Montreal Canadiens at Tampa Bay Lightning on December 28th 2025

Montreal Canadiens (4)

Tampa Bay Lightning (5)

Game No: 602

Started: 2025-12-28 17:09:00

Ended: 2025-12-28 19:55:00

Attendance: 19,092

Three Stars by: tb media

Full Recap

Period	Time	Team	Scorer	Assist	Assist
2	2:28	TBL	Nikita Kucherov	Gage Goncalves
2	12:11	TBL	Nikita Kucherov	Brayden Point	Gage Goncalves
2	14:49	TBL	Nick Paul	Oliver Bjorkstrand	Maxim Groshev
3	1:06	MTL	Ivan Demidov	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	Noah Dobson
3	1:40	TBL	Pontus Holmberg	Oliver Bjorkstrand	Charle-Edouard D'Astous
3	9:16	MTL	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	Oliver Kapanen
3	12:17	MTL	Noah Dobson	Cole Caufield	Mike Matheson
3	19:56	MTL	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	Ivan Demidov	Lane Hutson

Referees

#12 Cody Beach

#30 Kendrick Nicholson

Officials

#88 Tyson Baker

#96 David Brisebois

Period	Time	Team	Player	Penalty	PIM	Drawn By
1	3:50	TBL	Maxwell Crozier	Holding	2	Josh Anderson
1	12:15	TBL	Nick Paul	Delay Game - Puck over glass	2
1	16:46	MTL	Arber Xhekaj	Fighting (maj)	5	Scott Sabourin
1	16:46	TBL	Scott Sabourin	Fighting (maj)	5
1	18:07	TBL	Charle-Edouard D'Astous	Holding	2	Phillip Danault
2	3:54	MTL	Alexandre Texier	Hooking	2	Declan Carlile
2	12:19	TBL	Nikita Kucherov	Slashing	2

Montreal Canadiens Roster

Coach: Martin St. Louis

#	Player	Position
8	Mike Matheson	D
11	Brendan Gallagher	R
13	Cole Caufield	R
14	Nick Suzuki	C
17	Josh Anderson	R
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	L
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	L
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	L
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	L
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	L
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	L
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	L
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	L
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	L
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	L
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	L
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	L
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	L
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	L
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	L
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	L
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	L
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	L
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	L
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	L
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	L
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	L
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	L
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	L
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	L
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	L
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	L
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	L
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	L
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	L
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	L
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	L
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	L
24	Phillip Danault	C
27	Samuel Blais	L
27	Sammy Blais	L
32	Jacob Fowler	G
35	Samuel Montembeault	G
45	Alexandre Carrier	D
47	Jayden Struble	D
48	Lane Hutson	D
53	Noah Dobson	D
72	Arber Xhekaj	D
76	Zachary Bolduc	R
85	Alexandre Texier	L
90	Joe Veleno	C
91	Oliver Kapanen	C
93	Ivan Demidov	R

Tampa Bay Lightning Roster

Coach: Jon Cooper

#	Player	Position
20	Nick Paul	L
21	Brayden Point	C
22	Oliver Bjorkstrand	R
24	Max Crozier	D
24	Maxwell Crozier	D
28	Zemgus Girgensons	C
29	Pontus Holmberg	R
31	Jonas Johansson	G
37	Yanni Gourde	C
38	Brandon Hagel	L
43	Darren Raddysh	D
46	Scott Sabourin	R
51	Charle-Edouard D'Astous	D
52	Maxim Groshev	D
59	Jake Guentzel	C
67	Declan Carlile	D
71	Anthony Cirelli	C
86	Nikita Kucherov	R
88	Andrei Vasilevskiy	G
90	J.J. Moser	D
90	Janis Moser	D
93	Gage Goncalves	C

Montreal Canadiens Scratches

#	Player	Position
42	Adam Engstrom	D
62	Owen Beck	C
75	Jakub Dobes	G

Tampa Bay Lightning Scratches

#	Player	Position
17	Dominic James	C
42	Curtis Douglas	C

4	Goals	4
7	Assists	7
1	Plus / Minus	0
2	Penalties	5
7	PIM	13
59	Corsi For	34
63.44	Corsi %	36.56
36	Fenwick For	34
51.43	Fenwick %	48.57
36	Shots	22
26	Shots Blocked	14
23	Missed Shots	12
26	Hits	17
13	Giveaways	18
8	Takeaways	3
12	Blocked Shots	23
37	Faceoffs Won	22
22	Faceoffs Lost	37
63%	Faceoff Percentage	37%

