{"id":636474,"date":"2026-04-29T13:32:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T13:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/636474\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T13:32:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T13:32:09","slug":"montreal-canadiens-seek-top-six-production-against-host-tampa-bay-lightning-in-game-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/636474\/","title":{"rendered":"Montreal Canadiens seek top-six production against host Tampa Bay Lightning in Game 5"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">TAMPA \u2014 The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/montreal-canadiens\/8\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/montreal-canadiens\/8\" target=\"_blank\">Montreal Canadiens<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/tampa-bay-lightning\/14\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/tampa-bay-lightning\/14\" target=\"_blank\">Tampa Bay Lightning<\/a> are tied 2-2 as their first-round series resumes tonight in Florida for Game 5.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The matchup opened with three straight overtime games before Tampa Bay\u2019s 3-2 win in Game 4 was settled late in regulation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Montreal enters tonight\u2019s game after surrendering a two-goal lead at home on Sunday, with Tampa Bay defenceman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/player\/max-crozier\/8481719\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/player\/max-crozier\/8481719\" target=\"_blank\">Max Crozier<\/a>\u2019s hit on Habs forward Juraj Slafkovsky shifting momentum late in the second period.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Montreal\u2019s top line of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/player\/nick-suzuki\/8480018\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/player\/nick-suzuki\/8480018\" target=\"_blank\">Nick Suzuki<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/player\/cole-caufield-390746\/8481540\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/player\/cole-caufield-390746\/8481540\" target=\"_blank\">Cole Caufield<\/a> and Slafkovsky has combined for 11 points in this series, all on the power play. Seven of those points came in the opener.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The Canadiens\u2019 top six forwards have yet to record a five-on-five point, with most of their offence coming on the power play.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Lightning forward <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/player\/brandon-hagel\/8479542\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/player\/brandon-hagel\/8479542\" target=\"_blank\">Brandon Hagel<\/a> has six goals in the series, including the Game 4 winner in a two-goal performance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">This report by The Canadian Press was first published April 29, 2026.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The Canadian Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TAMPA \u2014 The Montreal Canadiens and Tampa Bay Lightning are tied 2-2 as their first-round series resumes tonight&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":636475,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194292],"tags":[49,48,2338,82],"class_list":["post-636474","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-montreal","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-montreal","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/636474","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=636474"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/636474\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/636475"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=636474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=636474"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=636474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}