Evans' goal late in the third period completes Canadiens' rally past Lightning in 3-2 victory
— Jake Evans scored the winning goal with 2:15 remaining to rally the Montreal Canadiens past the Tampa Bay Lightning 3-2 on Tuesday night.
National Hockey League
FINAL
Tampa Bay Lightning
2
Montreal Canadiens
3
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TB | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| MTL | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
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Match Report
Last five matches
| Date | Opp | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/31/26 | @ Nashville Predators | L 4-5 | NHL |
| 10/29/26 | vs Winnipeg Jets | W 6-4 | NHL |
| 10/24/26 | @ Utah Mammoth | L 4-5 | NHL |
| 10/23/26 | @ Colorado Avalanche | L 3-6 | NHL |
| 10/20/26 | @ Vegas Golden Knights | W 6-2 | NHL |
| Full Schedule | |||
Play by Play
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Missed 19:13 2-3
Brendan Gallagher Wrist Shot Wide Left
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Missed 18:55 2-3
Victor Hedman Snap Shot Wide Left
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Missed 18:30 2-3
Jake Evans Snap Shot Wide Right
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Goal 17:45 2-3
Jake Evans Goal (11) Snap Shot, assists: Joel Armia (14), Alexandre Carrier (15)
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Missed 13:38 2-2
Juraj Slafkovsky Tip-In Wide Left
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Missed 9:42 2-2
Jake Guentzel Snap Shot Wide Left
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Missed 9:23 2-2
Owen Beck Backhand Wide Left
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Missed 7:35 2-2
Nick Suzuki Tip-In High and Wide Left
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Missed 5:48 2-2
Anthony Cirelli Snap Shot Wide Left
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Missed 5:11 2-2
Michael Eyssimont Snap Shot Wide Left
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Missed 3:47 2-2
Joel Armia Snap Shot High and Wide Left
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Missed 2:53 2-2
Emil Lilleberg Slap Shot Wide Right
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Missed 1:17 2-2
Brandon Hagel Wrist Shot Wide Left
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Missed 1:07 2-2
Alexandre Carrier Wrist Shot Above Crossbar
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Missed 19:11 2-2
Brayden Point Backhand Hit Left Post
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Missed 17:10 2-2
Brendan Gallagher Tip-In High and Wide Right
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Penalty 12:55 2-2
Brendan Gallagher High-sticking against Zemgus Girgensons
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Missed 11:24 2-2
Jake Guentzel Snap Shot Wide Right
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Goal 7:21 2-2
Alex Newhook Goal (9) Slap Shot, assists: Patrik Laine (5)
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Missed 6:43 2-1
Patrik Laine Wrist Shot Wide Right
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Goal 5:32 2-1
Juraj Slafkovsky Goal (7) Wrist Shot, assists: Patrik Laine (4), Lane Hutson (36)
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Penalty 4:54 2-0
Conor Geekie Tripping against Christian Dvorak
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Missed 3:13 2-0
Kaiden Guhle Snap Shot High and Wide Left
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Goal 2:45 2-0
Jake Guentzel Goal (24) Backhand, assists: Michael Eyssimont (3)
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Penalty 19:54 1-0
Christian Dvorak Tripping against Darren Raddysh
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Missed 18:46 1-0
Juraj Slafkovsky Backhand Wide Right
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Penalty 18:12 1-0
Nick Perbix High-sticking against Kirby Dach
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Penalty 15:25 1-0
Lane Hutson High-sticking against Jake Guentzel
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Missed 15:13 1-0
Michael Eyssimont Tip-In Wide Right
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Missed 14:29 1-0
Anthony Cirelli Tip-In Wide Right
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Goal 14:20 1-0
Nikita Kucherov Goal (22) Snap Shot, assists: Anthony Cirelli (20), Emil Lilleberg (11)
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Missed 13:47 0-0
David Savard Slap Shot Wide Right
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Missed 13:21 0-0
Arber Xhekaj Snap Shot Wide Right
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Missed 12:35 0-0
Emil Lilleberg Snap Shot Wide Left
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Missed 12:29 0-0
Emil Lilleberg Snap Shot Wide Right
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Missed 12:13 0-0
Jake Guentzel Snap Shot Wide Left
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Missed 9:56 0-0
Anthony Cirelli Snap Shot Hit Left Post
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Penalty 8:43 0-0
Mike Matheson Interference against Nikita Kucherov
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Missed 5:52 0-0
Alexandre Carrier Snap Shot Off Crossbar
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Missed 2:52 0-0
Mitchell Chaffee Snap Shot High and Wide Left
