Everything you need to know ahead of the Lightning’s matchup against the Montreal Canadiens on Tuesday:
When: Tuesday, March 31 – 7 p.m. ET
Where: Benchmark International Arena – Tampa, FL
TV Coverage: The Spot – Tampa Bay 66 (check local listings)
Radio coverage: 102.5 MHz-FM, Lightning Radio 24/7
Lines from Sunday’s game (subject to change)
Forwards
Corey Perry – Brayden Point- Jake Guentzel
Brandon Hagel – Anthony Cirelli – Gage Goncalves
Zemgus Girgensons – Yanni Gourde – Pontus Holmberg
Oliver Bjorkstrand – Nick Paul – Scott Sabourin
Defensemen
JJ Moser – Darren Raddysh
Ryan McDonagh – Erik Cernak
Charle-Edouard D’Astous – Emil Lilleberg
Goaltenders
Jonas Johansson
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Tuesday’s Matchup
The Lightning will host the Montreal Canadiens for the final time this season on Tuesday…Tampa Bay is 2-0-0 against the Canadiens in 2025-26 with a pair of December victories…Nikita Kucherov leads the Lightning with 3-1—4 in two games against Montreal this year, while Brayden Point (1-2—3) and Oliver Bjorkstrand (0-3—3) each have three points…Jonas Johansson started both games for Tampa Bay, going 2-0-0 with a .919 save percentage…Tampa Bay is 63-41-17 all-time against the Canadiens, including 32-16-13 on home ice…Victor Hedman is the franchise scoring leader versus Montreal with 10-41—51 in 52 games, while Kucherov ranks third with 20-28—48 in 40 career matchups against the Canadiens…Goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy is 16-3-2 when playing Montreal over his NHL career, posting a .931 save percentage and 2.08 goals against average with a pair of shutouts…Johansson is 3-1-0 as a Bolt against the team with a .906 save percentage and is 4-2-0 with an .875 save percentage across his entire career when playing Montreal.
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The Road Ahead
Thursday, April 2 vs. Pittsburgh Penguins
Saturday, April 4 vs. Boston Bruins
Monday, April 6 at Buffalo Sabres