Game #79 - April 9, 2026 - Tampa Bay 1 at Montreal 2
Game #79 - April 9, 2026
  Tampa Bay   1   at     Montreal   2
All times below are based on data from NHL.com.               
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Lines and defensive pairings

Line Time EV PP SH +/-
13 Caufield14 Suzuki20 Slafkovsky
 8:38 8:38 0:00 0:00 +2
13 Caufield - 14 Suzuki - 20 Slafkovsky - 93 Demidov 8:31 0:00 8:31 0:00 E
15 Newhook24 Danault77 Dach
 6:43 6:43 0:00 0:00 E
90 Veleno71 Evans17 Anderson
 4:38 4:38 0:00 0:00 E
85 Texier91 Kapanen93 Demidov
 3:48 3:48 0:00 0:00 E
15 Newhook - 77 Dach - 85 Texier - 91 Kapanen 2:57 0:02 2:55 0:00 E
71 Evans90 Veleno
 2:47 0:00 0:00 2:47 E
17 Anderson24 Danault
 2:39 0:01 0:00 2:38 E
17 Anderson91 Kapanen93 Demidov
 2:10 2:10 0:00 0:00 E
15 Newhook71 Evans
 1:49 0:00 0:00 1:49 E
15 Newhook91 Kapanen77 Dach
 1:29 0:44 0:45 0:00 E
71 Evans14 Suzuki20 Slafkovsky
 1:05 1:05 0:00 0:00 E
Others 12:46 10:11 1:49 0:46 -1
Pair Time EV PP SH +/-
  8 Matheson53 Dobson
 17:05 10:57 0:44 5:24 E
47 Struble48 Hutson
 10:17 10:17 0:00 0:00 E
48 Hutson
 9:38 0:00 9:38 0:00 E
  8 Matheson48 Hutson
 7:06 4:42 0:07 2:17 +1
42 Engstrom72 A. Xhekaj
 6:24 6:24 0:00 0:00 E
53 Dobson
 3:31 0:02 3:29 0:00 E
42 Engstrom53 Dobson
 1:20 1:20 0:00 0:00 E
  8 Matheson72 A. Xhekaj
 1:05 1:05 0:00 0:00 E
Others 3:34 3:13 0:02 0:19 E

Line match-ups:

Line/Pair 13CC
14NS
20JS		 13CC
14NS
20JS
93ID		 15AN
24PD
77KD		 90JV
71JE
17JA		 85AT
91OK
93ID		 15AN
77KD
85AT
91OK		 71JE
90JV		 17JA
24PD		 17JA
91OK
93ID		 8MM
53ND		 47JS
48LH		 48LH 8MM
48LH		 42AE
72AX		 53ND
59 Guentzel - 71 Cirelli   4:11       1:49     0:02 0:31   4:24   0:02 2:22
21 Point - 59 Guentzel - 10 Perry - 86 Kucherov             2:47 2:19   3:50     1:28    
28 Girgensons - 37 Gourde - 22 Bjorkstrand 1:41   2:22   0:13       0:06   3:38   0:04 0:06  
59 Guentzel - 71 Cirelli - 86 Kucherov 3:27   0:47   0:11       0:01 2:43 0:22   1:15 0:20  
93 Goncalves - 21 Point - 86 Kucherov 0:01   0:33 1:10 0:26         3:04 0:08   0:11    
28 Girgensons - 37 Gourde 0:01 1:15       0:37       0:01 0:01 1:44     0:43
11 Pelletier - 20 Paul - 10 Perry       0:45 0:42       0:41   0:52     1:21  
27 McDonagh - 81 Cernak 2:54 4:40 2:12 0:50 1:58 1:30     0:43 1:28 3:23 4:45 1:10 2:30 2:12
78 Lilleberg - 90 Moser 1:24 2:42 1:02 1:00   1:24     0:30 1:24 0:41 3:21 0:41 1:11 1:16
43 Raddysh             2:47 2:38   5:41 0:01   2:17    
51 D'Astous - 78 Lilleberg 0:56 0:19 1:55 1:15 0:18 0:01     0:50 0:41 2:42 0:34   1:59 0:01
67 Carlile - 90 Moser 1:20   0:33 0:32 0:13         1:52 0:36   2:00 0:16  
81 Cernak - 90 Moser 0:31 0:01 0:40   0:04 0:01     0:02 0:52 0:27 0:09 0:39 0:03 0:01
43 Raddysh - 90 Moser 0:25     0:47 0:39     0:01   1:36 0:26     0:05  
27 McDonagh - 78 Lilleberg 0:12 0:41 0:05             0:55 0:10 0:41      

