Lightning vs. Canadiens Prediction, Odds & Stats - April 24, 2026

Scoreboard	1	2	3	OT	Odds
Tampa Bay Lightning 50-26-4-2	1	1	0	0	+6
Montreal Canadiens 48-24-5-5	1	1	0	1	-118

Date	Result	Competition
04/29/26	Montreal Canadiens MON ( 48-24-5-5 ) Tampa Bay Lightning TB ( 50-26-4-2 ) 3 - 2	Atlantic
04/26/26	Tampa Bay Lightning TB ( 50-26-4-2 ) Montreal Canadiens MON ( 48-24-5-5 ) 3 - 2	Atlantic
04/21/26	Montreal Canadiens MON ( 48-24-5-5 ) Tampa Bay Lightning TB ( 50-26-4-2 ) 2 - 3	Atlantic
04/19/26	Montreal Canadiens MON ( 48-24-5-5 ) Tampa Bay Lightning TB ( 50-26-4-2 ) 4 - 3	Atlantic
04/15/26	NY Rangers Rangers NYR ( 34-39-8-1 ) Tampa Bay Lightning TB ( 50-26-4-2 ) 4 - 2	Metropolitan
04/14/26	Montreal Canadiens MON ( 48-24-5-5 ) Philadelphia Flyers PHI ( 43-27-8-4 ) 2 - 4	Atlantic

Team	Puckline	Moneyline	Over / Under
Tampa Bay Lightning TB	-1.5 0	0	U+60
Montreal Canadiens MON	+1.5 0	0	O+60

time	fav	line	total
Opening 22 Apr 2:58am	TB		O +6 -110
Closing 25 Apr 1:49am	TB		U +5.5 -900

Nikita Kucherov Right Wing Montreal	130	Points	101	Nick Suzuki Center Tampa Bay
Nikita Kucherov Right Wing Montreal	43	+ / -	37	Nick Suzuki Center Tampa Bay
Cole Caufield Right Wing Tampa Bay	258	Shots	231	Nikita Kucherov Right Wing Montreal
Arber Xhekaj Defense Tampa Bay	116	Penalty Mins	112	Charle-Edouard D'Astous Defense Montreal
Andrei Vasilevskiy Goaltender Montreal	39	Wins	29	Jakub Dobes Goaltender Tampa Bay
Jacob Fowler Goaltender Tampa Bay	2.4	GAA	2.3	Andrei Vasilevskiy Goaltender Montreal

Jake Guentzel Left Wing Montreal	8	Points	5	Lane Hutson Defense Tampa Bay
Zachary Bolduc Right Wing Tampa Bay	6	+ / -	6	Anthony Cirelli Center Montreal
Nikita Kucherov Right Wing Montreal	22	Shots	15	Juraj Slafkovsky Left Wing Tampa Bay
Brandon Hagel Left Wing Montreal	13	Penalty Mins	12	Arber Xhekaj Defense Tampa Bay
Jakub Dobes Goaltender Tampa Bay	3	Wins	2	Andrei Vasilevskiy Goaltender Montreal
Andrei Vasilevskiy Goaltender Montreal	2.7	GAA	2.5	Jakub Dobes Goaltender Tampa Bay

team	win	loss	last 10	w/l streak	ats	money	home	away	total
Tampa Bay Lightning Tampa Bay Lightning	51	26	5-5-0	1L	35-41	360	27-14-2	24-12-3-2	33-34-9
Montreal Canadiens Montreal Canadiens	49	24	7-3-0	1L	41-33	850	24-15-1-1	25-9-5-4	42-28-4

