Canadiens vs Lightning Live Stream: Score, Rosters, Stats (31 Mar, 2026)

Canadiens vs Lightning Live Score (31 Mar, 2026)

Final

4 : 1

Score by Period

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	Total
MTL	1	1	2	4
TB	1	0	0	1

Play-by-Play

3rd Period 20:00

Game End

4–1

3rd Period 20:00

End of 3rd Period

4–1

3rd Period 20:00

Ryan McDonagh Roughing against Josh Anderson

4–1

3rd Period 20:00

Josh Anderson Roughing against Ryan McDonagh

4–1

3rd Period 19:49

Josh Anderson hit Ryan McDonagh

4–1

3rd Period 19:23

Yanni Gourde faceoff won against Oliver Kapanen

4–1

3rd Period 19:23

Joseph Veleno Roughing against Erik Cernak

4–1

3rd Period 19:23

Erik Cernak Roughing against Joseph Veleno

4–1

3rd Period 19:23

Jayden Struble Roughing against Nick Paul

4–1

3rd Period 19:23

Nick Paul Roughing against Jayden Struble

4–1

3rd Period 19:23

Brendan Gallagher Roughing against Emil Lilleberg

4–1

3rd Period 19:23

Emil Lilleberg Roughing against Brendan Gallagher

4–1

3rd Period 19:23

Phillip Danault Roughing against Gage Goncalves

4–1

3rd Period 19:23

Gage Goncalves Roughing against Phillip Danault

4–1

3rd Period 19:23

Arber Xhekaj Roughing against Scott Sabourin

4–1

3rd Period 19:23

Scott Sabourin Roughing against Arber Xhekaj

4–1

3rd Period 19:20

Arber Xhekaj hit Scott Sabourin

4–1

3rd Period 19:13

Nick Paul hit Joseph Veleno

4–1

3rd Period 18:54

Phillip Danault faceoff won against Nick Paul

4–1

3rd Period 18:54

Nick Suzuki Goal (27) Wrist Shot, assists: none

4–1

3rd Period 18:49

Giveaway by Nikita Kucherov

3–1

3rd Period 18:32

Kaiden Guhle hit Jake Guentzel

3–1

3rd Period 18:25

Brandon Hagel Slap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes

3–1

3rd Period 18:18

Anthony Cirelli faceoff won against Nick Suzuki

3–1

Scoring Summary

1st Period

12:25

Juraj Slafkovsky

Assists: Ivan Demidov, Cole Caufield

Juraj Slafkovský Goal (29) Snap Shot, assists: Ivan Demidov (42), Cole Caufield (34)

1 - 0

13:41

Jake Guentzel

Assists: Zemgus Girgensons, Ryan McDonagh

Jake Guentzel Goal (36) Wrist Shot, assists: Zemgus Girgensons (9), Ryan McDonagh (10)

1 - 1

2nd Period

12:49

Cole Caufield

Assists: Juraj Slafkovsky, Mike Matheson

Cole Caufield Goal (47) Wrist Shot, assists: Juraj Slafkovský (37), Mike Matheson (29)

