TBL 1 @ MTL 2 · Apr 9, 2026

Thu, Apr 9, 2026·Centre Bell, Montreal

Away

Tampa Bay Lightning

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Montréal Canadiens

Three stars

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Montréal Canadiens win this game 87% of the time.

82%

MTL winsTBL wins

Who was on the ice

Model-based

Line matchups and every shift of the game.

Line matchups

MTL forward lines and defence pairs (rows) against TBL's (columns) at 5-on-5. Darker cells shared more ice; the second number is xG for–against in that time. Click a cell to highlight it below.

	Gourde–Girgensons–Bjorkstrand	Kucherov–Guentzel–Cirelli	Kucherov–Point–Goncalves	Perry–Paul–Pelletier	Kucherov–Point–Cirelli	Point–Pelletier–Goncalves	Gourde–Girgensons–Pelletier	Paul–Cirelli–Goncalves	Perry–Bjorkstrand–Paul	McDonagh–Cernak	D'Astous–Lilleberg	Moser–Lilleberg	Moser–Carlile	Cernak–Moser	Raddysh–Moser	McDonagh–Lilleberg
Suzuki–Caufield–Slafkovský	1:410.33–0.00	3:270.09–0.12						0:360.02–0.00	0:400.04–0.00	2:540.46–0.04	0:560.07–0.00	1:240.02–0.11	1:200.05–0.00	0:310.27–0.00
Danault–Dach–Newhook	2:220.00–0.03	0:470.00–0.00	0:330.00–0.00			0:360.00–0.00	0:380.00–0.00			2:120.00–0.05	1:550.00–0.00	1:020.00–0.03	0:330.00–0.00	0:400.00–0.00
Anderson–Evans–Veleno			1:100.00–0.00	0:450.00–0.00			0:440.00–0.00			0:500.00–0.00	1:080.00–0.00	1:000.00–0.00	0:320.10–0.00		0:470.00–0.00
Texier–Kapanen–Demidov				0:420.00–0.00		1:000.00–0.00				1:580.00–0.01					0:390.00–0.00
Anderson–Kapanen–Demidov				0:410.08–0.00						0:430.23–0.00	0:500.08–0.00	0:300.00–0.00
Struble–Hutson	3:380.33–0.00			0:520.00–0.00		0:360.00–0.00		0:560.02–0.00	1:060.04–0.00	3:230.46–0.05	2:420.07–0.00	0:410.02–0.00	0:360.00–0.00
Matheson–Dobson		2:430.09–0.15	3:040.00–0.00							0:460.06–0.00	0:400.00–0.00	1:240.00–0.00	1:520.05–0.13	0:520.00–0.00	1:330.00–0.00	0:550.00–0.00
Xhekaj–Engstrom				1:210.08–0.00		0:480.00–0.00	0:450.00–0.00			2:300.23–0.00	1:520.08–0.00	1:110.00–0.11
Matheson–Hutson		1:150.00–0.00			1:240.19–0.00					1:030.00–0.00		0:410.00–0.00	2:000.29–0.00	0:390.27–0.00
Dobson–Engstrom	0:560.00–0.03									0:350.00–0.00		0:430.00–0.03
Matheson–Xhekaj										0:350.00–0.00

Shift chart

Every shift, one row per player.

MTLTBLFull-height lines are goals; short ticks at the top are shots. Hover to see who was on the ice.

Shift totals


Lane HutsonMTL	24	29:17	1:13	1:57	2	1
Jake GuentzelTBL	28	26:38	0:57	2:35	2	7
Mike MathesonMTL	22	25:39	1:10	2:29	0	4
Nikita KucherovTBL	22	23:12	1:03	2:13	3	0
Noah DobsonMTL	26	22:55	0:53	2:23	1	5
Ryan McDonaghTBL	27	22:47	0:51	1:32	1	6
Nick SuzukiMTL	21	22:25	1:04	1:50	4	1
Erik CernakTBL	29	22:05	0:46	1:43	0	5
Juraj SlafkovskýMTL	19	21:23	1:08	1:54	4	1
Brayden PointTBL	21	21:22	1:01	2:22	5	1
J.J. MoserTBL	26	20:56	0:48	1:41	3	2
Anthony CirelliTBL	26	20:28	0:47	1:42	3	7
Ivan DemidovMTL	20	19:14	0:58	2:00	5	2
Alex NewhookMTL	21	18:56	0:54	1:51	0	2
Emil LillebergTBL	23	18:43	0:49	1:52	2	1
Gage GoncalvesTBL	22	18:19	0:50	1:41	1	0
Cole CaufieldMTL	19	17:56	0:57	1:47	4	1
Kirby DachMTL	17	14:38	0:52	1:43	0	1
Yanni GourdeTBL	20	14:05	0:42	1:08	0	3
Darren RaddyshTBL	10	13:59	1:24	2:35	3	0
Corey PerryTBL	13	13:17	1:01	2:41	1	0
Oliver KapanenMTL	16	13:03	0:49	1:06	0	2
Phillip DanaultMTL	17	12:40	0:45	1:45	0	0
Josh AndersonMTL	15	12:32	0:50	1:24	1	1
Jake EvansMTL	15	12:29	0:50	2:06	1	3
Zemgus GirgensonsTBL	18	12:25	0:41	1:07	0	3
Jayden StrubleMTL	14	11:09	0:48	1:43	0	2
Oliver BjorkstrandTBL	13	10:46	0:50	2:04	0	0
Joseph VelenoMTL	14	10:44	0:46	1:53	2	3
Adam EngstromMTL	13	9:12	0:42	0:58	2	2
Charle-Edouard D'AstousTBL	17	9:12	0:32	1:04	2	0
Alexandre TexierMTL	13	9:03	0:42	1:18	0	0
Arber XhekajMTL	12	8:45	0:44	1:06	1	3
Nick PaulTBL	13	7:38	0:35	1:10	3	1
Jakob PelletierTBL	11	7:06	0:39	1:00	2	2
Declan CarlileTBL	8	5:02	0:38	1:37	1	0

Tampa Bay Lightning 1, Montréal Canadiens 2

Who was on the ice

Shift totals