{"id":548678,"date":"2026-04-09T11:18:42","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T11:18:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/548678\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T11:18:42","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T11:18:42","slug":"nhl-game-preview-tampa-bay-lightning-at-montreal-canadiens-with-line-combinations-04-09-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/548678\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL Game Preview: Tampa Bay Lightning at Montreal Canadiens with Line Combinations 04\/09\/2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\tNHL Game Preview: Tampa Bay Lightning at Montreal Canadiens with Line Combinations 04\/09\/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.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1764203590_941_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.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1775733516_379_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 Game Preview: Tampa Bay Lightning at Montreal Canadiens with Line Combinations 04\/09\/2026<\/p>\n<p>          <img width=\"1200\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Untitled-design-2-1.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 (48-24-6, 102 pts) at Montreal Canadiens (46-22-10, 102 pts)<\/p>\n<p>Venue: Bell Centre<br \/>Date: Thursday, April 9<br \/>Time: 7:00 pm EST<br \/>How To Watch:\u00a0ESPN+\/The Spot\/TSN2\/RDS<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 dropped their second straight on Tuesday night in a 6-2 loss to the Senators. They\u2019ve lost three of their last five games, averaging 2.8 goals per game while allowing 3.6 goals per game.<\/p>\n<p>Montreal Canadiens News &amp; Notes:<\/p>\n<p>The Canadiens got back in the win column with a 4-3 shootout win over the Panthers on Tuesday. They\u2019ve won nine of their last ten games, averaging 3.6 goals per game while allowing two goals per game.<\/p>\n<p>Tampa Bay Lightning Projected Lines:<\/p>\n<p>Guentzel-Point-Kucherov<br \/>Goncalves-Paul-Perry <br \/>Girgensons-Gourde-Bjorkstrand <br \/>Pelletier-Geekie-Duke<\/p>\n<p>Raddysh-Moser <br \/>McDonagh-Cernak <br \/>D\u2019Astous-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 \/>Dach-Evans-Bolduc<br \/>Kapanen-Danault-Anderson<\/p>\n<p>Matheson-Dobson<br \/>Struble-Hutson<br \/>Engstrom-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>Nikita Kucherov has four points in two of the three games against Montreal this season, with three goals and an assist.<\/p>\n<p>Montreal Canadiens<\/p>\n<p id=\"h-\">Ivan Demidov has a point in all three games against Tampa Bay this season with a goal and three assists.<\/p>\n<p>Injury Report:<\/p>\n<p>Tampa Bay Lightning<\/p>\n<p>F Dominic James \u2013 IR<br \/>D Maxwell Crozier \u2013 IR<br \/>F Declan Carlile \u2013 IR<br \/>D Victor Hedman \u2013 DTD<br \/>F Brandon Hagel \u2013 DTD<br \/>F Anthony Cirelli \u2013 DTD<br \/>F Pontus Holmberg \u2013 DTD<\/p>\n<p>Montreal Canadiens<\/p>\n<p>F Patrik Laine \u2013 IR<br \/>D David Reinbacher \u2013 Out<br \/>D Alexandre Carrier \u2013 Out<br \/>F Brendan Gallagher \u2013 DTD<br \/>F Joe Veleno \u2013 DTD<br \/>D Kaiden Guhle \u2013 DTD<\/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.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1775733519_876_276326315b493f582c4d87a8721917f57a6f9df6b8a3bc8ca3c490d0be2e9c6e.png\"  class=\"avatar avatar-75 photo\" height=\"75\" width=\"75\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>              <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/nhl-game-preview-san-jose-sharks-at-anaheim-ducks-with-line-combinations-04-07-2026\/\" rel=\"bookmark nofollow noopener\" class=\"featured-image\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n          <img width=\"300\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Untitled-design-1-7-300x150.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>        <\/a>            <\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/nhl-game-preview-san-jose-sharks-at-anaheim-ducks-with-line-combinations-04-07-2026\/\" rel=\"bookmark nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NHL Game Preview: San Jose Sharks at Anaheim Ducks with Line Combinations 04\/09\/2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>San Jose Sharks (37-33-7, 81 pts) at Anaheim Ducks (41-32-5, 87 pts) Venue: Honda CenterDate: Thursday, April 9Time: 10:00 pm ESTHow To Watch:\u00a0ESPN+\/NBCS-BA\/KCOP\/Victory+Radio: Sharks Radio Network\/96.7 FM KTCKPurchase tickets via Ticketmaster San Jose Sharks News &amp; Notes: The Sharks suffered a 5-2 loss to the Oilers last night. 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