2 - 1

3rd Period

17:54

Mike Matheson

Mike Matheson Goal (7) Slap Shot, assists: none

3 - 1

18:54

Nick Suzuki

Nick Suzuki Goal (27) Wrist Shot, assists: none

4 - 1

Team Stats

MTL

17 Blocked Shots 9

23 Hits 21

4 Takeaways 4

9 Giveaways 17

1 Power Play Goals 0

3 Power Play Opportunities 4

23 Total Shots 37

32 Penalty Minutes 30

33.3 Power Play % 0.0

1 Short Handed Goals 0

0 Shootout Goals 0

33 Faceoffs Won 28

54.1 Faceoff Percent 45.9

16 Penalties 15

Game Leaders

MTL

Mike Matheson#8 · D

Goals

Jake Guentzel#59 · C

Mike Matheson#8 · D

Assists

Ryan McDonagh#27 · D

Mike Matheson#8 · D

Points

Jake Guentzel#59 · C

Player Box Score

Canadiens

Player	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	G	YTDG	A	S	SM	FW	FL	FO%	GV	PN	PIM
Josh Anderson#17 · RW	0	4	0	0	12:31	0:00	1:39	10:52	18	0	13	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0	3	6
Zack Bolduc#76 · RW	0	2	0	0	10:37	0:42	0:00	9:55	16	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	2	4
Cole Caufield#13 · RW	0	0	0	2	17:05	3:18	0:00	13:47	21	1	47	1	4	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Phillip Danault#24 · C	0	1	0	1	14:43	0:00	2:36	12:07	20	0	5	0	1	0	9	3	75.0	0	1	2
Ivan Demidov#93 · RW	0	1	0	0	15:43	2:50	0:00	12:53	16	0	16	1	2	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Jake Evans#71 · C	4	0	1	-1	14:43	0:01	4:19	10:23	19	0	11	0	0	0	6	8	42.9	1	1	2
Brendan Gallagher#11 · RW	0	2	0	0	8:18	0:38	0:00	7:40	14	0	6	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	1	2
Oliver Kapanen#91 · C	0	0	0	0	14:30	0:38	0:48	13:04	18	0	22	0	1	0	2	6	25.0	0	0	0
Alex Newhook#15 · C	1	0	0	-1	14:45	0:38	0:00	14:07	16	0	11	0	2	0	5	1	83.3	0	1	2
Juraj Slafkovsky#20 · LW	2	2	0	2	19:12	3:22	0:09	15:41	22	1	29	1	1	2	0	0	0.0	1	0	0
Nick Suzuki#14 · C	1	1	2	2	20:27	3:21	0:18	16:48	22	1	27	0	5	1	10	10	50.0	0	1	2
Joe Veleno#90 · C	0	4	0	0	13:03	0:00	4:13	8:50	16	0	2	0	1	1	1	0	100.0	0	1	2

Lightning

Player	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	G	YTDG	A	S	SM	FW	FL	FO%	GV	PN	PIM
Anthony Cirelli#71 · C	1	0	0	-2	15:49	0:00	2:53	12:56	18	0	20	0	1	0	7	5	58.3	2	0	0
Zemgus Girgensons#28 · C	1	1	0	0	12:42	0:09	1:07	11:26	19	0	8	1	1	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Gage Goncalves#93 · C	1	0	1	1	13:43	0:30	0:17	12:56	15	0	11	0	1	0	0	1	0.0	0	1	2
Yanni Gourde#37 · C	0	3	0	0	14:19	0:09	0:50	13:20	20	0	9	0	4	0	10	4	71.4	1	0	0
Jake Guentzel#59 · C	2	0	0	-1	21:06	6:52	0:00	14:14	17	1	36	0	2	1	5	6	45.5	0	3	6
Brandon Hagel#38 · LW	0	0	1	-3	22:21	6:52	1:31	13:58	20	0	35	0	5	0	0	0	0.0	1	0	0
Pontus Holmberg#29 · RW	0	1	0	0	11:15	0:09	0:00	11:06	17	0	11	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	1	0	0
Nikita Kucherov#86 · RW	0	1	0	-3	23:10	6:22	0:00	16:48	23	0	40	0	6	4	0	0	0.0	3	2	4
Nick Paul#20 · LW	0	4	0	0	10:47	0:00	0:00	10:47	14	0	6	0	0	0	3	8	27.3	0	1	2
Corey Perry#10 · RW	0	0	0	-1	9:50	0:27	0:00	9:23	12	0	15	0	0	1	0	1	0.0	1	0	0
Brayden Point#21 · C	0	0	0	-1	20:32	6:52	0:00	13:40	20	0	17	0	5	0	3	8	27.3	2	0	0
Scott Sabourin#46 · RW	0	3	1	0	9:05	0:00	0:00	9:05	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	1	2

Canadiens

Player	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	G	YTDG	A	S	SM	GV	PN	PIM
Noah Dobson#53 · D	0	1	0	0	21:45	0:44	4:06	16:55	27	0	12	0	0	0	2	1	2
Kaiden Guhle#21 · D	3	2	1	1	18:14	0:05	2:16	15:53	25	0	2	0	0	2	1	1	2
Lane Hutson#48 · D	3	0	0	1	26:11	3:21	2:08	20:42	24	0	11	0	0	1	1	0	0
Mike Matheson#8 · D	2	1	0	2	23:28	0:01	5:32	17:55	25	1	7	1	2	0	2	0	0
Jayden Struble#47 · D	1	1	0	0	13:48	0:00	0:00	13:48	18	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	4
Arber Xhekaj#72 · D	0	1	0	0	12:57	0:00	0:00	12:57	14	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	2

