Canadiens vs Lightning

Final/OT · Tue Apr 21 · 7:00 PM ET · Benchmark International Arena

Montreal CanadiensCanadiens48-24-10

Final/OTApr 21, 2026

Tampa Bay LightningLightning50-26-6

TVESPN2The Spot - MTN

Closing line

US sportsbook at puck drop

Moneyline

MTL+154

TB−185

Puck line

MTL +1.5−155

TB −1.5+130

Total O/U

Over 5.5−130

Under 5.5+110

Puck line: Canadiens +1.5 covered.
Total O/U: under 5.5 (5 goals).

Recap

The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Montreal Canadiens 3-2 in overtime at Benchmark International Arena in Tampa on Apr 21, 2026 to move to 50-26-6.

The go-ahead score came with 12:48 left in overtime: J.J. Moser Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Anthony Cirelli (2). Montreal and Tampa Bay are tied 1-1 in the series.

Score by period

Montreal Canadiens and Tampa Bay Lightning, score by period
Team	1	2	3	OT	T
MTL	1	1	0	0	2
TB	1	0	1	1	3

W: Vasilevskiy · L: Dobes

Scoring plays

First Period

TBGoal · 8:40Brandon Hagel Goal (3) Slap Shot, assists: Jake Guentzel (4), Erik Cernak (1)0-1
MTLGoal · 16:11Lane Hutson Goal (1) Slap Shot, assists: Nick Suzuki (3), Cole Caufield (3)1-1

Second Period

MTLGoal · 18:36Josh Anderson Goal (2) Wrist Shot, assists: Phillip Danault (1), Jake Evans (1)2-1

Third Period

TBGoal · 12:33Nikita Kucherov Goal (1) Wrap-around, assists: Anthony Cirelli (1), Brandon Hagel (1)2-2

Overtime

TBGoal · 12:48J.J. Moser Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Anthony Cirelli (2)2-3

Team stats

MTLTB

Shots: 27; 34
Power Play Goals: 1; 0
Faceoff Win Percent: 47.9; 52.1
Hits: 43; 34
Blocked Shots: 25; 15
Penalty Minutes: 25; 27

Top performers

Montreal CanadiensTampa Bay Lightning

Goals

Josh Anderson1

Brandon Hagel1

Assists

Phillip Danault1

Anthony Cirelli2

Points

Josh Anderson1

Brandon Hagel2

Player stats

Canadiens · Forwards

Player	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	G	A	S	FO%	PIM
Josh Anderson RW	1	5	0	1	17:21	1	0	4	0.0	2
Zack Bolduc RW	0	3	0	0	12:02	0	0	2	0.0	0
Cole Caufield RW	0	3	0	-2	24:50	0	1	1	0.0	0
Kirby Dach C	0	3	0	-1	10:53	0	0	0	0.0	2
Phillip Danault C	2	3	1	1	18:38	0	1	0	66.7	0
Ivan Demidov RW	1	2	1	0	20:39	0	0	0	0.0	2
Jake Evans C	3	2	1	1	16:39	0	1	2	53.8	2
Oliver Kapanen C	2	1	0	0	10:04	0	0	1	60.0	0
Alex Newhook C	1	2	0	-1	18:57	0	0	0	36.4	0
Juraj Slafkovsky LW	0	2	0	-2	25:33	0	0	2	0.0	5
Nick Suzuki C	1	2	1	-2	25:08	0	1	2	41.9	0
Alexandre Texier LW	0	4	0	-1	16:37	0	0	2	0.0	0

Canadiens · Defense

Player	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	G	S	PIM
Alexandre Carrier D	4	3	0	-1	27:18	0	0	2
Kaiden Guhle D	3	3	1	-2	26:24	0	3	2
Lane Hutson D	2	0	1	-1	32:00	1	6	0
Mike Matheson D	3	0	1	0	28:47	0	2	2
Jayden Struble D	1	1	0	0	15:05	0	0	0
Arber Xhekaj D	1	4	0	0	9:05	0	0	6

Canadiens · Goalies

Player	GA	SA	SV	SV%	TOI	PIM
Jakub Dobes G	3	34	31	.912	72:48	0

Lightning · Forwards

Player	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	G	A	S	FO%	PIM
Anthony Cirelli C	0	3	0	3	22:43	0	2	0	61.3	0
Zemgus Girgensons C	1	5	0	-1	12:54	0	0	1	42.9	0
Gage Goncalves C	1	3	0	0	19:58	0	0	2	0.0	0
Yanni Gourde C	1	1	1	-1	18:41	0	0	2	0.0	4
Jake Guentzel C	0	1	0	1	25:10	0	1	4	71.4	2
Brandon Hagel LW	0	1	2	3	23:52	1	1	1	0.0	7
Dominic James C	0	0	0	0	13:25	0	0	1	25.0	0
Nikita Kucherov RW	1	1	0	2	23:22	1	0	5	0.0	2
Nick Paul LW	1	1	1	-1	13:32	0	0	3	72.7	2
Corey Perry RW	1	1	0	0	10:49	0	0	1	0.0	4
Brayden Point C	2	0	0	0	21:34	0	0	4	33.3	0
Scott Sabourin RW	0	5	0	0	8:20	0	0	0	0.0	2

Lightning · Defense

Player	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	G	A	S	PIM
Declan Carlile D	0	1	0	-1	17:38	0	0	1	0
Erik Cernak D	2	3	0	1	21:26	0	1	1	0
Emil Lilleberg D	2	4	0	-1	23:31	0	0	1	0
Ryan McDonagh D	2	2	1	1	21:06	0	0	1	2
J.J. Moser D	1	1	0	2	29:14	1	0	2	0
Darren Raddysh D	0	1	0	2	27:28	0	0	4	2

Lightning · Goalies

Player	GA	SA	SV	SV%	TOI	PIM
Andrei Vasilevskiy G	2	27	25	.926	72:14	0

Three stars

J.J. Moser (TB)
Andrei Vasilevskiy (TB)
Jakub Dobes (MTL)

Game info

VenueBenchmark International Arena, Tampa, FL

Attendance19,092

OfficialsReferee: Frederick L'Ecuyer · Referee: Graham Skilliter · Referee: Furman South · Linesman: Andrew Smith

TVESPN2 · nationalThe Spot - MTN · local

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Head to head

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