date	home-away	ats	o/u	MON:Shots	MON:Goals	MON:Assists	TB:Shots	TB:Goals	TB:Assists
04/29/2026	TB 2 - MON 3	MON	Under 5.5	24	3	5	40	2	2
04/26/2026	MON 2 - TB 3	TB	Under 6	18	2	4	20	3	6
04/24/2026	MON 3 - TB 2	MON	Under 6	29	3	5	17	2	2
04/21/2026	TB 3 - MON 2	TB	Under 6	27	2	4	34	3	5
04/19/2026	TB 3 - MON 4 (OT)	MON	Over 6	19	4	8	23	3	6
04/09/2026	MON 2 - TB 1	MON	Under 6.5	21	2	3	18	1	2
03/31/2026	TB 1 - MON 4	MON	Under 6.5	23	4	4	37	1	2
12/28/2025	TB 4 - MON 4	MON	Over 6	35	4	7	21	4	7
12/09/2025	MON 1 - TB 6	TB	Over 6	27	1	2	27	6	6
02/09/2025	MON 3 - TB 5	TB	Over 6	21	5	9	35	3	4
01/21/2025	MON 3 - TB 2	MON	Under 6.5	35	2	3	22	3	5
12/29/2024	TB 2 - MON 5	MON	Over 6.5	37	5	8	23	2	2
04/04/2024	MON 4 - TB 7	TB	Over 6.5	35	7	12	30	4	8
03/02/2024	TB 3 - MON 3	MON	Under 6.5	31	3	5	29	3	3
12/31/2023	TB 4 - MON 3	TB	Over 6.5	29	3	2	20	4	8
11/07/2023	MON 3 - TB 5	TB	Over 7	32	5	10	26	3	6
03/21/2023	MON 3 - TB 2	MON	Under 6.5	33	2	4	20	3	5
03/18/2023	TB 5 - MON 3	TB	Over 6.5	21	3	6	41	5	8
12/28/2022	TB 4 - MON 1	TB	Under 6	26	1	2	38	4	5
12/17/2022	MON 1 - TB 5	TB	Under 6	27	5	9	23	1	1

date	score	ats	o/u	Shots	Goals	Assists
04/29/2026	TB 2 - MON 3	L	Under 5.5	24	3	5
04/26/2026	MON 2 - TB 3	W	Under 6	20	3	6
04/24/2026	MON 3 - TB 2	L	Under 6	17	2	2
04/21/2026	TB 3 - MON 2	W	Under 6	27	2	4
04/19/2026	TB 3 - MON 4 (OT)	L	Over 6	19	4	8
04/15/2026	TB 2 - NYR 4	L	Under 6.5	21	4	8
04/13/2026	TB 4 - DET 3	W	Over 6.5	30	3	5
04/11/2026	BOS 1 - TB 2	W	Under 6	24	2	4
04/09/2026	MON 2 - TB 1	L	Under 6.5	18	1	2
04/07/2026	OTT 6 - TB 2	L	Over 6.5	30	2	4

date	score	ats	o/u	Shots	Goals	Assists
04/29/2026	TB 2 - MON 3	W	Under 5.5	40	2	2
04/26/2026	MON 2 - TB 3	L	Under 6	18	2	4
04/24/2026	MON 3 - TB 2	W	Under 6	29	3	5
04/21/2026	TB 3 - MON 2	L	Under 6	34	3	5
04/19/2026	TB 3 - MON 4 (OT)	W	Over 6	23	3	6
04/14/2026	PHI 4 - MON 2	L	Under 6	25	4	5
04/12/2026	NYI 1 - MON 4	W	Under 6.5	33	1	2
04/11/2026	MON 2 - CLB 5	L	Over 6	22	2	4
04/09/2026	MON 2 - TB 1	W	Under 6.5	21	2	3
04/07/2026	MON 3 - FLA 3	L	Under 6.5	32	3	6

