Montreal Canadiens @ Tampa Bay Lightning

East 1st Round - Game 7 • MTL wins series 4-3

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

Final

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

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
Noah DobsonN. Dobson#53
Kaiden GuhleK. Guhle#21
Lane HutsonL. Hutson#48
Mike MathesonM. Matheson#8
Jayden StrubleJ. Struble#47

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	22	15:33	0:00	0:41	14:52	0	1	0.0
0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	12	8:51	0:02	0:00	8:49	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	5	0	1	15	14:29	3:00	0:00	11:29	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	14	11:02	0:45	0:00	10:17	2	0	100.0
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	23	18:02	0:00	0:46	17:16	16	9	64.0
0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	21	17:50	3:39	0:00	14:11	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	19	16:46	0:00	2:11	14:35	8	6	57.1
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	6:48	0:00	0:00	6:48	0	0	0.0
1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	18	16:09	0:00	0:43	15:26	0	5	0.0
0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	21	21:25	3:41	0:00	17:44	0	0	0.0
1	0	2	3	1	3	0	0	3	0	1	26	22:42	3:50	1:22	17:30	6	7	46.2
0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	17	11:15	0:00	0:00	11:15	0	0	0.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	3	29	22:39	0:00	2:33	20:06	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	4	1	3	25	18:37	0:19	0:00	18:18	0	0	0.0
0	2	2	1	1	2	1	2	3	0	0	27	20:56	0:00	1:31	19:25	0	0	0.0
0	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	2	28	23:27	3:41	0:43	19:03	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	1	1	2	4	1	0	0	28	25:22	0:13	0:54	24:15	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	6	5:06	0:00	0:00	5:06	0	0	0.0

goalies
Jakub DobesJ. Dobes#75

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
29	1	28	.966	26	2	0	0	0	60:00	0

Tampa Bay Lightning


forwards
Oliver BjorkstrandO. Bjorkstrand#22
Anthony CirelliA. Cirelli#71
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
Nick PaulN. Paul#20
Corey PerryC. Perry#10
Brayden PointB. Point#21
defensemen
Erik CernakE. Cernak#81
Charle-Edouard D'AstousC. D'Astous#51
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	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	23	12:12	0:06	0:00	12:06	0	1	0.0
0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	24	17:50	0:00	1:28	16:22	9	8	52.9
0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	7	0	0	17	14:00	0:00	2:25	11:35	0	0	0.0
0	1	-1	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	24	14:33	0:54	0:00	13:39	0	1	0.0
0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	1	18	16:01	0:00	2:22	13:39	2	0	100.0
0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	20	16:22	1:57	0:33	13:52	1	4	20.0
0	0	-1	3	0	1	0	0	2	1	1	23	21:53	1:57	0:51	19:05	0	0	0.0
1	0	-1	4	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	23	13:27	0:54	0:00	12:33	2	2	50.0
0	0	-1	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	24	20:16	1:57	0:00	18:19	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	2	3	1	0	0	4	0	0	20	12:38	0:55	0:00	11:43	10	12	45.5
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	13	8:58	0:54	0:00	8:04	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	2	1	0	1	2	1	0	0	22	15:06	1:57	0:00	13:09	4	4	50.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	26	17:18	0:00	2:30	14:48	0	0	0.0
0	1	-1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	22	17:41	0:54	0:00	16:47	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	21	15:42	0:00	1:16	14:26	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	22	16:17	0:00	2:29	13:48	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	26	22:12	0:00	1:22	20:50	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	4	25	26:07	1:57	0:04	24:06	0	0	0.0

goalies
Andrei VasilevskiyA. Vasilevskiy#88

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
9	2	7	.778	7	0	0	0	0	57:30	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	0	1	2
	Lightning	0	1	0	1

1st Period			MTL	TB
18:39		Nick Suzuki (1) Assists: Kaiden Guhle (3), Josh Anderson (1)	1	0

2nd Period			MTL	TB
13:27		Dominic James (2) (Power Play) Assists: Charle-Edouard D'Astous (1), Gage Goncalves (2)	1	1

3rd Period			MTL	TB
11:07		Alex Newhook (1) Assists: Lane Hutson (4), Kaiden Guhle (4)	2	1

Alex Newhook taps in a remarkable goal for Montreal

0:56

Dominic James nets the equalizer for the Lightning

0:46

Nick Suzuki puts the Canadiens on the board first in Game 7

0:46

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
1
Canadiens
0

Game 6

2/5

Canadiens
2
Lightning
1

Game 7

4/5

Benchmark International Arena

8:00 AM, 4 May 2026

Tampa, FL

Referees:
Chris Rooney
Wes McCauley
Furman South

Linesmen:
Scott Cherrey
Matt MacPherson
CJ Murray

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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