Montréal Canadiens at Tampa Bay Lightning

Sun, Dec 28, 2025 · Benchmark International Arena · 2025–26 Regular Season

Montréal Canadiens

4 – 5

Final/SO

Tampa Bay Lightning

The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Montréal Canadiens 5–4 in a shootout on Sun, Dec 28, 2025 at Benchmark International Arena. Nikita Kucherov scored twice; Juraj Slafkovský scored twice. Jonas Johansson made 32 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 35–21.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	SO	T	SOG
MTL	0	0	4	0	0	4	35
TBL	0	3	1	0	2	5	21

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
2nd	02:28	TBL	EV	Nikita Kucherov (16) · snap	Gage Goncalves (7)	0–1
2nd	12:11	TBL	EV	Nikita Kucherov (17) · snap	Brayden Point (15), Gage Goncalves (8)	0–2
2nd	14:49	TBL	EV	Nick Paul (4) · snap	Oliver Bjorkstrand (11), Maxim Groshev (1)	0–3
3rd	01:06	MTL	EV	Ivan Demidov (10) · snap	Juraj Slafkovský (15), Noah Dobson (18)	1–3
3rd	01:40	TBL	EV	Pontus Holmberg (6) · tip-in	Oliver Bjorkstrand (12), Charle-Edouard D'Astous (9)	1–4
3rd	09:16	MTL	EV	Juraj Slafkovský (12) · snap	Oliver Kapanen (9)	2–4
3rd	12:17	MTL	EV	Noah Dobson (7) · snap	Cole Caufield (19), Mike Matheson (14)	3–4
3rd	19:56	MTL	PP	Juraj Slafkovský (13) · snap	Ivan Demidov (22), Lane Hutson (31)	4–4

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	03:50	TBL	Max Crozier	holding	2
1st	12:15	TBL	Nick Paul	delaying game puck over glass	2
1st	16:46	MTL	Arber Xhekaj	fighting	5
1st	16:46	TBL	Scott Sabourin	fighting	5
1st	18:07	TBL	Charle-Edouard D'Astous	holding	2
2nd	03:54	MTL	Alexandre Texier	hooking	2
2nd	12:19	TBL	Nikita Kucherov	slashing	2

Shot map

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: MTL 5.24 · TBL 4.50 · xG% MTL 53.8

Montréal Canadiens

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
20	Juraj Slafkovský	L	2	1	3	+1	0	5	0	0		20:27	23
53	Noah Dobson	D	1	1	2	0	0	5	2	3		27:29	32
93	Ivan Demidov	R	1	1	2	+2	0	3	1	0		18:26	23
48	Lane Hutson	D	0	1	1	+1	0	3	0	2		28:13	30
8	Mike Matheson	D	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0		26:37	30
13	Cole Caufield	R	0	1	1	+1	0	2	1	1	100.0	22:42	22
91	Oliver Kapanen	C	0	1	1	+1	0	5	0	2	42.9	16:20	22
14	Nick Suzuki	C	0	0	0	+1	0	0	2	0	68.8	22:43	22
45	Alexandre Carrier	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	1		18:56	29
24	Phillip Danault	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	0	72.2	16:52	25
76	Zachary Bolduc	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	1		16:48	18
17	Josh Anderson	R	0	0	0	-2	0	2	4	0		16:17	23
85	Alexandre Texier	L	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0		14:34	22
11	Brendan Gallagher	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0		13:42	15
90	Joseph Veleno	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	0	75.0	9:43	14
47	Jayden Struble	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		8:51	10
27	Sammy Blais	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1		8:22	10
72	Arber Xhekaj	D	0	0	0	-1	5	0	3	0		7:15	9

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
32	Jacob Fowler	OTL	22	18	4	.818	63:43

Tampa Bay Lightning

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
86	Nikita Kucherov	R	2	0	2	+1	2	3	1	0		19:48	23
93	Gage Goncalves	C	0	2	2	+2	0	3	0	2		13:51	19
22	Oliver Bjorkstrand	R	0	2	2	+2	0	1	1	0		13:27	16
51	Charle-Edouard D'Astous	D	0	1	1	+2	2	2	1	1		17:38	21
21	Brayden Point	C	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	1	45.5	16:38	17
20	Nick Paul	L	1	0	1	+2	2	1	0	0	33.3	16:05	20
52	Maxim Groshev	D	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	1		13:03	15
29	Pontus Holmberg	R	1	0	1	0	0	2	2	0		12:25	16
43	Darren Raddysh	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1		24:44	26
90	J.J. Moser	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3		24:28	24
24	Max Crozier	D	0	0	0	-1	2	1	2	5		23:41	25
38	Brandon Hagel	L	0	0	0	-2	0	1	1	2		21:25	26
67	Declan Carlile	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	2	3		20:01	25
59	Jake Guentzel	C	0	0	0	-2	0	1	1	0	60.0	18:42	21
71	Anthony Cirelli	C	0	0	0	-2	0	3	0	2	33.3	18:06	23
37	Yanni Gourde	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	1	44.4	15:46	20
28	Zemgus Girgensons	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	1		14:52	20
46	Scott Sabourin	R	0	0	0	0	5	0	1	0		2:20	4

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31	Jonas Johansson	W	36	32	4	.889	65:00