Shift chart:
(green = even-strength, red = power-play, blue = short-handed)

For each forward: most common linemates
(as a percentage of total ice time)

13 Caufield
Linemates Total EV PP SH
Suzuki-Slafkovsky 48.1% 48.1%    
Suzuki-Slafkovsky-Demidov 47.5%   47.5%  
Danault-Slafkovsky 1.5% 1.5%    
Veleno-Suzuki 0.5% 0.5%    
Veleno-Slafkovsky 0.4% 0.4%    
Others 2.0% 1.4% 0.7%  
Totals   51.9% 48.1%  
14 Suzuki
Linemates Total EV PP SH
Caufield-Slafkovsky 38.5% 38.5%    
Caufield-Slafkovsky-Demidov 38.0%   38.0%  
Evans-Slafkovsky 4.8% 4.8%    
Anderson-Slafkovsky 4.3% 4.3%    
Newhook-Slafkovsky 3.2% 3.2%    
Others 11.2% 5.7% 2.9% 2.6%
Totals   56.5% 40.9% 2.6%
15 Newhook
Linemates Total EV PP SH
Danault-Dach 35.5% 35.5%    
Dach-Texier-Kapanen 15.6% 0.2% 15.4%  
Evans 9.6%     9.6%
Kapanen-Dach 7.8% 3.9% 4.0%  
Dach-Kapanen-Demidov 4.7%   4.7%  
Others 26.8% 22.3% 4.5% 0.1%
Totals   61.8% 28.5% 9.7%
17 Anderson
Linemates Total EV PP SH
Veleno-Evans 37.0% 37.0%    
Danault 21.1% 0.1%   21.0%
Kapanen-Demidov 17.3% 17.3%    
Suzuki-Slafkovsky 7.7% 7.7%    
Veleno-Demidov 6.1% 6.1%    
Others 10.8% 10.6%   0.1%
Totals   78.9%   21.1%
20 Slafkovsky
Linemates Total EV PP SH
Caufield-Suzuki 40.4% 40.4%    
Caufield-Suzuki-Demidov 39.8%   39.8%  
Evans-Suzuki 5.1% 5.1%    
Anderson-Suzuki 4.5% 4.5%    
Newhook-Suzuki 3.4% 3.4%    
Others 6.9% 3.7% 3.0% 0.2%
Totals   57.0% 42.9% 0.2%
24 Danault
Linemates Total EV PP SH
Newhook-Dach 53.0% 53.0%    
Anderson 20.9% 0.1%   20.8%
Suzuki 4.3%     4.3%
Veleno-Evans 4.3% 4.3%    
Newhook-Veleno 2.9% 2.9%    
Others 14.5% 14.1%   0.4%
Totals   74.5%   25.5%
71 Evans
Linemates Total EV PP SH
Veleno-Anderson 37.1% 37.1%    
Veleno 22.3%     22.3%
Newhook 14.6%     14.6%
Suzuki-Slafkovsky 8.7% 8.7%    
Veleno-Danault 4.4% 4.4%    
Others 13.0% 12.6%   0.4%
Totals   62.8%   37.2%
77 Dach
Linemates Total EV PP SH
Newhook-Danault 45.9% 45.9%    
Newhook-Texier-Kapanen 20.2% 0.2% 19.9%  
Newhook-Kapanen 10.1% 5.0% 5.1%  
Newhook-Kapanen-Demidov 6.0%   6.0%  
Demidov-Newhook 4.3% 4.3%    
Others 13.4% 10.9% 2.5%  
Totals   66.4% 33.6%  
85 Texier
Linemates Total EV PP SH
Kapanen-Demidov 42.0% 42.0%    
Newhook-Dach-Kapanen 32.6% 0.4% 32.2%  
Newhook-Demidov 3.5% 3.5%    
Evans-Demidov 3.1% 3.1%    
Kapanen-Dach 2.9% 2.8% 0.2%  
Others 15.8% 12.5% 2.0% 1.3%
Totals   64.3% 34.4% 1.3%
90 Veleno
Linemates Total EV PP SH
Evans-Anderson 43.2% 43.2%    
Evans 25.9%     25.9%
Anderson-Demidov 7.1% 7.1%    
Evans-Danault 5.1% 5.1%    
Anderson-Dach 3.6% 3.6%    
Others 15.1% 15.1%    
Totals   74.1%   25.9%
91 Kapanen
Linemates Total EV PP SH
Texier-Demidov 29.1% 29.1%    
Newhook-Dach-Texier 22.6% 0.3% 22.3%  
Anderson-Demidov 16.6% 16.6%    
Newhook-Dach 11.4% 5.6% 5.7%  
Newhook-Dach-Demidov 6.8%   6.8%  
Others 13.5% 11.5% 1.0% 1.0%
Totals   63.1% 35.9% 1.0%
93 Demidov
Linemates Total EV PP SH
Caufield-Suzuki-Slafkovsky 44.3%   44.3%  
Texier-Kapanen 19.8% 19.8%    
Anderson-Kapanen 11.3% 11.3%    
Newhook-Dach-Kapanen 4.6%   4.6%  
Anderson-Veleno 4.0% 4.0%    
Others 16.1% 12.8% 3.3%  
Totals   47.8% 52.2%  

