Montreal Canadiens vs Tampa Bay Lightning — March 31, 2026 Game Stats

Game Recap

The Montreal Canadiens defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-1 on March 31, 2026. Despite the result, the Tampa Bay Lightning held the edge in expected goals (2.73 to 1.82) at 5-on-5, indicating the Montreal Canadiens received favorable bounces or strong goaltending. The Tampa Bay Lightning created 12 high-danger scoring chances compared to 3 from the Montreal Canadiens at 5-on-5. Pontus Holmberg was the most dangerous skater with 0.48 individual expected goals on 3 shots at 5-on-5. The Tampa Bay Lightning outshot the Montreal Canadiens 37-23 in total shots on goal.

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xG Gameflow — cumulative expected goals chart tracking each team's xG as Montreal Canadiens vs Tampa Bay Lightning progressed on Mar 31, 2026
Shot heatmap — where shots were taken on the ice, color-coded by scoring probability
Event timeline — every goal, penalty, and key play mapped chronologically
Player matchup grid — head-to-head on-ice performance in Corsi and expected goals
Strength filter — 5v5 by default, with options for power play, penalty kill, and all situations

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Mar 31, 2026 · Regular Season

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Overview

	Period	Corsi			Fenwick			Shots			SC			HDSC			xG			Goals
		F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%
TBL	P1	16	17	48.5	11	14	44.0	8	9	47.1	14	9	60.9	4	1	80.0	1.19	0.89	57.3	1	1	50.0
	P2	22	13	62.9	15	8	65.2	12	6	66.7	13	10	56.5	3	0	100.0	0.94	0.54	63.5	0	1	0.0
	P3	26	13	66.7	21	12	63.6	17	8	68.0	20	9	69.0	10	2	83.3	1.91	0.79	70.7	0	2	0.0
	Total	64	43	59.8	47	34	58.0	37	23	61.7	47	28	62.7	17	3	85.0	4.04	2.21	64.6	1	4	20.0
MTL	P1	17	16	51.5	14	11	56.0	9	8	52.9	9	14	39.1	1	4	20.0	0.89	1.19	42.7	1	1	50.0
	P2	13	22	37.1	8	15	34.8	6	12	33.3	10	13	43.5	0	3	0.0	0.54	0.94	36.5	1	0	100.0
	P3	13	26	33.3	12	21	36.4	8	17	32.0	9	20	31.0	2	10	16.7	0.79	1.91	29.3	2	0	100.0
	Total	43	64	40.2	34	47	42.0	23	37	38.3	28	47	37.3	3	17	15.0	2.21	4.04	35.4	4	1	80.0

Win Probability

TBL Favored

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Goal

Power Play

Gameflow — Cumulative xG

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Shot Density Heatmap

MTL Attempts

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Individual Event Map

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Shot on Net

Hit Taken

Shot Blocked

Player Matchup Grid

This grid shows how every skater on the home team (TBL) performed against every skater on the away team (MTL) when they were on the ice at the same time.

Rows = TBL players, Columns = MTL players. Forwards are listed first, then defensemen.
Green = the TBL player had a favorable matchup (above 50%). Red = unfavorable (below 50%).
Values shown from the home team's perspective. Toggle between CF% (shot attempt share) and xGF% (expected goal share).
Cells with fewer than 3 shared events are grayed out (insufficient sample). Hover over any cell for full details.

Stat:

TBL ↓ / MTL →	Suzuki	Evans	Danault	Veleno	Newhook	Kapanen	Slafkovský	Caufield	Demidov	Anderson	Bolduc	Gallagher	Hutson	Matheson	Dobson	Guhle	Struble	Xhekaj
Point	0	61	58	75	67	83	20	0	50	38	20	50	56	65	59	63	0	38
Guentzel	0	63	64	82	67	80	25	0	50	43	20	50	57	70	69	57	0	44
Goncalves	0	44	29	33	71	75	20	0	50	30	22	50	57	25	25	45	0	44
Gourde	70	33	100	100	67	75	64	43	67	67	33	67	33	86	75	100	40	100
Cirelli	42	33	50	—	29	33	41	38	29	50	33	0	32	78	64	25	50	0
Girgensons	70	50	100	100	67	67	64	43	50	75	33	67	20	88	78	100	40	100
Hagel	56	75	86	89	43	63	56	53	50	71	50	—	50	90	83	54	40	33
Paul	33	—	63	50	67	0	0	0	67	50	—	50	40	100	100	25	33	100
Kucherov	57	60	100	89	63	78	53	50	67	57	25	—	56	82	79	62	33	33
Holmberg	78	100	100	100	100	100	78	60	100	100	100	100	33	100	100	100	50	100
Perry	—	—	67	50	100	100	—	—	100	—	—	50	100	100	100	0	50	100
Sabourin	—	—	63	50	100	—	—	—	67	—	—	60	100	67	67	0	50	100
Raddysh	67	71	73	79	60	80	67	63	55	71	33	75	64	80	80	67	43	75
Lilleberg	20	29	43	33	60	0	20	20	50	30	11	25	14	29	30	22	29	44
McDonagh	45	80	88	100	71	67	47	29	36	67	50	67	33	100	89	63	40	88
D'Astous	25	17	43	33	60	33	25	25	60	22	13	33	29	17	29	27	29	44
Cernak	50	50	86	100	50	50	50	31	25	50	50	50	29	100	86	60	33	83
Moser	60	33	50	50	44	50	55	50	40	50	25	50	45	64	62	43	33	0