Montréal Canadiens vs Tampa Bay Lightning

NHL Amalie Arena, Tampa·December 31, 2026

MTL

Montréal Canadiens MTL 1-2-1, 1-0-1 Away

December 31, 2026 7:00 pm

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Tampa Bay Lightning TB 3-0-0, 3-0-0 Home

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Standings

Atlantic Division Eastern Conference League

#	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	Pts	GF	GA	DIFF	HOME	AWAY
1	OTT Senators	4	3	1	0	6	12	9	+3	1-0-0	2-1-0
2	TB Lightning	4	3	1	0	6	11	9	+2	3-0-0	0-0-0
3	FLA Panthers	4	2	0	2	6	8	8	0	0-0-0	2-0-2
4	BOS Bruins	6	4	2	0	8	20	13	+7	3-1-0	1-1-0
5	TOR Maple Leafs	5	2	2	1	5	14	15	-1	2-2-0	0-0-1
6	BUF Sabres	4	2	2	0	4	10	15	-5	2-1-0	0-0-0
7	MTL Canadiens	4	1	2	1	3	14	19	-5	0-2-0	1-0-1
8	DET Red Wings	4	1	3	0	2	10	14	-4	1-3-0	0-0-0

#	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	Pts	GF	GA	DIFF	HOME	AWAY
1	NYR Rangers	6	4	2	0	8	17	11	+6	2-0-0	1-2-0
2	CAR Hurricanes	5	3	1	1	7	18	14	+4	1-1-1	2-0-0
3	WSH Capitals	4	3	1	0	6	14	9	+5	2-0-0	1-1-0
4	OTT Senators	4	3	1	0	6	12	9	+3	1-0-0	2-1-0
5	TB Lightning	4	3	1	0	6	11	9	+2	3-0-0	0-0-0
6	FLA Panthers	4	2	0	2	6	8	8	0	0-0-0	2-0-2
7	BOS Bruins	6	4	2	0	8	20	13	+7	3-1-0	1-1-0
8	PIT Penguins	5	2	2	1	5	20	16	+4	1-1-0	1-1-1
9	TOR Maple Leafs	5	2	2	1	5	14	15	-1	2-2-0	0-0-1
10	CBJ Blue Jackets	3	2	1	0	4	10	9	+1	1-1-0	0-0-0
11	NYI Islanders	4	2	2	0	4	13	8	+5	2-0-0	0-2-0
12	BUF Sabres	4	2	2	0	4	10	15	-5	2-1-0	0-0-0
13	MTL Canadiens	4	1	2	1	3	14	19	-5	0-2-0	1-0-1
14	NJ Devils	3	1	2	0	2	6	13	-7	2-1-0	0-1-0
15	DET Red Wings	4	1	3	0	2	10	14	-4	1-3-0	0-0-0
16	PHI Flyers	6	0	4	2	2	7	24	-17	0-1-1	0-3-1

#	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	Pts	RW	OTW	SOW	SOL	GF	GA	DIFF	HOME	AWAY
1	VGK Golden Knights	5	4	1	0	8	3	0	1	0	21	13	+8	2-1-0	2-0-0
2	NYR Rangers	6	4	2	0	8	4	0	0	0	17	11	+6	2-0-0	1-2-0
3	EDM Oilers	4	3	0	1	7	3	0	0	0	22	16	+6	1-0-1	3-0-0
4	WPG Jets	5	3	1	1	7	3	0	0	0	13	15	-2	1-1-1	2-0-0
5	CAR Hurricanes	5	3	1	1	7	2	1	0	0	18	14	+4	1-1-1	2-0-0
6	COL Avalanche	4	3	1	0	6	3	0	0	0	23	11	+12	2-0-0	1-1-0
7	WSH Capitals	4	3	1	0	6	3	0	0	0	14	9	+5	2-0-0	1-1-0
8	OTT Senators	4	3	1	0	6	3	0	0	0	12	9	+3	1-0-0	2-1-0
9	TB Lightning	4	3	1	0	6	3	0	0	0	11	9	+2	3-0-0	0-0-0
10	ANA Ducks	4	3	1	0	6	2	1	0	0	14	11	+3	1-1-0	2-0-0
11	FLA Panthers	4	2	0	2	6	1	1	0	0	8	8	0	0-0-0	2-0-2
12	SJ Sharks	4	3	1	0	6	0	3	0	0	12	14	-2	2-1-0	1-1-0
13	SEA Kraken	5	3	2	0	6	3	0	0	0	21	14	+7	1-1-0	2-1-0
14	UTA Mammoth	5	3	2	0	6	3	0	0	0	18	14	+4	1-0-0	2-2-0
15	BOS Bruins	5	3	2	0	6	2	1	0	0	15	12	+3	3-1-0	1-1-0
16	MIN Wild	4	2	1	1	5	2	0	0	0	11	8	+3	1-0-0	0-1-1
17	NSH Predators	4	2	1	1	5	2	0	0	0	12	11	+1	1-0-0	1-0-1
18	PIT Penguins	5	2	2	1	5	1	1	0	1	20	16	+4	1-1-0	1-1-1
19	TOR Maple Leafs	5	2	2	1	5	1	1	0	1	14	15	-1	2-2-0	0-0-1
20	CBJ Blue Jackets	3	2	1	0	4	1	0	1	0	10	9	+1	1-1-0	0-0-0
21	NYI Islanders	4	2	2	0	4	2	0	0	0	13	8	+5	2-0-0	0-2-0
22	DAL Stars	4	2	2	0	4	2	0	0	0	10	6	+4	1-1-0	1-1-0
23	BUF Sabres	4	2	2	0	4	1	1	0	0	10	15	-5	2-1-0	0-0-0
24	VAN Canucks	5	2	3	0	4	1	1	0	0	21	25	-4	1-2-0	1-2-0
25	STL Blues	4	1	2	1	3	1	0	0	0	9	13	-4	0-0-1	1-2-0
26	MTL Canadiens	4	1	2	1	3	1	0	0	0	14	19	-5	0-2-0	1-0-1
27	NJ Devils	3	1	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	6	13	-7	2-1-0	0-1-0
28	DET Red Wings	4	1	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	10	14	-4	1-3-0	0-0-0
29	CHI Blackhawks	5	1	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	10	21	-11	1-0-0	0-4-0
30	PHI Flyers	5	0	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	6	19	-13	0-1-1	0-3-1
31	LA Kings	3	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	9	15	-6	0-1-0	0-1-1
32	CGY Flames	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	23	-17	0-2-0	0-2-0