Time Spent With Lead

Montreal Canadiens		Tampa Bay Lightning
Lead	Time With Lead	Lead	Time With Lead
1		1	17:22
2		2	6:13
3		3	13:53

Time Each Lead Lasted

Montreal Canadiens - Tampa Bay Lightning	Time With Lead
0 - 1	9:43
0 - 2	2:38
0 - 3	6:17
1 - 3	0:34
1 - 4	7:36
2 - 4	3:01
3 - 4	7:39
4 - 5	0
4 - 6	0

Montreal Canadiens

#	Player	G	A	Pts	+/-	P	PIM	S	SB	MS	H	GV	TK	B Shots	FW	FL	F%
8	Mike Matheson	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
11	Brendan Gallagher	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	Cole Caufield	0	1	1	1	0	0	2	1	2	1	2	1	1	1	0	100
14	Nick Suzuki	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	2	2	0	0	11	5	69
17	Josh Anderson	0	0	0	-2	0	0	2	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	2	0
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	0	0	0	-2	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	0	0	0	-2	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	0	0	0	-2	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	0	0	0	-2	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	0	0	0	-2	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	0	1	1	-1	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	0	1	1	-1	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	1	1	2	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	1	1	2	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	2	1	3	1	0	0	4	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	2	1	3	1	0	0	5	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	2	1	3	1	0	0	5	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	2	1	3	1	0	0	5	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	Phillip Danault	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	1	1	2	2	1	0	13	5	72
27	Samuel Blais	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	Sammy Blais	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
32	Jacob Fowler	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	Samuel Montembeault	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
45	Alexandre Carrier	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0
47	Jayden Struble	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0
48	Lane Hutson	0	1	1	1	0	0	3	4	1	0	1	1	2	0	0	0
53	Noah Dobson	1	1	2	0	0	0	5	5	1	2	0	3	4	0	0	0
72	Arber Xhekaj	0	0	0	-1	1	5	0	0	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0
76	Zachary Bolduc	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	5	0	1	1	0	0	0
85	Alexandre Texier	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
90	Joe Veleno	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	6	2	75
91	Oliver Kapanen	0	1	1	1	0	0	5	0	3	0	0	0	2	6	8	43
93	Ivan Demidov	1	1	2	2	0	0	3	3	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0

Tampa Bay Lightning

#	Player	G	A	Pts	+/-	P	PIM	S	SB	MS	H	GV	TK	B Shots	FW	FL	F%
20	Nick Paul	1	0	1	2	1	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	5	10	33
21	Brayden Point	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	5	6	45
22	Oliver Bjorkstrand	0	2	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
24	Max Crozier	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	Maxwell Crozier	0	0	0	-1	1	2	1	0	0	2	1	1	5	0	0	0
28	Zemgus Girgensons	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0
29	Pontus Holmberg	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	Jonas Johansson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	Yanni Gourde	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	2	3	1	0	0	1	4	5	44
38	Brandon Hagel	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	3	1	1	2	0	2	0	1	0
43	Darren Raddysh	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0
46	Scott Sabourin	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
51	Charle-Edouard D'Astous	0	1	1	2	1	2	2	2	0	1	4	0	1	0	0	0
52	Maxim Groshev	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
59	Jake Guentzel	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	1	1	1	2	0	0	3	2	60
67	Declan Carlile	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	0	3	0	0	0
71	Anthony Cirelli	0	0	0	-2	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	2	2	5	10	33
86	Nikita Kucherov	2	0	2	1	1	2	3	3	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0
88	Andrei Vasilevskiy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
90	J.J. Moser	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
90	Janis Moser	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	2	0	3	0	0	0
93	Gage Goncalves	0	2	2	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0

