{"id":532494,"date":"2026-03-31T08:14:47","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T08:14:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/532494\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T08:14:47","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T08:14:47","slug":"lightning-vs-canadiens-time-tv-live-stream-3-31-2026-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/532494\/","title":{"rendered":"Lightning vs. Canadiens Time, TV &#038; Live Stream \u2013 3\/31\/2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The NHL slate on Tuesday includes a showdown between the Tampa Bay Lightning (46-21-6) and the Montreal Canadiens (42-21-10), starting at 7 p.m. ET at Benchmark International Arena and broadcast on ESPN+. The Lightning are first in the Eastern Conference (98 points), and the Canadiens are fourth in the Eastern Conference (94 points).<\/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>With 40 goals and 81 assists this season, Nikita Kucherov is one of Tampa Bay&#8217;s leading contributors (121 points).<br \/>\nJake Guentzel is another of Tampa Bay&#8217;s top contributors currently with 80 total points (35 goals and 45 assists) to his name.<br \/>\nOn 200 shots (for 35 goals) and 38 assists, Brandon Hagel has recorded 73 points this season.<br \/>\nAs Tampa Bay&#8217;s top goalie, Andrei Vasilevskiy has recorded 35 wins and 12 losses this season while giving up 117 goals with 1,192 saves.<br \/>\nCanadiens<\/p>\n<p>Nicholas Suzuki has collected 26 goals and 65 assists in 73 games for Montreal, good for 91 points.<br \/>\nCole Caufield is a key piece of the offense for Montreal with 79 total points this season. He has scored 46 goals and added 33 assists in 72 games.<br \/>\nLane Hutson has posted 11 goals on the season, adding 62 assists.<br \/>\nJakub Dobes has a 25-8-4 record this season, with a .900 save percentage (25th in the league). He has 900 saves, and has allowed 100 goals (2.8 goals against average).<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 NHL slate on Tuesday includes a showdown between the Tampa Bay Lightning (46-21-6) and the Montreal Canadiens&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-532494","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\/116322793845332561","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/532494","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=532494"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/532494\/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=532494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=532494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=532494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}