Top Cheddar 2026-27

Sunday, December 28, 2025 · Benchmark International Arena

Canadiens 4 at Lightning 5

Final/SO

Three Stars

R 99OVR Nikita Kucherov Lightning First Star 2G · 3 SOG L 87OVR Juraj Slafkovský Canadiens Second Star 2G · 1A · 5 SOG C 72OVR Gage Goncalves Lightning Third Star 2A · 3 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

No scoring

2nd Period

  1. 2:28 Nikita Kucherov (16) Gage Goncalves (7) · Snap MTL 0 – 1 TBL
  2. 12:11 Nikita Kucherov (17) Brayden Point (15), Gage Goncalves (8) · Snap MTL 0 – 2 TBL
  3. 14:49 Nick Paul (4) Oliver Bjorkstrand (11), Maxim Groshev (1) · Snap MTL 0 – 3 TBL

3rd Period

  1. 1:06 Ivan Demidov (10) Juraj Slafkovský (15), Noah Dobson (18) · Snap MTL 1 – 3 TBL
  2. 1:40 Pontus Holmberg (6) Oliver Bjorkstrand (12), Charle-Edouard D'Astous (9) · Tip-in MTL 1 – 4 TBL
  3. 9:16 Juraj Slafkovský (12) Oliver Kapanen (9) · Snap MTL 2 – 4 TBL
  4. 12:17 Noah Dobson (7) Cole Caufield (19), Mike Matheson (14) · Snap MTL 3 – 4 TBL
  5. 19:56 Juraj Slafkovský (13) Ivan Demidov (22), Lane Hutson (31) · Snap MTL 4 – 4 TBL

Overtime

No scoring

Shootout

  1. Gage Goncalves Deciding shootout goal · Wrist MTL 4 – 5 TBL

Montréal Canadiens

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Juraj Slafkovský L 2 1 5 0 0 +1 20:27 2.65
Noah Dobson D 1 1 5 2 3 0 27:29 2.05
Ivan Demidov R 1 1 3 1 0 +2 18:26 1.90
Oliver Kapanen C 0 1 5 0 2 +1 16:20 1.25
Lane Hutson D 0 1 3 0 2 +1 28:13 1.10
Cole Caufield R 0 1 2 1 1 +1 22:42 0.93
Mike Matheson D 0 1 2 0 0 0 26:37 0.73
Brendan Gallagher R 0 0 3 1 0 0 13:42 0.22
Zachary Bolduc R 0 0 1 5 1 0 16:48 0.18
Nick Suzuki C 0 0 0 2 0 +1 22:43 0.05
Sammy Blais L 0 0 0 1 1 0 8:22 0.05
Alexandre Carrier D 0 0 1 0 1 -1 18:56 0.03
Joseph Veleno C 0 0 1 2 0 -1 9:43 -0.08
Jayden Struble D 0 0 0 1 0 0 8:51 -0.10
Phillip Danault C 0 0 1 2 0 -1 16:52 -0.13
Alexandre Texier L 0 0 1 1 0 0 14:34 -0.13
Josh Anderson R 0 0 2 4 0 -2 16:17 -0.15
Arber Xhekaj D 0 0 0 3 0 -1 7:15 -0.58
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Jacob Fowler O 21 17 4 .810 63:43 -1.30

Tampa Bay Lightning

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Gage Goncalves C 0 2 3 0 2 +2 13:51 1.88
Nikita Kucherov R 2 0 3 1 0 +1 19:48 1.63
Oliver Bjorkstrand R 0 2 1 1 0 +2 13:27 1.58
Nick Paul L 1 0 1 0 0 +2 16:05 0.98
Pontus Holmberg R 1 0 2 2 0 0 12:25 0.90
Maxim Groshev D 0 1 1 0 1 +1 13:03 0.85
Brayden Point C 0 1 0 0 1 +1 16:38 0.83
Charle-Edouard D'Astous D 0 1 2 1 1 +2 17:38 0.77
Anthony Cirelli C 0 0 3 0 2 -2 18:06 0.13
Zemgus Girgensons C 0 0 2 2 1 -1 14:52 0.05
J.J. Moser D 0 0 0 1 3 0 24:28 0.05
Max Crozier D 0 0 1 2 5 -1 23:41 0.02
Darren Raddysh D 0 0 0 1 1 0 24:44 0.00
Yanni Gourde C 0 0 1 1 1 -1 15:46 -0.02
Brandon Hagel L 0 0 1 1 2 -2 21:25 -0.22
Declan Carlile D 0 0 0 2 3 -2 20:01 -0.25
Scott Sabourin R 0 0 0 1 0 0 2:20 -0.38
Jake Guentzel C 0 0 0 1 0 -2 18:42 -0.40
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Jonas Johansson W 35 31 4 .886 65:00 0.10