Everything you need to know ahead of the Lightning's matchup against the Montreal Canadiens on Thursday:
When: Thursday, April 9 - 7 p.m. ET
Where: Bell Centre - Montréal, QC
TV Coverage: The Spot - Tampa Bay 66 (check local listings)
Radio coverage: 102.5 MHz-FM, Lightning Radio 24/7
Lines from Tuesday's game (subject to change)
Forwards
Jake Guentzel - Brayden Point - Nikita Kucherov
Gage Goncalves - Nick Paul - Corey Perry
Zemgus Girgensons - Yanni Gourde - Oliver Bjorkstrand
Jakob Pelletier - Conor Geekie
Defensemen
JJ Moser - Darren Raddysh
Ryan McDonagh - Erik Cernak
Charle-Edouard D'Astous - Emil Lilleberg
Goaltenders
Jonas Johansson
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Thursday's Matchup
The Tampa Bay Lightning face another divisional opponent on Thursday when they face the Montreal Canadiens for the final time this regular season...Tampa Bay is 2-1-0 against Montreal this season after a pair of wins in December and a loss on the final day of March...Nikita Kucherov leads the Lightning in scoring against the Canadiens this season with 3-1—4, while Brayden Point has 1-2—3 and Oliver Bjorkstrand has scored 0-3—3...Goalie Jonas Johansson is 2-0-0 against Montreal this season with a .919 save percentage, and Andrei Vasilevskiy is 0-1-0 with a .905 save percentage...The Lightning are 63-42-17 all-time against the Canadiens, including 32-17-13 on home ice...Victor Hedman is the team’s career scoring leader versus Montreal with 10-41—51 in 52 games, and Kucherov is the next active Bolt with 20-28—48 in 41 games...Vasilevskiy is 16-4-2 with a .930 career save percentage in games against the Canadiens, and Johansson is 4-2-0 with an .875 save percentage versus the team over his NHL career, including 3-1-0 with a .906 save percentage as a Bolt.
Tampa Bay Sports Item of the Game
2026 Tampa Bay Lightning Playoff Packs
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The Road Ahead
Saturday, April 11 at Boston Bruins
Monday, April 13 vs. Detroit Red Wings
Wednesday, April 15 vs. New York Rangers
