Montreal Canadiens vs Tampa Bay Lightning Live Stream: Score, Rosters, Stats (31 Dec, 2026)

Montreal Canadiens vs Tampa Bay Lightning Live Score (31 Dec, 2026)

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Team Stats

MTL

0 Power Play Goals 0

20 Penalty Minutes 19

4.00 Avg Goals Against 3.00

29.0 Avg Shots Against 23.0

71.4 Penalty Kill % 75.0

2 Power Play Goals Against 1

0 Short Handed Goals Against 0

4.00 Avg Goals 2.00

24.5 Avg Shots 27.5

0.0 Power Play % 0.0

0 Short Handed Goals 0

Game Leaders

MTL

Cole Caufield#13 · RW

Goals

Jake Guentzel#59 · C

Nick Suzuki#14 · C

Assists

Brandon Hagel#38 · LW

Nick Suzuki#14 · C

Points

Nikita Kucherov#86 · RW

Game Information

Stage Regular Season

Season 2027

Puck Drop Thu, Dec 31, 2:00 PM

Venue Benchmark International Arena

Location Tampa, FL

Injury Report

Montreal Canadiens

Oliver Kapanen

#91 · C · Array

DTD

Alexandre Carrier

#45 · D · Array

DTD

Bryce Pickford

D · Array

Lucas Condotta

#82 · LW · Array

Kaiden Guhle

#21 · D · Array

Tampa Bay Lightning

Emil Lilleberg

#78 · D · Array

DTD

Yanni Gourde

#37 · C · Array

Dominic James

#17 · C · Array

Head-to-Head

MTL

Last 4 Games

NHL Regular Season

FINAL

Dec 28, 2025

▸5

NHL Regular Season

FINAL

Dec 9, 2025

▸6

Last 5 Games

Date	Opponent	Result	Competition
11/5/26	vs UTA	W5-4	NHL Regular Season
11/3/26	vs WPG	L4-5	NHL Regular Season
10/31/26	vs PIT	W5-4	NHL Regular Season
10/29/26	@ DAL	W5-2	NHL Regular Season
10/27/26	@ STL	W2-0	NHL Regular Season

Date	Opponent	Result	Competition
11/5/26	vs CHI	W4-1	NHL Regular Season
11/3/26	vs DET	W4-2	NHL Regular Season
10/31/26	@ NSH	L4-5	NHL Regular Season
10/29/26	vs WPG	W6-4	NHL Regular Season
10/24/26	@ UTA	L4-5	NHL Regular Season

Division Standings

Eastern Conference — Atlantic Division

Team	GP	W	L	OT	Pct	PTS	DIFF	Strk
Bruins	17	12	4	1	—	25	+24	W3
Canadiens	16	10	3	3	—	23	+6	W1
Lightning	15	10	3	2	—	22	+10	W2
Senators	17	10	6	1	—	21	+2	W1
Panthers	16	9	5	2	—	20	+5	W1
Maple Leafs	17	8	7	2	—	18	+6	L1
Sabres	15	7	5	3	—	17	-7	L1
Red Wings	17	7	7	3	—	17	-3	L2

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

5354:55

356:33

Time On Ice Per Game

356:59

Plus/Minus Rating

0:00

Production

0:00

5732

Shifts

5567

Losses

Wins

Offensive

Goals

Assists

498

Faceoffs Won

427

467

Faceoffs Lost

447

Game-Winning Goals

149

Points

143

Power Play Goals

Power Play Assists

Short Handed Goals

Short Handed Assists

442

Shots

453

Shootout Attempts

Shootout Goals

44.4

Shootout Shot Percentage

0.0

12.4

Shooting Percentage

12.4

51.6

Faceoff Win Percent

48.9

Defensive

3.19

Goals Against Average

3.00

402

Saves

326

.893

Save Percentage

.886

Goals Against

453

Shots Against

371

Overtime Losses

Shootout Saves

Shootout Shots Against

.875

Shootout Save Percentage

.750

Penalties

192

Penalty Minutes

117