Everything you need to know ahead of the Lightning's matchup against the Montreal Canadiens in Game 4 on Friday:
When: Friday, May 1 - 7 p.m. ET
Where: Bell Centre - Montréal, QC
TV Coverage: The Spot - Tampa Bay 66 (check local listings)
Stream: TampaBayLightning.com/StreamNow
Radio coverage: 102.5 MHz-FM, Lightning Radio 24/7
Lines from Wednesday's game (subject to change)
Forwards
Brandon Hagel - Brayden Point - Nikita Kucherov
Yanni Gourde - Anthony Cirelli - Jake Guentzel
Gage Goncalves - Dominic James - Oliver Bjorkstrand
Zemgus Girgensons - Conor Geekie - Corey Perry
Defensemen
JJ Moser - Darren Raddysh
Ryan McDonagh - Erik Cernak
Emil Lilleberg - Max Crozier
Goaltenders
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Jonas Johansson
Friday's Matchup
The Tampa Bay Lightning play in a must-win Game 6 on Friday at the Bell Centre in Montreal as they look to force a Game 7 in their First Round Stanley Cup Playoffs matchup against the Montreal Canadiens...The teams traded overtime losses in the first three games of the series for a 2-1 Canadiens advantage, but the Lightning won Game 4 in 3-2 fashion before Montreal took Game 5 by the same score...Tampa Bay is 14-10 all-time in the playoffs versus the Canadiens...Jake Guentzel leads the team in scoring so far this postseason with 2-6—8 in five games, followed by Brandon Hagel’s 6-1—7...Andrei Vasilevskiy is 2-3 with an .880 save percentage in the series...Nikita Kucherov is the franchise’s career playoff scoring leader against Montreal with 11-8—19 in 18 games, while Vasilevskiy carries a 6-4 career record and .912 save percentage versus the team into Game 6.
Tampa Bay Sports Item of the Game
2026 Be the Thunder Playoffs Collection
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The Road Ahead ( * if necessary)
- Game 7: Lightning vs. Canadiens - Sunday, May 3*
