Venue: Bell Centre — Montréal, QC
Address: 1909 Avenue des Canadiens‑de‑Montréal, Montréal, H3B 5E8
Faceoff is scheduled for 7:00 PM EDT
Injury Report
Montreal Canadiens
Patrik Laine — Out (abdomen)
Noah Dobson — Out (thumb)
Tampa Bay Lightning
Charle‑Edouard D’Astous — Day‑to‑day (undisclosed)
Victor Hedman — Out (personal)
Pontus Holmberg — Out (upper‑body)
Team Records
Tampa Bay Lightning: 50‑26‑6 (2nd Atlantic)
Montreal Canadiens: 48‑24‑10 (3rd Atlantic)
Series: Tied 1–1 (Eastern Conference First Round)
Recent Team Form
Lightning — Last 5
Win, Loss, Loss, Win, Win
Canadiens — Last 5
Loss, Win, Loss, Win, Loss
Last 10 Games
Tampa Bay: 5‑4‑1, averaging 2.8 goals for and 2.8 against
Montreal: 6‑3‑1, averaging 2.5 goals for and 2.7 against
Series History & Context
Teams have met six times this season.
Last meeting: Lightning 3–2 (OT) — Kucherov, Hagel, and Moser scored for Tampa Bay.
Montréal is 20‑6‑2 when scoring a power‑play goal.
Tampa Bay is 16‑7‑3 when committing fewer penalties than their opponent.
Key Player Matchups
Montreal Canadiens
Cole Caufield: 51 G, 37 A (88 pts)
Juraj Slafkovský: 4 G, 6 A in last 10
Tampa Bay Lightning
Nikita Kucherov: 38 G, 50 A (season), 5 G + 7 A in last 10
Jake Guentzel: 38 G, 50 A
Goaltending
Andrei Vasilevskiy (TB): .912 SV%
Jacob Fowler (MTL): .908 SV%
Betting Trends
Lightning: Strong road team (24‑12‑5).
Canadiens: Strong home team (24‑15‑2).
Both teams average 3.5 goals per game this season.
Game Odds
Tampa Bay Lightning – 122
Montreal Canadiens 5.5
Odds Courtesy of Sports Odds Direct as of Thursday, April 23, 2026
