Montreal Canadiens @ Tampa Bay Lightning

East 1st Round - Game 2 • MTL leads series 1-0

MTL

Montreal CanadiensCanadiensMTL

48-24-10, 24-9-8 Away

Tampa Bay LightningLightningTB

50-26-6, 26-14-1 Home

Game Odds
Odds by

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Montreal CanadiensCanadiensMTL

(48-24-10)

(48-24-10, 24-9-8 Away)

o6.5

+110

Tampa Bay LightningLightningTB

(50-26-6)

(50-26-6, 26-14-1 Home)

-180

ML

Canadiens

NAME	WINS	L	OTL	SO	GAA	SV%
J. Dobes	29	10	4	0	2.78	.901
S. Montembeault	10	8	4	0	3.43	.872
J. Fowler	9	6	2	1	2.43	.908

Lightning

NAME	WINS	L	OTL	SO	GAA	SV%
A. Vasilevskiy	39	15	4	2	2.31	.912
J. Johansson	11	10	2	0	3.29	.884
B. Halverson	0	1	0	0	4.22	.810

Benchmark International Arena

Benchmark International Arena

7:00 PM, April 21, 2026Coverage: ESPN2

Tampa, FL

Montreal visits Tampa Bay with 1-0 series lead

Montreal Canadiens (48-24-10, in the Atlantic Division) vs. Tampa Bay Lightning (50-26-6, in the Atlantic Division)

Apr 20, 2026, 04:12 am - Data Skrive

MTL

TB

Points

Nick SuzukiC #14

Nikita KucherovRW #86

Goals

Cole CaufieldRW #13

Nikita KucherovRW #86

Assists

Nick SuzukiC #14

Nikita KucherovRW #86

Montreal Canadiens

Name, Pos	Status	Est. Return Date
Noah Dobson D	OUT	Apr 26

Tampa Bay Lightning

Name, Pos	Status	Est. Return Date
Victor Hedman D	IR-LT	May 3
Pontus Holmberg RW	OUT	May 3

team	GF/G	GAA	SF/G	SA/G	PIM	PPG	PCT	PPGA	PCT	SHG	SHGA
MTL	3.40	3.06	26.3	27.8	849	56	23.1	54	78.2	8	0
TB	3.49	2.79	28.1	26.7	1207	51	20.7	45	82.6	6	0

Canadiens Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
4/19/26	@TB	W4-3 OT
4/14/26	@PHI	L4-2
4/12/26	@NYI	W4-1
4/11/26	vsCBJ	L5-2
4/9/26	vsTB	W2-1

Lightning Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
4/19/26	vsMTL	L4-3 OT
4/15/26	vsNYR	L4-2
4/13/26	vsDET	W4-3 OT
4/11/26	@BOS	W2-1
4/9/26	@MTL	L2-1

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Canadiens
4
Lightning
3

Game 1

4/19

Canadiens
Lightning

Game 2

4/21

ESPN2

Lightning
Canadiens

Game 3

4/24

TNT/truTV/HBO Max

Lightning
Canadiens

Game 4

4/26

ESPN

Canadiens
Lightning

Game 5

4/29

Lightning
Canadiens

Game 6

5/1

Canadiens
Lightning

Game 7

5/3

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Buffalo	50	23	9	109
Tampa Bay	50	26	6	106
Montreal	48	24	10	106
Boston	45	27	10	100
Ottawa	44	27	11	99
Detroit	41	31	10	92
Florida	40	38	4	84
Toronto	32	36	14	78

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