Tampa Bay Lightning TB Montreal Canadiens MON

avg	rank	edge in	rank	avg
2.6	10	Goals Per Game	8	2.8
2.8	7	Goals Against Per Game	5	2.6
26.8	11	Shots Per Game	16	23.4
23.4	1	Shots Against Per Game	6	26.8
9.7	10	Shooting %	4	12.0
12.0	12	Opponent Shooting %	6	9.7
3.4	5	Shot Differential Per Game	10	-3.4
9.7	10	Scoring Efficiency Ratio	4	12.0
.880	7	Save %	5	.900
.900	4	Opponent Save %	2	.880
15.4	6	Penalty Minutes Per Game	5	16.2
0.8	4	Power Play Goals Per Game	3	1
1	10	Power Play Goals Against Per Game	9	0.8
17.4	6	Power Play %	4	23.8
76.2	13	Penalty Kill %	11	82.6
1.65	12	Blocks To Shots On Goal Ratio	14	1.49

offence

Tampa Bay Lightning TB

	Season stats	rank
Goals	3.49	4
Shots	28.11	14
Power Play (%)	21	15
Faceoff (%)	47	29
Penalty Mins	1207	1

Montreal Canadiens MON

	Season stats	rank
Goals	3.4	7
Shots	26.29	24
Power Play (%)	23	9
Faceoff (%)	51	9
Penalty Mins	849	5

defence

Tampa Bay Lightning TB

	Season stats	rank
Goals	3.49	4
Shots	28.11	14
Power Play (%)	21	15
Faceoff (%)	47	29
Penalty Mins	1207	1

Montreal Canadiens MON

	Season stats	rank
Goals	3.4	7
Shots	26.29	24
Power Play (%)	23	9
Faceoff (%)	51	9
Penalty Mins	849	5

Tampa Bay Lightning TB

player (position)	status		ats*current	o/u*	notes
Nick Paul (LW)	Ques Fri	Illness - 29 / 04 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Pontus Holmberg (RW)	Ques Sun	Upper Body - 22 / 04 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Charle-Edouard D'Astous (D)	Ques Fri	Undisclosed - 20 / 04 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Zemgus Girgensons (LW)	Ques Mon	Undisclosed - 11 / 04 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Darren Raddysh (D)	Ques Wed	Undisclosed - 11 / 04 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Brandon Hagel (LW)	Ques Sat	Lower Body - 09 / 04 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Scott Sabourin (RW)	Ques Mon	Undisclosed - 01 / 04 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Brandon Hagel (LW)	Ques Tues	Undisclosed - 01 / 04 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Nikita Kucherov (RW)	Ques Tues	Illness - 29 / 03 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Victor Hedman (D)	Out indefinitely	Personal - 20 / 03 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details

Montreal Canadiens MON

player (position)	status		ats*current	o/u*	notes
Noah Dobson (D)	Out indefinitely	Thumb - 12 / 04 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Alexandre Carrier (D)	Out Indefinitely	Upper Body - 31 / 03 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Josh Anderson (RW)	Ques Tues	Illness - 28 / 03 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Alexandre Texier (LW)	Ques Tues	Lower Body - 26 / 03 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Josh Anderson (RW)	Ques Tues	Upper Body - 19 / 03 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Kirby Dach (C)	Out indefinitely	Upper Body - 16 / 03 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Cole Caufield (RW)	Ques Sat	Illness - 11 / 03 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Joe Veleno (C)	Ques Thurs	Illness - 03 / 03 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Alexandre Texier (LW)	Ques Feb. 26	Lower Body - 02 / 02 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Kirby Dach (C)	Ques Tues	Hand - 24 / 01 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details

Tampa Bay Lightning TB

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Montreal Canadiens MON

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Tampa Bay Lightning TB

Over is 5-2 in Lightning last 7 games as a road underdog of +201 or greater.

Lightning are 51-15 in their last 66 games as a road favorite of -151 to -200.

Under is 6-2 in Lightning last 8 games as a favorite.

Lightning are 6-24 in their last 30 games as an underdog of +201 or greater.

Over is 8-2 in Lightning last 10 First Round games.

Montreal Canadiens MON

Canadiens are 5-1 in their last 6 after scoring 2 goals or less in their previous game.