Montreal Canadiens

				TOI
#	Player	Shifts	Avg Shift	Total	Power Play	Shorthanded	Even Strength
8	Mike Matheson	30	00:53	26:37	00:29	01:16	24:52
11	Brendan Gallagher	15	00:54	13:42	03:35	00:00	10:07
13	Cole Caufield	22	01:01	22:42	04:08	00:00	18:34
14	Nick Suzuki	22	01:01	22:43	04:04	00:01	18:38
17	Josh Anderson	23	00:42	16:17	00:18	01:21	14:38
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	0
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	0
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	0
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	0
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	0
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	0
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	0
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	0
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	0
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	0
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	1	00:41	00:41	00:00	00:00	00:41
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	3	00:45	02:15	00:55	00:00	01:20
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	4	00:46	03:04	00:55	00:00	02:09
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	6	00:48	04:52	02:18	00:00	02:34
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	7	00:49	05:48	03:14	00:00	02:34
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	7	00:49	05:48	03:14	00:00	02:34
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	7	00:49	05:48	03:14	00:00	02:34
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	8	00:51	06:50	03:14	00:00	03:36
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	9	00:50	07:36	03:14	00:00	04:22
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	10	00:52	08:49	03:14	00:00	05:35
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	12	00:53	10:41	04:09	00:00	06:32
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	13	00:52	11:18	04:09	00:00	07:09
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	13	00:52	11:18	04:09	00:00	07:09
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	13	00:52	11:18	04:09	00:00	07:09
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	15	00:49	12:22	04:09	00:00	08:13
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	16	00:49	13:07	04:09	00:00	08:58
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	18	00:46	13:48	04:09	00:00	09:39
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	19	00:48	15:26	04:09	00:00	11:17
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	21	00:52	18:27	04:09	00:00	14:18
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	22	00:52	19:16	04:09	00:00	15:07
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	23	00:53	20:27	04:09	00:00	16:18
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	23	00:53	20:27	04:09	00:00	16:18
24	Phillip Danault	25	00:40	16:52	00:18	01:22	15:12
27	Samuel Blais	0
27	Sammy Blais	10	00:50	08:22	00:00	00:00	08:22
45	Alexandre Carrier	29	00:39	18:56	00:07	01:17	17:32
47	Jayden Struble	10	00:53	08:51	00:00	00:00	08:51
48	Lane Hutson	30	00:56	28:13	04:08	00:44	23:21
53	Noah Dobson	32	00:51	27:29	03:47	00:43	22:59
72	Arber Xhekaj	9	00:48	07:15	00:00	00:00	07:15
76	Zachary Bolduc	18	00:56	16:48	03:36	00:00	13:12
85	Alexandre Texier	22	00:39	14:34	03:38	00:00	10:56
90	Joe Veleno	14	00:41	09:43	00:11	00:40	08:52
91	Oliver Kapanen	22	00:44	16:20	03:24	00:36	12:20
93	Ivan Demidov	23	00:48	18:26	04:08	00:00	14:18

Tampa Bay Lightning

				TOI
#	Player	Shifts	Avg Shift	Total	Power Play	Shorthanded	Even Strength
20	Nick Paul	20	00:48	16:05	00:46	00:07	15:12
21	Brayden Point	17	00:58	16:38	01:13	00:00	15:25
22	Oliver Bjorkstrand	16	00:50	13:27	01:13	00:00	12:14
24	Max Crozier	0
24	Maxwell Crozier	25	00:56	23:41	00:00	02:34	21:07
28	Zemgus Girgensons	21	00:42	14:51	00:01	02:44	12:06
29	Pontus Holmberg	16	00:46	12:25	00:01	00:00	12:24
37	Yanni Gourde	20	00:47	15:46	00:01	02:57	12:48
38	Brandon Hagel	27	00:47	21:26	00:46	04:43	15:57
43	Darren Raddysh	26	00:57	24:44	01:27	04:50	18:27
46	Scott Sabourin	4	00:35	02:20	00:00	00:00	02:20
51	Charle-Edouard D'Astous	21	00:50	17:38	00:34	00:39	16:25
52	Maxim Groshev	15	00:52	13:03	00:00	00:03	13:00
59	Jake Guentzel	21	00:53	18:42	01:13	01:02	16:27
67	Declan Carlile	25	00:48	20:01	00:00	03:03	16:58
71	Anthony Cirelli	23	00:47	18:06	00:33	04:26	13:07
86	Nikita Kucherov	23	00:51	19:48	01:32	00:00	18:16
90	J.J. Moser	0
90	Janis Moser	24	01:01	24:28	00:01	04:52	19:35
93	Gage Goncalves	19	00:43	13:51	00:39	00:00	13:12

Montreal Canadiens

#	Player	Period	Goals Against	Shots Against	Save Percentage
32	Jacob Fowler	1	0	3	1
		2	3	13	0.769
		3	1	5	0.8
		4	0	1	1

Tampa Bay Lightning

#	Player	Period	Goals Against	Shots Against	Save Percentage
31	Jonas Johansson	1	0	11	1
		2	0	7	1
		3	4	16	0.75
		4	0	2	1