{"id":532064,"date":"2026-03-31T01:30:20","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T01:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/532064\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T01:30:20","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T01:30:20","slug":"lightning-vs-canadiens-time-tv-live-stream-3-31-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/532064\/","title":{"rendered":"Lightning vs. Canadiens Time, TV &#038; Live Stream \u2013 3\/31\/2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Tampa Bay Lightning (46-21-6) host the Montreal Canadiens (42-21-10) during Tuesday&#8217;s NHL slate, starting at 7 p.m. ET at Benchmark International Arena and broadcast on ESPN+. The Lightning rank first while the Canadiens are fourth in the Eastern Conference.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/affiliates.routy.app\/route\/66358?affId=3147&amp;ts=5002712&amp;pa=1668&amp;pb=968176&amp;cid=Jt19PZngjX\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sign up for ESPN+ today<\/a> to watch 1,000+ out-of-market NHL games, ESPN+ Hockey Night &amp; more.<\/p>\n<p>Lightning vs. Canadiens: March 31 Viewing Options<\/p>\n<p>Date: Tuesday, March 31, 2026<br \/>\nTime: 7 p.m. ET<br \/>\nHow to watch on TV: ESPN+<br \/>\nLocation: Tampa, Florida<br \/>\nVenue: Benchmark International Arena<br \/>\nLive Stream: <a href=\"https:\/\/affiliates.routy.app\/route\/66358?affId=3147&amp;ts=5002712&amp;pa=1691&amp;pb=968183&amp;cid=Jt19PZngjX\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Watch this game on ESPN+<\/a><br \/>\nLightning&#8217;s 2025-26 Stats<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/affiliates.routy.app\/route\/66358?affId=3147&amp;ts=5002712&amp;pa=1648&amp;pb=968378&amp;cid=Jt19PZngjX\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Watch 1,000+ out-of-market NHL games, ESPN+ Hockey Night &amp; more streaming all season on ESPN+.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lightning vs. Canadiens Top Players<\/p>\n<p>Lightning<\/p>\n<p>Nikita Kucherov is one of Tampa Bay&#8217;s leading contributors this season with 121 points. He has averaged 0.5 goals per game, shooting 19.7%.<br \/>\nJake Guentzel has 35 goals and 45 assists for Tampa Bay to compile 80 total points (1.1 per game).<br \/>\nThrough 68 games, Brandon Hagel has proven himself as an important offensive option for Tampa Bay. He has 73 points (35 goals and 38 assists).<br \/>\nAndrei Vasilevskiy (35-12-4) has a 2.3 goals against average and a save percentage of .912 for Tampa Bay.<br \/>\nCanadiens<\/p>\n<p>Nicholas Suzuki has scored 26 goals (0.4 per game) and dished out 65 assists (0.9 per game), contributing to the Montreal offense with 91 total points (1.2 per game). He averages 2.2 shots per game, shooting 15.9%.<br \/>\nCole Caufield has posted 79 total points (1.1 per game) this season. He has 46 goals and 33 assists.<br \/>\nLane Hutson has 73 points so far, including 11 goals and 62 assists.<br \/>\nJakub Dobes has a .900 save percentage (25th in the league), with 900 total saves, allowing 100 goals (2.8 goals against average). He has put together a 25-8-4 record this season.<br \/>\nLightning vs. Canadiens Injury Report<\/p>\n<p>Lightning<\/p>\n<p>Declan Carlile: Out (Undisclosed), <\/p>\n<p>Max Crozier: Out (Abdomen), <\/p>\n<p>Dominic James: Out (Leg), <\/p>\n<p>Victor Hedman: Out (Illness), <\/p>\n<p>Nikita Kucherov: Day-To-Day (Illness)<\/p>\n<p>Canadiens<\/p>\n<p>Kirby Dach: Out (Upper Body), <\/p>\n<p>Patrik Laine: Out (Lower Body), <\/p>\n<p>Alexandre Texier: Day-To-Day (Lower Body), <\/p>\n<p>Josh Anderson: Day-To-Day (Illness)<\/p>\n<p>Sign up for <a href=\"https:\/\/affiliates.routy.app\/route\/66358?affId=3147&amp;ts=5002712&amp;pa=1684&amp;pb=968265&amp;cid=Jt19PZngjX\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ESPN+<\/a> to watch the Lightning square off against Canadiens.<\/p>\n<p>Lightning&#8217;s Schedule<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Tampa Bay Lightning (46-21-6) host the Montreal Canadiens (42-21-10) during Tuesday&#8217;s NHL slate, starting at 7 p.m.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":532065,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5103],"tags":[265,833,5,835,264,21,5147,4,37137,834,92],"class_list":{"0":"post-532064","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-montreal-canadiens","8":"tag-canadiens","9":"tag-ds-sports","10":"tag-hockey","11":"tag-men","12":"tag-montreal","13":"tag-montreal-canadiens","14":"tag-montrealcanadiens","15":"tag-nhl","16":"tag-nhl-preview","17":"tag-professional","18":"tag-tampa-bay-lightning"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116321206136620957","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/532064","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=532064"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/532064\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/532065"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=532064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=532064"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=532064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}