Montreal Canadiens (48-24-10) vs. Tampa Bay Lightning (50-26-6) April 29, 2026 7:00 pm EDT The Line: Tampa Bay Lightning -170 / Montreal Canadiens +142; Over/Under: 5.5 (Get latest betting odds)
The Montreal Canadiens and the Tampa Bay Lightning meet Wednesday in NHL action from the Benchmark International Arena. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for this game. Here’s a Montreal Canadiens vs. Tampa Bay Lightning prediction.
The Montreal Canadiens come into this game looking to bounce back from their 3-2 loss at the hands of the Lightning in game four.
Nick Suzuki leads Montreal with 101 points including 29 goals and 72 assists while Cole Caufield has 88 points with a team-high 51 goals and 37 assists. Lane Hutson has 78 points with 66 assists while Ivan Demidov has 62 points with 19 goals and 43 assists. Noah Dobson has 47 points with 35 assists and Mike Matheson has 37 points with 7 goals and 30 assists. Oliver Kapanen has 37 points with 22 goals and 15 assists while Zack Bolduc has 30 points with 12 goals and 18 assists. Juraj Slafkovsky also has 73 points with 30 goals and 43 assists. Sam Montembault has gone 10-8-4 with a 3.43 GAA and an .872 save percentage in goal for the Canadiens while Jakub Dobes is 29-10-4 with a 2.78 GAA and a .901 save percentage. Jacob Fowler is also 8-6-2 with a 2.52 GAA and an .904 save percentage for the Habs this season.
The Tampa Bay Lightning come into this game looking to push Montreal to the brink after evening up the series at two wins apiece.
Nikita Kucherov leads the Lightning in scoring with 130 points including 44 goals and 86 assists while Brandon Hagel has 74 points with 36 goals and 38 assists and Jake Guentzel has 88 points with 38 goals and 50 assists. Anthony Cirelli has 52 points with 23 goals and 29 assists. Darren Raddysh has also added 70 points with 22 goals and 48 assists as well on the year. Andrei Vasilevskiy has gone 39-15-4 with a 2.31 GAA and a .912 save percentage while Jonas Johansson is 11-10-2 with a 3.29 GAA and an .884 save percentage this season.
I’m on the Canadiens in this one. I just think this series is a coin flip more than anything else and I think this price is on Tampa Bay’s playoff name brand. But Montreal was really solid on the road in the regular season and have already won in this building so give me the Habs in this one.