Montreal Canadiens @ Tampa Bay Lightning

East 1st Round - Game 5 • MTL leads series 3-2

48-24-10, 24-9-8 Away

Final

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

Tampa Bay LightningLightningTB

50-26-6, 26-14-1 Home

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	-1	2	1	0	0	0	4	0	1	21	15:32	0:12	2:26	12:54	0	1	0.0
0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	19	13:26	1:29	0:00	11:57	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	17	13:13	2:13	0:00	11:00	0	0	0.0
1	0	2	1	0	2	0	0	3	1	0	18	11:46	1:39	0:00	10:07	6	4	60.0
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	21	19:40	0:14	2:25	17:01	6	4	60.0
0	0	-1	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	15	11:07	2:19	0:03	8:45	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	3	0	2	1	2	2	0	0	22	15:14	0:13	2:17	12:44	12	2	85.7
1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	10	6:48	0:00	0:00	6:48	0	0	0.0
0	1	0	2	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	19	14:35	0:58	3:31	10:06	0	1	0.0
0	0	-1	3	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	20	19:27	2:47	0:03	16:37	0	2	0.0
0	1	-1	0	1	0	0	0	3	2	0	24	20:42	2:08	1:15	17:19	9	3	75.0
1	0	2	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	18	13:40	1:33	0:00	12:07	0	0	0.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	-1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	30	23:27	0:15	3:36	19:36	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	2	2	0	1	2	4	0	0	26	21:41	0:00	2:53	18:48	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	1	0	1	1	2	1	0	1	26	23:31	2:47	0:35	20:09	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	1	1	4	0	0	0	0	1	28	27:54	1:13	4:56	21:45	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	14	10:23	0:00	0:00	10:23	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	1	13	9:54	0:00	0:00	9:54	0	0	0.0

goalies
Jakub DobesJ. Dobes#75

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
40	2	38	.950	32	6	0	0	0	60:00	0

Tampa Bay Lightning


forwards
Oliver BjorkstrandO. Bjorkstrand#22
Anthony CirelliA. Cirelli#71
Conor GeekieC. Geekie#14
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
Corey PerryC. Perry#10
Brayden PointB. Point#21
defensemen
Erik CernakE. Cernak#81
Maxwell CrozierM. Crozier#24
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	-1	2	2	3	0	0	2	0	1	17	14:47	1:03	0:00	13:44	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	27	20:49	1:45	2:02	17:02	9	9	50.0
0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	7	5:04	0:00	0:00	5:04	0	1	0.0
0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	11	7:21	0:03	1:19	5:59	0	1	0.0
0	1	-1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	18	13:51	1:13	0:22	12:16	0	1	0.0
0	1	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	22	14:23	0:03	1:32	12:48	2	3	40.0
1	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	23	22:11	4:38	1:30	16:03	1	4	20.0
0	0	0	5	0	1	0	0	3	0	2	24	23:12	3:18	1:16	18:38	0	0	0.0
1	0	-1	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	2	16	13:14	1:21	0:00	11:53	0	8	0.0
0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	26	21:44	4:36	0:00	17:08	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	9	6:55	1:32	0:00	5:23	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	22	21:17	4:25	0:00	16:52	5	6	45.5
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	22	15:56	0:03	2:25	13:28	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	17:40	0:00	1:35	16:05	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	20	15:47	0:00	1:44	14:03	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	2	0	2	1	4	0	0	1	25	16:23	0:03	0:00	16:20	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	1	0	5	0	0	1	1	3	26	20:33	1:02	2:15	17:16	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	6	2	1	0	0	5	0	1	24	25:26	4:55	0:00	20:31	0	0	0.0

goalies
Andrei VasilevskiyA. Vasilevskiy#88

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
24	3	21	.875	18	1	2	0	0	57:27	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.

		1	2	3	T
	Canadiens	1	1	1	3
	Lightning	0	2	0	2

1st Period			MTL	TB
3:00		Brendan Gallagher (1) Assists: Alex Newhook (1)	1	0

2nd Period		MTL	TB
6:49	Dominic James (1) Assists: Gage Goncalves (1), Yanni Gourde (1)	1	1
7:00	Kirby Dach (2) Assists: Zack Bolduc (3), Kaiden Guhle (2)	2	1
17:23	Jake Guentzel (2) Unassisted	2	2

3rd Period			MTL	TB
1:06		Alexandre Texier (2) Assists: Lane Hutson (3), Nick Suzuki (5)	3	2

Alexandre Texier puts Canadiens up for good at start of 3rd

0:49

Jake Guentzel ties it for Tampa to make it a game again

0:53

Montreal take 11 seconds to retake lead on a Kirby Dach goal

0:52

Canadiens
4
Lightning
3

Game 1

20/4

Canadiens
2
Lightning
3

Game 2

22/4

Lightning
2
Canadiens
3

Game 3

25/4

Lightning
3
Canadiens
2

Game 4

27/4

Canadiens
3
Lightning
2

Game 5

30/4

Lightning
Canadiens

Game 6

2/5

Canadiens
Lightning

Game 7

3/5

Benchmark International Arena

7:00 AM, 30 April 2026

Tampa, FL

Attendance: 19,092

Referees:
Jean Hebert
TJ Luxmore
Furman South

Linesmen:
Scott Cherrey
Kilian McNamara

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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