Montréal Canadiens 4–5 Tampa Bay Lightning · Sunday, December 28, 2025

Final/SO

Sunday, December 28, 2025

Benchmark International Arena, Tampa

TSN2, RDS, The Spot

Scoring

1st periodNo scoring

2nd period

02:28

Nikita Kucherov (16)Gage Goncalves (7) · snap0–1

12:11

Nikita Kucherov (17)Brayden Point (15), Gage Goncalves (8) · snap0–2

14:49

Nick Paul (4)Oliver Bjorkstrand (11), Maxim Groshev (1) · snap0–3

3rd period

01:06

Ivan Demidov (10)Juraj Slafkovský (15), Noah Dobson (18) · snap1–3

01:40

Pontus Holmberg (6)Oliver Bjorkstrand (12), Charle-Edouard D'Astous (9) · tip-in1–4

09:16

Juraj Slafkovský (12)Oliver Kapanen (9) · snap2–4

12:17

Noah Dobson (7)Cole Caufield (19), Mike Matheson (14) · snap3–4

19:56

Juraj Slafkovský (13)Ivan Demidov (22), Lane Hutson (31) · snap4–4

OTNo scoring

Shootout

00:00

Gage Goncalves ()Unassisted · wrist4–5

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	S	HITS	BLK	GVA	TKA	FO%	TOI	SHF
11	B. Gallagher	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	–	13:42	15
13	C. Caufield	R	0	1	1	+1	0	2	1	1	2	1	100	22:42	22
14	N. Suzuki	C	0	0	0	+1	0	0	2	0	2	0	69	22:43	22
17	J. Anderson	R	0	0	0	-2	0	2	4	0	0	0	–	16:17	23
20	J. Slafkovský	L	2	1	3	+1	0	5	0	0	0	0	–	20:27	23
24	P. Danault	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	0	2	1	72	16:52	25
27	S. Blais	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	08:22	10
76	Z. Bolduc	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	1	0	1	–	16:48	18
85	A. Texier	L	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	1	0	–	14:34	22
90	J. Veleno	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	0	0	0	75	09:43	14
91	O. Kapanen	C	0	1	1	+1	0	5	0	2	0	0	43	16:20	22
93	I. Demidov	R	1	1	2	+2	0	3	1	0	0	0	–	18:26	23
8	M. Matheson	D	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	–	26:37	30
45	A. Carrier	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	1	0	1	–	18:56	29
47	J. Struble	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	–	08:51	10
48	L. Hutson	D	0	1	1	+1	0	3	0	2	1	1	–	28:13	30
53	N. Dobson	D	1	1	2	0	0	5	2	3	0	3	–	27:29	32
72	A. Xhekaj	D	0	0	0	-1	5	0	3	0	1	0	–	07:15	9

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
32	J. FowlerSTART	O	21	17	4	.810	63:43
35	S. Montembeault		0	0	0	–	00:00

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	S	HITS	BLK	GVA	TKA	FO%	TOI	SHF
20	N. Paul	L	1	0	1	+2	2	1	0	0	0	0	33	16:05	20
21	B. Point	C	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	1	0	0	45	16:38	17
22	O. Bjorkstrand	R	0	2	2	+2	0	1	1	0	1	0	–	13:27	16
28	Z. Girgensons	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	1	0	0	–	14:52	20
29	P. Holmberg	R	1	0	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	–	12:25	16
37	Y. Gourde	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	1	0	0	44	15:46	20
38	B. Hagel	L	0	0	0	-2	0	1	1	2	2	0	–	21:25	26
46	S. Sabourin	R	0	0	0	0	5	0	1	0	0	0	–	02:20	4
59	J. Guentzel	C	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	0	2	0	60	18:42	21
71	A. Cirelli	C	0	0	0	-2	0	3	0	2	0	2	33	18:06	23
86	N. Kucherov	R	2	0	2	+1	2	3	1	0	2	0	–	19:48	23
93	G. Goncalves	C	0	2	2	+2	0	3	0	2	0	0	–	13:51	19
24	M. Crozier	D	0	0	0	-1	2	1	2	5	1	1	–	23:41	25
43	D. Raddysh	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	–	24:44	26
51	C. D'Astous	D	0	1	1	+2	2	2	1	1	4	0	–	17:38	21
52	M. Groshev	D	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	1	1	0	–	13:03	15
67	D. Carlile	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	2	3	2	0	–	20:01	25
90	J. Moser	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	0	–	24:28	24

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31	J. JohanssonSTART	W	35	31	4	.886	65:00
88	A. Vasilevskiy		0	0	0	–	00:00

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