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Missed 2:47 0-0
Mitchell Chaffee Wrist Shot Wide Right
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Missed 2:01 0-0
Mike Matheson Snap Shot Hit Right Post
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Missed 1:16 0-0
Nikita Kucherov Wrist Shot Wide Left
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End of Game 20:00 2-3
Game End
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Period End 20:00 2-3
End of 3rd Period
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Shot 19:28 2-3
Anthony Cirelli Snap Shot saved by Sam Montembeault
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Shot 19:27 2-3
Brayden Point Snap Shot saved by Sam Montembeault
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Face Off 19:13 2-3
Brayden Point faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
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Stoppage 19:13 2-3
Icing
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Missed 19:13 2-3
Brendan Gallagher Wrist Shot Wide Left
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Missed 18:55 2-3
Victor Hedman Snap Shot Wide Left
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Face Off 18:31 2-3
Jake Evans faceoff won against Brayden Point
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Stoppage 18:31 2-3
Icing
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Missed 18:30 2-3
Jake Evans Snap Shot Wide Right
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Shot 18:20 2-3
Brandon Hagel Wrist Shot saved by Sam Montembeault
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Face Off 18:09 2-3
Brayden Point faceoff won against Jake Evans
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Stoppage 18:09 2-3
Icing
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Takeaway 18:03 2-3
Takeaway by Joel Armia
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Face Off 17:45 2-3
Jake Evans faceoff won against Anthony Cirelli
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Goal 17:45 2-3
Jake Evans Goal (11) Snap Shot, assists: Joel Armia (14), Alexandre Carrier (15)
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Face Off 17:36 2-2
Jake Evans faceoff won against Jake Guentzel
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Stoppage 17:36 2-2
Puck in Netting
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Blocked 17:34 2-2
Victor Hedman shot blocked by Kirby Dach
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Hit 17:15 2-2
Alex Newhook hit Darren Raddysh
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Face Off 16:55 2-2
Alex Newhook faceoff won against Nick Paul
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Stoppage 16:55 2-2
Goalie Stopped
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Shot 16:53 2-2
Alexandre Carrier Slap Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
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Giveaway 16:49 2-2
Giveaway by Anthony Cirelli
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Shot 16:19 2-2
Maxwell Crozier Snap Shot saved by Sam Montembeault
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Face Off 16:17 2-2
Anthony Cirelli faceoff won against Christian Dvorak
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Stoppage 16:17 2-2
Goalie Stopped
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Shot 16:14 2-2
Michael Eyssimont Backhand saved by Sam Montembeault
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Shot 16:13 2-2
Jake Guentzel Snap Shot saved by Sam Montembeault
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Face Off 15:39 2-2
Christian Dvorak faceoff won against Jake Guentzel
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Stoppage 15:39 2-2
Puck in Benches
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Blocked 15:33 2-2
Maxwell Crozier shot blocked by Joel Armia
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Hit 15:28 2-2
Nikita Kucherov hit Alexandre Carrier
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Shot 15:18 2-2
Nikita Kucherov Snap Shot saved by Sam Montembeault
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Face Off 15:02 2-2
Jake Evans faceoff won against Anthony Cirelli
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Stoppage 15:02 2-2
Goalie Stopped
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Shot 15:00 2-2
Joel Armia Slap Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
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Shot 14:56 2-2
Nick Suzuki Snap Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
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Hit 14:47 2-2
Joel Armia hit Darren Raddysh
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Team Stats
TB
MTL
15
Blocked Shots
11
18
Hits
23
0
Takeaways
3
35
Shots
22
0
Power Play Goals
1
4
Power Play Opportunities
2
0.0
Power Play Percentage
50.0
0
Short Handed Goals
0
0
Shootout Goals
0
29
Faceoffs Won
28
50.9
Faceoff Win Percent
49.1
16
Giveaways
11
2
Total Penalties
4
4
Penalty Minutes
8
Head to Head
MTL leads series 2-0
Injuries
Montreal Canadiens
- Kirby Dach Day-To-Day
- Mike Matheson Out
- Sam Montembeault Injured Reserve
- Nick Suzuki Out
- Ivan Demidov Injured Reserve
Tampa Bay Lightning
- Zemgus Girgensons Out
- Erik Cernak Day-To-Day
- Yanni Gourde Injured Reserve
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