Final / SO/Sun Dec 28, 2025/Benchmark International Arena, Tampa/2025-26 regular season

01/Line score

Goals by period, from play-by-play
Team1st2nd3rdOTSOT
004004
031015

The shootout column is the single goal the winner is credited with in the final score, not the number of attempts converted. Shootout attempts do not appear on any skater's goal total.


02/Scoring summary

8 goals

2nd

3 goals
TimeTeamGoalAssistsMTLTBL
02:28TBLNikita Kucherov (16)Gage Goncalves01
12:11TBLNikita Kucherov (17)Brayden Point, Gage Goncalves02
14:49TBLNick Paul (4)Oliver Bjorkstrand, NHL 848216803

3rd

5 goals

Shootout

2 converted
TeamScored on the attemptGoaltender
TBLGage GoncalvesNHL 8484170
TBLBrayden PointNHL 8484170

03/Team stats

Counted from the play-by-play
MTL
Away / Home
TBL
4
Goals
5
35
Shots on goal
21
25
Missed shots
13
12
Blocked shots
23
86
Shot attempts
47
26
Hits
17
37
Faceoffs won of 59
22
62.7%
Faceoff win %
37.3%
13
Giveaways
18
8
Takeaways
3
2
Penalties
5
7
Penalty minutes
13
4
Power plays
1

Shots on goal include goals, the way the league counts them. Shot attempts are shots on goal plus misses plus attempts that were blocked. A club's blocked shots are the blocks it made, credited to the blocker's club: a shot that deflects off one of the shooter's own teammates is credited to neither side, so this can run under the raw count of blocked shots in the game. Penalty minutes are the durations the feed publishes, plus the ten minute misconduct that automatically rides with a match penalty.

Power plays are opportunities, and they are derived rather than stored. The feed carries no strength on a goal and no end time on a penalty, so the penalty record is run forward to find the seconds a club really had a skater more than its opponent: coincidental penalties offset, a double minor counts twice, a misconduct costs no skater, and a call at the final horn counts for nothing. Power play time is not printed, it would rest on the same reconstruction with nothing published to check it against.


04/Montréal Canadiens

Away · 18 skaters, 2 goaltenders
PlayerPosGAP+/-PIMSHBLKFOTOI
Juraj SlafkovskýL213+1050020:27
Noah DobsonD1120052327:29
Ivan DemidovR112+2031018:26
Lane HutsonD011+1030228:13
Mike MathesonD0110020026:37
Cole CaufieldR011+102111-022:42
Oliver KapanenC011+105026-816:20
Nick SuzukiC000+1002011-522:43
Alexandre CarrierD000-1010118:56
Phillip DanaultC000-1012013-516:52
Zack BolducR0000015116:48
Josh AndersonR000-202400-216:17
Alexandre TexierL0000211014:34
Brendan GallagherR0000031013:42
Joe VelenoC000-101206-29:43
Jayden StrubleD000000108:51
Sammy BlaisL000000118:22
Arber XhekajD000-150307:15
Skaters47117352611

Goaltending

PlayerSASVGASV%TOI
NHL 848417021174.81063:43
Sam Montembeault

A greyed line is a goaltender who dressed and did not play.


05/Tampa Bay Lightning

Home · 18 skaters, 2 goaltenders
PlayerPosGAP+/-PIMSHBLKFOTOI
Nikita KucherovR202+1231019:48
Gage GoncalvesC022+203020-113:51
Oliver BjorkstrandR022+2011013:27
Charle-Edouard D'AstousD011+2221117:38
Brayden PointC011+100015-616:38
Nick PaulL101+221005-1016:05
NHL 8482168011+1010113:03
Pontus HolmbergR1010022012:25
Darren RaddyshD0000001124:44
J.J. MoserD0000001324:28
Max CrozierD000-1212523:41
Brandon HagelL000-201120-121:25
NHL 8483398000-2002320:01
Jake GuentzelC000-200103-218:42
Anthony CirelliC000-203025-1018:06
Yanni GourdeC000-101114-515:46
Zemgus GirgensonsC000-102210-114:52
NHL 8477149000050100-12:20
Skaters471113211723

Goaltending

PlayerSASVGASV%TOI
Jonas Johansson35314.88665:00
Andrei Vasilevskiy

A greyed line is a goaltender who dressed and did not play.


06/Penalties

7 called
PerTimeTeamPlayerInfractionMinDrawn by
1st03:50TBLMax CrozierHolding2Josh Anderson
1st12:15TBLNick PaulDelay of game (puck over the glass)2
1st16:46MTLArber XhekajFighting5NHL 8477149
1st16:46TBLNHL 8477149Fighting5Arber Xhekaj
1st18:07TBLCharle-Edouard D'AstousHolding2Phillip Danault
2nd03:54MTLAlexandre TexierHooking2NHL 8483398
2nd12:19TBLNikita KucherovSlashing2Alexandre Texier

07/Game

Date
Sun Dec 28, 2025
Venue
Benchmark International Arena, Tampa
Season
2025-26
Type
Regular season
Decision
Final / SO
NHL game id
2025020602

Goals, assists, shots, hits, blocks and faceoffs are counted from the play-by-play for this game. Shots on goal include goals, the way the league counts them, so a club's skater shot total is the shot total the opposing goaltender faced. The skater line does not include a goaltender's own assists. Time on ice, penalty minutes and plus-minus come from the box score. Save percentage is saves over shots faced and excludes any empty-net goal, which the feed does not credit to a goaltender. 4 players are not in the player index and appear by NHL id rather than under an invented name.