Key Players

Canadiens

NS

N. Suzuki C

1.4 PTS/G

3 G

4 A

CK

C. Kreider L

0.8 PTS/G

1 G

3 A

JD

J. Dobes G

.857 SV%

4.43 GAA

1 W

Lightning

NK

N. Kucherov R

1.25 PTS/G

0 G

5 A

JC

J. Carlson D

1 PTS/G

2 G

2 A

AV

A. Vasilevskiy G

.946 SV%

0.95 GAA

2 W

Stats Comparison

Overall Home vs Away

2026-2027

League Percentile Ranking

Scoring 1–2

3.5 10th

Goals For

13th 3.3

4.8 29th

Goals Against

1st 1.3

-1.3 28th

Goal Diff

2nd 2.0

Special Teams 0–2

7.1 30th

PP%

23rd 11.1

70.6 25th

PK%

13th 85.7

Offense 2–1

22.2 24th

Shots

14th 25.5

12.6 11th

Shooting%

22nd 9.8

53.9 5th

Faceoff%

17th 50.0

Defense 2–4

22.8 11th

Shots Against

2nd 18.0

10.0 28th

Blocks

24th 11.3

19.4 18th

Hits

30th 14.3

4.2 11th

Takeaways

28th 2.8

13.0 4th

Giveaways

1st 10.3

10.8 22nd

PIM

9th 7.0

2025-2026

League Percentile Ranking

Scoring 0–3

3.3 8th

Goals For

5th 3.4

3.1 15th

Goals Against

2nd 2.8

0.2 11th

Goal Diff

3rd 0.6

Special Teams 1–1

23.1 10th

PP%

23rd 16.2

76.3 25th

PK%

1st 88.3

Offense 2–1

25.1 29th

Shots

24th 26.1

13.7 1st

Shooting%

3rd 12.3

50.8 12th

Faceoff%

30th 45.6

Defense 6–0

27.0 12th

Shots Against

16th 27.7

16.5 2nd

Blocks

22nd 14.3

21.0 11th

Hits

20th 19.8

4.3 16th

Takeaways

21st 4.2

13.8 2nd

Giveaways

16th 15.7

12.0 28th

PIM

29th 12.3

Head-to-Head

Canadiens leads 4-1

Final

MTL Canadiens

101

2

TB Lightning

010

1

Canadiens win series 4-3

Final

MTL Canadiens

111

3

TB Lightning

020

2

Canadiens lead 3-2

Final/OT

MTL Canadiens

1100

2

TB Lightning

1011

3

Series tied 1-1

Final/OT

MTL Canadiens

1111

4

TB Lightning

0210

3

Canadiens lead 1-0

Final

MTL Canadiens

112

4

TB Lightning

100

1

Recent Form

Canadiens

L vs NSH 2-5

L vs CAR 4-6

L @ PIT 5-6

W @ TOR 3-2

L @ CAR 1-6

Lightning

W vs MIN 3-2

W vs PHI 4-1

W vs WSH 3-1

L vs MTL 1-2

W @ MTL 1-0

Form Comparison

Win-loss trend: each win +1, each loss −1

Amalie Arena

Tampa, US · 19,092 capacity

League: NHL
Season: NHL 26/27
Date: December 31, 2026
Time: 7:00 pm