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NHL MATCHUP REPORT

December 28, 2025, 5:00 | Benchmark International Arena

Montreal Canadiens (20-12-5) VS Tampa Bay Lightning (20-13-3)

ODDS

	Bet365	5Dimes	BOL	bodog	pin
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SMART CHART

MON	NAME	TB
3.32	OFFENSE	3.25
3.35	DEFENSE	2.64
25.96	POWER PLAY PERCENTAGES	18.10
77.69	PENALTY KILLS PERCENTAGES	84.35
25.38	SHOTS FOR	27.69
27.30	SHOTS AGAINST	26.56
-0.03	DIFFERENTIAL	0.61

RECENT FORM

Team	Record	Money	Offense	Defense	Fave	Dog	O/U
Montreal	20-12-5	$170	3.32	3.35	10-7	9-9	23-12-2
Tampa Bay	20-13-3	$-104	3.25	2.64	14-13	5-2	16-19-1

TEAM RECORDS

Montreal Canadiens

Name	Record	Home	Away	Fave	Dog	O/U
Overall	20-12-5	10-9-1	10-3-4	10-7-1	9-9-4	23-12-2
Last 10	5-3-2	3-3	2-0-2	2-2	3-2-2	5-5
vs Div	6-4	3-3	3-1	3-1	3-2	6-2-2
vs WEST	12-5	6-3	6-2	6-2	5-3	10-7
vs EAST	8-7-5	4-6-1	4-1-4	4-4-1	4-2-4	13-5-2

Tampa Bay Lightning

Name	Record	Home	Away	Fave	Dog	O/U
Overall	20-13-3	10-9	10-4-3	14-13-2	5-2	16-19-1
Last 10	4-5-1	2-4	2-1-1	3-6-1	0-0	5-5
vs Div	4-3-1	0-2	4-1-1	2-3-1	1-0	5-3
vs WEST	9-4	6-3	3-1	7-3	2-1	5-8
vs EAST	11-9-3	4-6	7-3-3	7-8-2	3-1	11-11-1

SUPERGRID

Title	Stat	Rank	Stat	Rank
Away Team Overall Scoring vs Home Team Overall Defense	3.32	6	2.64	3
Away Team Away Scoring vs Home Team Home Defense	3.53	3	2.84	13
Away Team Road Powerplay vs Home Team Home Penalty Kill	30.00	2	81.36	11
Home Team Overall Scoring vs Away Team Overall Defense	3.25	9	3.35	24
Home Team Home Scoring vs Away Team Road Defense	2.95	22	3.18	16
Home Team Home Power Play vs Away Team Road Penalty Kill	15.94	24	77.42	22

HEAD TO HEAD SUMMARY

Team	Record	O/U	AVG	Shots	Power Play Goals	Power Play Percentage	Penalty Kill Percentage	Power Play Chances
Montreal	3-6-1	8-2	3.10	27.90	5.00	18.52	73.33	27.00
Tampa Bay	7-3-0	8-2	4.20	29.70	8.00	26.67	81.48	30.00

HEAD TO HEAD DETAIL

Date	Away	Away Score	Home	Home Score	Line	Total	O/U	Away Shots	Home Shots	Away Power Play Goals	Home Power Play Goals	Away Power Plays	Home Power Plays	Away PP%	Home PP%	Away PK%	Home PK%
Dec 9, 2025	TB	6	MON	1	-110	6.5	O	27	27	1	1	3	4	33.3	25	75	66.7
Feb 9, 2025	TB	5	MON	3	153	6.5	O	21	35	1	1	1	2	100	50	50	0
Jan 21, 2025	TB	2	MON	3	120	6.5	U	35	22	0	1	4	2	0	50	50	100
Dec 29, 2024	MON	5	TB	2	-225	6.5	O	37	23	0	0	2	3	0	0	100	100
Apr 4, 2024	TB	7	MON	4	130	6.5	O	35	30	2	0	5	4	40	0	100	60
Mar 2, 2024	MON	3	TB	4	-260	6.5	O	31	30	0	0	2	2	0	0	100	100
Dec 31, 2023	MON	3	TB	4	-190	6.5	O	30	20	0	0	1	3	0	0	100	100
Nov 7, 2023	TB	5	MON	3	110	6.5	O	32	26	2	1	5	6	40	16.7	83.3	60
Mar 21, 2023	TB	2	MON	3	200	6.5	U	33	20	1	0	2	2	50	0	100	50
Mar 18, 2023	MON	3	TB	5	-340	6.5	O	21	41	1	1	2	2	50	50	50	50

BETTING ODDS TRENDS

Tampa Bay Lightning

Tampa Bay is 19-5 SU in its last 24 games when playing Montreal
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Tampa Bay's last 8 games when playing Montreal
Tampa Bay is 2-6 ATS in its last 8 games when playing at home against Montreal
Tampa Bay is 14-2 SU in its last 16 games when playing at home against Montreal
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Tampa Bay's last 7 games when playing at home against Montreal

Montreal Canadiens

Montreal is 7-1 ATS in its last 8 games
Montreal is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Montreal's last 6 games
Montreal is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 10 of Montreal's last 13 games on the road
Montreal is 5-19 SU in its last 24 games when playing Tampa Bay
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Montreal's last 8 games when playing Tampa Bay
Montreal is 6-2 ATS in its last 8 games when playing on the road against Tampa Bay
Montreal is 2-14 SU in its last 16 games when playing on the road against Tampa Bay
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Montreal's last 7 games when playing on the road against Tampa Bay

TEAM LAST 5 GAMES

Montreal Canadiens

Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Line	Shots	Shots Against	Power Play	Penalty Kill	Opposing Goalie	Location
Dec 23, 2025	BOS	6-2	W	100	29	28	2/7	4/5	Jeremy Swayman	A
Dec 21, 2025	PIT	3-4	L	-105	25	31	0/2	2/3	Arturs Silovs	A
Dec 20, 2025	PIT	4-0	W	-135	21	31	1/1	3/3	Stuart Skinner	H
Dec 18, 2025	CHI	4-1	W	-175	35	15	0/2	2/2	Spencer Knight	H
Dec 16, 2025	PHI	1-4	L	-125	22	21	0/1	3/3	Dan Vladar	H

Tampa Bay Lightning

Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Line	Shots	Shots Against	Power Play	Penalty Kill	Opposing Goalie	Location
Dec 22, 2025	STL	4-1	W	-250	17	24	2/4	2/2	Jordan Binnington	H
Dec 20, 2025	CAR	6-4	W	-130	29	22	0/3	3/5	Pyotr Kochetkov	H
Dec 18, 2025	LA	1-2	L	-225	32	20	1/5	1/1	Anton Forsberg	H
Dec 15, 2025	FLA	2-5	L	-120	28	24	0/5	3/4	Sergei Bobrovsky	H
Dec 13, 2025	NYI	2-3	L	-125	34	17	1/4	3/4	Ilya Sorokin	A

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