2: final score and stats
Montreal Canadiens beat Tampa Bay Lightning, Tampa Bay Lightning 1 to Montreal Canadiens 2, on Thursday, April 9, 2026 at Bell Centre, Montreal, QC. Below: the box score, top performers, team stats, injuries and recent form for Montreal Canadiens vs Tampa Bay Lightning.
NHLThursday, April 9, 2026
DateApr 9, 2026
Start time7:00 PM ET
VenueBell Centre, Montreal, QC
TVESPN+
Attendance20,962
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Lightning | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Montreal Canadiens | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Top performers
Team comparison
Tampa Bay LightningMontreal Canadiens
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
48-25-6Record47-22-10
3rd in Atlantic DivisionStanding2nd in Atlantic Division
3-6Road record / home record5-5
LWWWLLast 5LWWLW
L1StreakL1
Team stats
Tampa Bay LightningMontreal Canadiens
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.
Tampa Bay Lightning
Brayden Point C · Undisclosed - Not Specified
Injured ReserveMontreal 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-DayBox score
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 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10:46 | 1:53 | 0:00 | 8:53 | 13 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Anthony Cirelli | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 20:28 | 0:02 | 7:22 | 13:04 | 26 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 52.9 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Zemgus Girgensons | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12:25 | 0:00 | 4:31 | 7:54 | 18 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Gage Goncalves | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18:19 | 0:29 | 3:59 | 13:51 | 22 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yanni Gourde | 0 | 6 | 2 | -1 | 14:05 | 0:00 | 4:05 | 10:00 | 20 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 44.4 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Jake Guentzel | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 26:38 | 7:58 | 8:03 | 10:37 | 28 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 42.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nikita Kucherov | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 23:12 | 7:30 | 0:00 | 15:42 | 22 | 0 | 43 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Nick Paul | 1 | 3 | 0 | -1 | 7:38 | 0:03 | 0:00 | 7:35 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 60.0 | 0 | 2 | 12 |
| Jakob Pelletier | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7:06 | 0:36 | 0:00 | 6:30 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Corey Perry | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:17 | 5:28 | 0:00 | 7:49 | 13 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Brayden Point | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:22 | 7:48 | 0:00 | 13:34 | 21 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 25.0 | 2 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Declan Carlile | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5:02 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 5:02 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 3 | 17 |
| Erik Cernak | 2 | 4 | 0 | -1 | 22:05 | 0:00 | 8:04 | 14:01 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Charle-Edouard D'Astous | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9:12 | 0:00 | 0:38 | 8:34 | 17 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 12 |
| Emil Lilleberg | 1 | 4 | 0 | -1 | 18:43 | 0:00 | 6:00 | 12:43 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan McDonagh | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22:47 | 0:13 | 8:32 | 14:02 | 27 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| JJ Moser | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 20:41 | 0:00 | 4:45 | 15:56 | 25 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Darren Raddysh | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13:59 | 8:00 | 0:01 | 5:58 | 10 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 3 | 14 |
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 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 58:15 | 0 | 0 |
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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 12:32 | 0:00 | 2:39 | 9:53 | 15 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 4 | 11 |
| Cole Caufield | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17:56 | 8:38 | 0:00 | 9:18 | 19 | 1 | 50 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kirby Dach | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 14:38 | 4:55 | 0:00 | 9:43 | 17 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Phillip Danault | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12:40 | 0:00 | 3:14 | 9:26 | 17 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 42.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ivan Demidov | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19:14 | 10:02 | 0:00 | 9:12 | 20 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| Jake Evans | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12:29 | 0:00 | 4:39 | 7:50 | 15 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 58.3 | 0 | 2 | 12 |
| Oliver Kapanen | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 13:03 | 4:41 | 0:08 | 8:14 | 16 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 50.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Newhook | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18:56 | 5:24 | 1:50 | 11:42 | 21 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 66.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Juraj Slafkovsky | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 21:23 | 9:10 | 0:02 | 12:11 | 19 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Suzuki | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 22:25 | 9:10 | 0:35 | 12:40 | 21 | 0 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 50.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Alexandre Texier | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9:03 | 3:07 | 0:07 | 5:49 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 12 |
| Joe Veleno | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10:44 | 0:00 | 2:47 | 7:57 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 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 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 22:55 | 4:15 | 5:24 | 13:16 | 26 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Adam Engstrom | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9:12 | 0:00 | 0:03 | 9:09 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lane Hutson | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 29:17 | 9:47 | 2:24 | 17:06 | 24 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Matheson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25:39 | 0:51 | 7:50 | 16:58 | 22 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jayden Struble | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11:09 | 0:00 | 0:11 | 10:58 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 12 |
| Arber Xhekaj | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8:45 | 0:00 | 0:07 | 8:38 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Montreal Canadiens Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jakub Dobes | 1 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 17 | .944 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 60:00 | 0 | 0 |
Recent form
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Tampa Bay Lightning vs Montreal Canadiens?
Montreal Canadiens won, 2-1, on Thursday, April 9, 2026.
What was the final score of Tampa Bay Lightning vs Montreal Canadiens?
Tampa Bay Lightning 1, Montreal Canadiens 2.
Who were the top performers?
Tampa Bay Lightning: Darren Raddysh (1 goals). Montreal Canadiens: Juraj Slafkovsky (1 goals).
Where is Tampa Bay Lightning vs Montreal Canadiens played?
Bell Centre, Montreal, QC.
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