Lightning

Player	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	YTDG	A	S	SM	GV	PN	PIM
Erik Cernak#81 · D	1	3	0	0	15:58	0:09	2:53	12:56	25	2	0	5	0	1	1	2
Charle-Edouard D'Astous#51 · D	0	0	0	-2	17:23	0:27	0:00	16:56	22	5	0	0	0	2	1	2
Emil Lilleberg#78 · D	2	5	0	0	17:17	0:00	1:07	16:10	21	3	0	0	0	2	3	6
Ryan McDonagh#27 · D	0	0	1	1	19:33	0:09	2:53	16:31	26	6	1	1	2	0	1	2
J.J. Moser#90 · D	1	0	0	-1	17:55	0:00	1:07	16:48	20	7	0	1	1	1	0	0
Darren Raddysh#43 · D	0	0	0	0	23:35	6:25	0:00	17:10	22	20	0	2	0	0	1	2

Canadiens

Player	GA	SA	SOS	SOSA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	TOI	YTDG	PIM
Jakub Dobes#75 · G	1	37	0	0	36	.973	25	10	1	60:00	0	0

Lightning

Player	GA	SA	SOS	SOSA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	TOI	YTDG	PIM
Andrei Vasilevskiy#88 · G	2	21	0	0	19	.905	16	2	1	57:40	0	0

Injury Report

Lightning

Pontus Holmberg

#29 · RW · Array

Head-to-Head

MTL

Last 5 Games

NHL Regular Season

FINAL

Dec 28, 2025

▸5

NHL Regular Season

FINAL

Dec 9, 2025

▸6

NHL Regular Season

FINAL

Feb 9, 2025

▸5

3◂

NHL Regular Season

FINAL

Jan 21, 2025

Last 5 Games

Date	Opponent	Result	Competition
4/14/26	@ PHI	L2-4	NHL Regular Season
4/12/26	@ NYI	W4-1	NHL Regular Season
4/11/26	vs CBJ	L2-5	NHL Regular Season
4/9/26	vs TB	W2-1	NHL Regular Season
4/7/26	vs FLA	W4-3	NHL Regular Season

Date	Opponent	Result	Competition
4/15/26	vs NYR	L2-4	NHL Regular Season
4/13/26	vs DET	W4-3	NHL Regular Season
4/11/26	@ BOS	W2-1	NHL Regular Season
4/9/26	@ MTL	L1-2	NHL Regular Season
4/7/26	@ OTT	L2-6	NHL Regular Season

Game Information

Stage Regular Season

Season 2026

Puck Drop Tue, Mar 31, 7:00 PM

Venue Benchmark International Arena

Location Tampa, FL

Broadcast ESPN+

Attendance 19,092

Officials Jonny Murray · Linesman, Jean Hebert · Referee, Brandon Blandina · Referee, Jonathan Deschamps · Linesman

Division Standings

Eastern Conference — Atlantic Division

Team	GP	W	L	OT	Pct	PTS	DIFF	Strk
Sabres	82	50	23	9	—	109	+47	L1
Lightning	82	50	26	6	—	106	+59	L1
Canadiens	82	48	24	10	—	106	+27	L1
Bruins	82	45	27	10	—	100	+22	W2
Senators	82	44	27	11	—	99	+32	W1
Red Wings	82	41	31	10	—	92	-17	L3
Panthers	82	40	38	4	—	84	-25	W3
Maple Leafs	82	32	36	14	—	78	-46	L7

