{"id":625369,"date":"2026-04-24T10:40:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T10:40:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/625369\/"},"modified":"2026-04-24T10:40:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T10:40:13","slug":"nhl-playoff-preview-tampa-bay-lightning-at-montreal-canadiens-with-line-combinations-04-24-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/625369\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL Playoff Preview: Tampa Bay Lightning at Montreal Canadiens with Line Combinations 04\/24\/2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\tNHL Playoff Preview: Tampa Bay Lightning at Montreal Canadiens with Line Combinations 04\/24\/2026 | Inside The Rink<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"skip-link screen-reader-text\" href=\"#content\">Skip to content<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/\" class=\"custom-logo-link\" rel=\"home nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"400\" height=\"90\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Clean-Logo-1.png\" class=\"custom-logo\" alt=\"Inside The Rink Logo\" decoding=\"async\"  \/><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/boxscorejunkie.com\/nhl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/cropped-Life-Insurance.png .webp\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/\" rel=\"home nofollow noopener\" itemprop=\"item\" target=\"_blank\">Home<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/category\/nhl\/\" itemprop=\"item\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NHL<\/a>NHL Playoff Preview: Tampa Bay Lightning at Montreal Canadiens with Line Combinations 04\/24\/2026<\/p>\n<p>          <img width=\"1200\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Untitled-design-2-8.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>AP Photo\/Chris O&#8217;Meara<\/p>\n<p>Tampa Bay Lightning (1-0-1) at Montreal Canadiens (1-0-1) <\/p>\n<p>Venue: Bell Centre<br \/>Date: Friday, April 24<br \/>Time: 7:00 pm EST<br \/>How To Watch:\u00a0TNT\/truTV\/HBO Max<br \/>Radio: 102.5 FM The Bone\/TSN 690<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ticketmaster.evyy.net\/c\/5142595\/264167\/4272?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ticketmaster.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Purchase tickets via Ticketmaster<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tampa Bay Lightning News &amp; Notes:<\/p>\n<p>The Lightning evened the series against Montreal as they now head on the road for games three and four. Tampa Bay is now 3-2-1 against the Canadiens this season, averaging 3.2 goals per game.<\/p>\n<p>Montreal Canadiens News &amp; Notes:<\/p>\n<p>The Canadiens dropped the second game in overtime and now head home with the series tied at a game apiece. Montreal is 3-1-2 against Tampa Bay this season, averaging 3.2 goals per game.<\/p>\n<p>Tampa Bay Lightning Projected Lines:<\/p>\n<p>Goncalves-Point-Kucherov<br \/>Hagel-Cirelli-Guentzel<br \/>Girgensons-Gourde-Paul <br \/>Perry-James-Sabourin<\/p>\n<p>Raddysh-Moser <br \/>McDonagh-Cernak <br \/>Carlile-Lilleberg<\/p>\n<p>Vasilevskiy<br \/>Johansson<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.insidetherink.com\/search?q=Tampa+Bay&amp;options%5Bprefix%5D=last\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Get your Tampa Bay Hockey Merchandise Here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Montreal Canadiens Projected Lines<\/p>\n<p>Caufield-Suzuki-Slafkovsky<br \/>Texier-Newhook-Demidov<br \/>Bolduc-Kapanen-Dach<br \/>Evans-Danault-Anderson<\/p>\n<p>Matheson-Carrier <br \/>Guhle-Hutson<br \/>Struble-Xhekaj<\/p>\n<p>Dobes<br \/>Fowler<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.insidetherink.com\/search?q=Montreal&amp;options%5Bprefix%5D=last\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Get your Montreal Hockey Merchandise Here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Players To Watch:<\/p>\n<p>Tampa Bay Lightning<\/p>\n<p id=\"h-\">Brandon Hagel has a goal in each game against the Canadiens, with three goals in the two games.<\/p>\n<p>Montreal Canadiens<\/p>\n<p>Josh Anderson has a goal in each game of the series. <\/p>\n<p>Injury Report:<\/p>\n<p>Tampa Bay Lightning<\/p>\n<p>G Jonas Johansson \u2013 DTD<br \/>D Victor Hedman \u2013 Out<br \/>F Pontus Holmberg \u2013 Out<br \/>D Charle-\u00c9douard D\u2019Astous \u2013 DTD<\/p>\n<p>Montreal Canadiens<\/p>\n<p>F Patrik Laine \u2013 IR<br \/>D Noah Dobson \u2013 Out<\/p>\n<p>Next Game:<\/p>\n<p>\tDiscover more from Inside The Rink<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:10px;font-size:15px\">Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email.<\/p>\n<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/author\/clavallee\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1777027213_680_276326315b493f582c4d87a8721917f57a6f9df6b8a3bc8ca3c490d0be2e9c6e.png\"  class=\"avatar avatar-75 photo\" height=\"75\" width=\"75\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\u00a9 2021-2025 Inside The Rink\u00ae<\/p>\n<p>This website has no affiliation to any of the hockey leagues it reports on. 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