Over is 3-1-1 in Canadiens last 5 games as a favorite.

Canadiens are 9-42 in their last 51 games as an underdog of +201 or greater.

Under is 11-4-2 in Canadiens last 17 First Round games.

Over is 4-1 in Canadiens last 5 games as a home favorite of -201 or greater.

Team	Win / Loss	ATS	OU
Buffalo Sabres BUF	50-23	50-28	40-36-2
Tampa Bay Lightning TB	50-26	44-33	42-31-4
Montreal Canadiens MON	48-24	35-44	33-37-9
Boston Bruins BOS	45-27	50-28	40-36-2
Ottawa Senators OTT	44-27	30-43	37-31-5
Detroit Red Wings DET	41-31	38-34	34-30-8
Florida Panthers FLA	40-38	38-34	34-30-8
Toronto Maple Leafs TOR	32-36	30-41	40-23-8

Tampa Bay Lightning

Pitchers

POS	Player

Hitters

POS	Player

Montreal Canadiens

Pitchers

POS	Player

Hitters

POS	Player

Game Statistics

Shots

11.8

10.3

Shooting %

Penalties

Penalty Minutes

Power Plays

Goals

Team	Last 5 Matches
Tampa Bay Lightning TB ( 50-26-4-2 )	L W L W L
Montreal Canadiens MON ( 48-24-5-5 )	L W L W L

05/01/26

7:00 pm ET

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05/01/26

7:00 pm ET

Tampa Bay Lightning TB ( 50-26-4-2 )

Montreal Canadiens MON ( 48-24-5-5 )

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Nikita Kucherov Right Wing Montreal	130	Points	101	Nick Suzuki Center Tampa Bay
Nikita Kucherov Right Wing Montreal	43	+ / -	37	Nick Suzuki Center Tampa Bay
Cole Caufield Right Wing Tampa Bay	258	Shots	231	Nikita Kucherov Right Wing Montreal
Arber Xhekaj Defense Tampa Bay	116	Penalty Mins	112	Charle-Edouard D'Astous Defense Montreal
Andrei Vasilevskiy Goaltender Montreal	39	Wins	29	Jakub Dobes Goaltender Tampa Bay
Jacob Fowler Goaltender Tampa Bay	2.4	GAA	2.3	Andrei Vasilevskiy Goaltender Montreal

Jake Guentzel Left Wing Montreal	8	Points	5	Lane Hutson Defense Tampa Bay
Zachary Bolduc Right Wing Tampa Bay	6	+ / -	6	Anthony Cirelli Center Montreal
Nikita Kucherov Right Wing Montreal	22	Shots	15	Juraj Slafkovsky Left Wing Tampa Bay
Brandon Hagel Left Wing Montreal	13	Penalty Mins	12	Arber Xhekaj Defense Tampa Bay
Jakub Dobes Goaltender Tampa Bay	3	Wins	2	Andrei Vasilevskiy Goaltender Montreal
Andrei Vasilevskiy Goaltender Montreal	2.7	GAA	2.5	Jakub Dobes Goaltender Tampa Bay

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Game Preview

Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Montreal Canadiens Prediction, NHL Odds

The scene shifts to Bell Centre on Friday night, as the Canadiens play host to the Tampa Bay Lightning in Game 3 of their Eastern Conference first-round series.

Team	Win / Loss	ATS	OU
Buffalo Sabres BUF	50-23	50-28	40-36-2
Tampa Bay Lightning TB	50-26	44-33	42-31-4
Montreal Canadiens MON	48-24	35-44	33-37-9
Boston Bruins BOS	45-27	50-28	40-36-2
Ottawa Senators OTT	44-27	30-43	37-31-5
Detroit Red Wings DET	41-31	38-34	34-30-8
Florida Panthers FLA	40-38	38-34	34-30-8
Toronto Maple Leafs TOR	32-36	30-41	40-23-8