Canadiens

3rd in Eastern Conference

Lightning

4th in Eastern Conference

Goaltenders

#75

Jakub Dobes G 25 6' 4" 215 lbs

#32

Jacob Fowler G 21 6' 1" 223 lbs

#35

Sam Montembeault G 30 6' 3" 218 lbs

Defensemen

#45

Alexandre Carrier D 30 5' 11" 174 lbs

#53

Noah Dobson D 26 6' 4" 200 lbs

#42

Adam Engstrom D 22 6' 2" 193 lbs

#21

Kaiden Guhle D 24 6' 3" 202 lbs

#48

Lane Hutson D 22 5' 9" 162 lbs

Mike Matheson D 32 6' 2" 196 lbs

Bryce Pickford D 20 6' 0" 190 lbs

#72

Arber Xhekaj D 25 6' 4" 240 lbs

Left Wings

#82

Lucas Condotta LW 29 6' 1" 218 lbs

#22

Chris Kreider LW 35 6' 3" 232 lbs

#20

Juraj Slafkovsky LW 22 6' 3" 225 lbs

#85

Alexandre Texier LW 27 6' 1" 196 lbs

#63

Florian Xhekaj LW 22 6' 3" 195 lbs

Centers

#62

Owen Beck C 22 6' 0" 199 lbs

#77

Kirby Dach C 25 6' 4" 221 lbs

#24

Phillip Danault C 33 6' 1" 200 lbs

#71

Jake Evans C 30 6' 0" 190 lbs

#91

Oliver Kapanen C 23 6' 2" 194 lbs

#15

Alex Newhook C 25 5' 11" 200 lbs

#14

Nick Suzuki C 27 5' 11" 207 lbs

Right Wings

#17

Josh Anderson RW 32 6' 3" 226 lbs

#76

Zack Bolduc RW 23 6' 0" 187 lbs

#13

Cole Caufield RW 25 5' 8" 175 lbs

#93

Ivan Demidov RW 20 6' 1" 192 lbs

Goaltenders

#35

Dennis Hildeby G 25 6' 6" 227 lbs

#88

Andrei Vasilevskiy G 32 6' 4" 220 lbs

Defensemen

#74

John Carlson D 36 6' 3" 225 lbs

#81

Erik Cernak D 29 6' 4" 232 lbs

#24

Max Crozier D 26 6' 3" 207 lbs

#51

Charle-Edouard D'Astous D 28 6' 2" 213 lbs

#77

Victor Hedman D 35 6' 7" 229 lbs

#78

Emil Lilleberg D 25 6' 3" 210 lbs

#27

Ryan McDonagh D 37 6' 1" 218 lbs

#90

JJ Moser D 26 6' 2" 182 lbs

Left Wings

#38

Brandon Hagel LW 28 6' 2" 185 lbs

#25

Jeffrey Viel LW 29 6' 0" 218 lbs

Centers

#71

Anthony Cirelli C 29 6' 1" 190 lbs

#94

Conor Geekie C 22 6' 5" 220 lbs

#28

Zemgus Girgensons C 32 6' 3" 200 lbs

#93

Gage Goncalves C 25 6' 2" 193 lbs

#37

Yanni Gourde C 34 5' 10" 175 lbs

#59

Jake Guentzel C 32 5' 11" 176 lbs

#17

Dominic James C 24 6' 0" 190 lbs

#21

Brayden Point C 30 5' 11" 174 lbs

Right Wings

#29

Pontus Holmberg RW 27 6' 0" 198 lbs

#86

Nikita Kucherov RW 33 5' 11" 172 lbs

#95

Ilya Mikheyev RW 32 6' 2" 200 lbs

#49

Scott Sabourin RW 34 6' 3" 210 lbs

Canadiens

2nd in Atlantic Division

Lightning

3rd in Atlantic Division

General

Games Played

5704:58

Time On Ice

4996:55

356:33

Time On Ice Per Game

356:55

Plus/Minus Rating

0:00

Production

0:00

5732

Shifts

5186

Losses

Wins

Offensive

Goals

Assists

498

Faceoffs Won

384

467

Faceoffs Lost

421

Game-Winning Goals

149

Points

131

Power Play Goals

Power Play Assists

Short Handed Goals

Short Handed Assists

442

Shots

418

Shootout Attempts

Shootout Goals

44.4

Shootout Shot Percentage

0.0

12.4

Shooting Percentage

12.4

51.6

Faceoff Win Percent

47.7

Defensive

3.19

Goals Against Average

3.14

402

Saves

301

.893

Save Percentage

.880

Goals Against

453

Shots Against

345

Overtime Losses

Shootout Saves

Shootout Shots Against

.875

Shootout Save Percentage

.750

Penalties

192

Penalty Minutes

110