Montreal Canadiens vs Tampa Bay Lightning — May 3, 2026 Game Stats

Game Recap

The Montreal Canadiens held on for a tight 2-1 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning on May 3, 2026. MTL got the two points, but TBL held a 2.42-1.06 expected goals edge at even strength. Gage Goncalves generated the most offense at even strength with 0.45 ixG on 3 shots. TBL peppered the net with 29 shots to MTL's 9.

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xG Gameflow — cumulative expected goals chart tracking each team's xG as Montreal Canadiens vs Tampa Bay Lightning progressed on May 3, 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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May 3, 2026 · Playoffs

Strength:

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	18	47.1	12	12	50.0	9	4	69.2	11	13	45.8	3	0	100.0	0.83	0.69	54.8	0	1	0.0
	P2	20	5	80.0	16	3	84.2	12	0	100.0	19	3	86.4	4	1	80.0	1.24	0.21	85.3	1	0	100.0
	P3	20	18	52.6	13	8	61.9	8	5	61.5	14	14	50.0	3	4	42.9	0.84	0.41	67.1	0	1	0.0
	Total	56	41	57.7	41	23	64.1	29	9	76.3	44	30	59.5	10	5	66.7	2.91	1.31	68.9	1	2	33.3
MTL	P1	18	16	52.9	12	12	50.0	4	9	30.8	13	11	54.2	0	3	0.0	0.69	0.83	45.2	1	0	100.0
	P2	5	20	20.0	3	16	15.8	0	12	0.0	3	19	13.6	1	4	20.0	0.21	1.24	14.7	0	1	0.0
	P3	18	20	47.4	8	13	38.1	5	8	38.5	14	14	50.0	4	3	57.1	0.41	0.84	32.9	1	0	100.0
	Total	41	56	42.3	23	41	35.9	9	29	23.7	30	44	40.5	5	10	33.3	1.31	2.91	31.1	2	1	66.7

Win Probability

TBL Favored

MTL Favored

Goal

Power Play

Gameflow — Cumulative xG

TBL

MTL

Goal

Shot Density Heatmap

MTL Attempts

TBL Attempts

Individual Event Map

Player:

MTL ShootTBL Shoot

Goal

Hit

Hit Taken

Shot Blocked

Giveaway

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	Danault	Evans	Newhook	Dach	Slafkovský	Texier	Demidov	Anderson	Caufield	Bolduc	Gallagher	Carrier	Hutson	Matheson	Dobson	Guhle	Struble
Gourde	0	57	75	56	—	40	100	33	50	20	—	33	100	36	50	50	50	—
Cirelli	50	0	67	100	75	43	75	50	38	38	75	100	56	55	44	67	63	—
Girgensons	0	57	67	56	—	25	100	0	60	25	—	33	100	33	50	50	50	—
Goncalves	67	100	80	100	86	50	87	50	67	75	80	0	83	63	83	86	67	100
James	67	100	80	100	85	50	87	0	67	75	79	0	83	63	83	86	60	100
Guentzel	100	50	50	50	100	36	—	50	100	67	100	100	67	38	57	56	83	50
Point	100	50	38	0	100	33	—	55	100	75	100	100	71	33	50	57	75	50
Hagel	61	50	71	100	83	56	75	67	44	44	75	100	67	55	50	73	70	—
Paul	50	57	83	56	100	67	100	100	50	33	100	33	100	50	75	60	50	—
Kucherov	53	50	75	100	75	50	60	67	44	44	60	100	67	55	38	67	63	—
Bjorkstrand	40	100	67	100	83	50	86	0	50	60	77	0	80	50	80	71	60	100
Perry	100	33	55	50	100	14	100	29	100	67	100	100	67	43	67	50	67	0
Raddysh	62	50	75	100	86	67	77	75	55	55	77	—	74	64	67	79	50	—
Moser	59	0	50	100	83	50	77	57	56	60	77	—	71	64	67	75	33	—
D'Astous	80	40	67	63	100	45	100	55	33	60	100	100	78	50	60	73	73	67
Cernak	20	67	43	67	75	14	100	17	60	20	75	57	75	31	71	40	60	67
McDonagh	0	67	33	57	67	0	100	0	50	17	67	25	67	25	50	25	57	100
Lilleberg	0	40	60	50	100	38	100	50	33	60	100	100	67	44	20	63	71	100