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Tuesday, March 31, 2026 (7:00 PM ET)
Benchmark International Arena | The Spot
Montreal Canadiens MTL
4-1
Final
TBL Tampa Bay Lightning
39% xGF Expected Goals Share 61% xGF
MTL was expected to score 2.32 goals TBL was expected to score 3.64 goals
Period 1 Period 2 Period 3 0 1 2 3 2 Cumulative xG MTL TBL Dots represent goals
Goals & Replays
  • ► Juraj Slafkovský scores at 12:25 in the 1st period 0.11 xG (1-0)
  • ► Jake Guentzel scores at 13:41 in the 1st period 0.15 xG (1-1) End of Period 1
  • ► Cole Caufield scores at 12:49 in the 2nd period 0.08 xG (2-1) End of Period 2
  • ► Mike Matheson scores at 17:54 in the 3rd period (3-1)
  • ► Nick Suzuki scores at 18:54 in the 3rd period (4-1) End of Game
  • ► Watch the full game recap here
xG by State
Montreal Canadiens
Tampa Bay Lightning
Strength State Time xG G Time xG G
Man-Advantage 4:00 0.66 1 8:54 1.23 0
Even Strength 47:06 1.57 1 47:06 2.32 1
Short-Handed 8:54 0.09 0 4:00 0.09 0
Score State Time xG G Time xG G
Up 1 26:21 0.92 0 0:00 0.00 0
Tied 31:33 1.40 2 31:33 1.28 0
Down 1 0:00 0.00 0 26:21 2.32 1
Down 2+ 0:00 0.00 0 2:06 0.03 0
Shot Map (xG Shots Only) Shot Goal
Forwards
Team Player xG G A Pts Shifts TOI SOG +/- PIM PPG
TBL Brayden Point (C) 0.71 0 0 0 20 20:32 5 -1 0 0
TBL Nikita Kucherov (R) 0.69 0 0 0 23 23:10 6 -3 4 0
MTL Ivan Demidov (R) 0.45 0 1 1 16 15:43 2 0 0 0
TBL Pontus Holmberg (R) 0.41 0 0 0 17 11:15 3 0 0 0
MTL Nick Suzuki (C) 0.38 1 0 1 22 20:27 5 +2 2 0
TBL Brandon Hagel (L) 0.31 0 0 0 20 22:21 5 -3 0 0
MTL Cole Caufield (R) 0.31 1 1 2 21 17:05 4 +2 0 0
TBL Yanni Gourde (C) 0.29 0 0 0 20 14:19 4 0 0 0
MTL Josh Anderson (R) 0.26 0 0 0 18 12:31 3 0 6 0
TBL Jake Guentzel (C) 0.26 1 0 1 17 21:06 2 -1 6 0
TBL Zemgus Girgensons (C) 0.21 0 1 1 19 12:42 1 0 0 0
MTL Oliver Kapanen (C) 0.16 0 0 0 18 14:30 1 0 0 0
MTL Juraj Slafkovský (L) 0.16 1 1 2 22 19:12 1 +2 0 1
MTL Joe Veleno (C) 0.12 0 0 0 16 13:03 1 0 2 0
MTL Alex Newhook (C) 0.12 0 0 0 16 14:45 2 -1 2 0
TBL Corey Perry (R) 0.11 0 0 0 12 09:50 0 -1 0 0
MTL Phillip Danault (C) 0.08 0 0 0 20 14:43 1 +1 2 0
TBL Anthony Cirelli (C) 0.08 0 0 0 18 15:49 1 -2 0 0
MTL Brendan Gallagher (R) 0.04 0 0 0 14 08:18 0 0 2 0
TBL Gage Goncalves (C) 0.01 0 0 0 15 13:43 1 +1 2 0
TBL Scott Sabourin (R) 0.00 0 0 0 11 09:05 0 0 2 0
TBL Nick Paul (L) 0.00 0 0 0 14 10:47 0 0 2 0
MTL Jake Evans (C) 0.00 0 0 0 19 14:43 0 -1 2 0
MTL Zachary Bolduc (R) 0.00 0 0 0 16 10:37 0 0 4 0
Defensemen
Team Player xG G A Pts Shifts TOI SOG +/- PIM PPG
TBL Ryan McDonagh (D) 0.34 0 1 1 26 19:33 1 +1 2 0
TBL Erik Cernak (D) 0.12 0 0 0 25 15:58 5 0 2 0
MTL Lane Hutson (D) 0.11 0 0 0 24 26:11 0 +1 0 0
MTL Kaiden Guhle (D) 0.09 0 0 0 25 18:14 0 +1 2 0
TBL Darren Raddysh (D) 0.07 0 0 0 22 23:35 2 0 2 0
MTL Arber Xhekaj (D) 0.02 0 0 0 14 12:57 0 0 2 0
TBL J.J. Moser (D) 0.02 0 0 0 20 17:55 1 -1 0 0
MTL Jayden Struble (D) 0.01 0 0 0 18 13:48 1 0 4 0
MTL Mike Matheson (D) 0.01 1 1 2 25 23:28 2 +2 0 0
TBL Charle-Edouard D'Astous (D) 0.00 0 0 0 22 17:23 0 -2 2 0
MTL Noah Dobson (D) 0.00 0 0 0 27 21:45 0 0 2 0
TBL Emil Lilleberg (D) 0.00 0 0 0 21 17:17 0 0 6 0
Goalies
Team Player SV%Ax SV% GSAx GA Saves TOI SA Dec SO
MTL Jakub Dobes (G) +5.61% 0.973 2.6 1 36 60:00 37 W 0
TBL Andrei Vasilevskiy (G) +1.01% 0.905 0.3 2 19 57:40 21 L 0