For each D-man: most common partners
(as a percentage of total ice time)

8 Matheson
Partner Total EV PP SH
Dobson 66.6% 42.7% 2.9% 21.1%
Hutson 27.7% 18.3% 0.5% 8.9%
A. Xhekaj 4.2% 4.2%    
Struble 0.8% 0.3%   0.5%
Engstrom 0.4% 0.4%    
Others 0.3% 0.2%   0.1%
Totals   66.1% 3.3% 30.5%
42 Engstrom
Partner Total EV PP SH
A. Xhekaj 69.6% 69.6%    
Dobson 14.5% 14.5%    
Hutson 10.0% 10.0%    
Struble 3.8% 3.3%   0.5%
Matheson 1.1% 1.1%    
Others 1.1% 1.1%    
Totals   99.5%   0.5%
47 Struble
Partner Total EV PP SH
Hutson 92.2% 92.2%    
Engstrom 3.1% 2.7%   0.4%
Matheson 1.9% 0.7%   1.2%
Dobson 1.6% 1.6%    
Engstrom-A. Xhekaj 0.9% 0.9%    
Others 0.1% 0.1%    
Totals   98.4%   1.6%
48 Hutson
Partner Total EV PP SH
Struble 35.1% 35.1%    
  32.9%   32.9%  
Matheson 24.2% 16.1% 0.4% 7.8%
Engstrom 3.1% 3.1%    
A. Xhekaj 2.9% 2.5%   0.4%
Others 1.7% 1.6% 0.1%  
Totals   58.4% 33.4% 8.2%
53 Dobson
Partner Total EV PP SH
Matheson 74.5% 47.8% 3.2% 23.6%
  15.3% 0.1% 15.2%  
Engstrom 5.8% 5.8%    
Hutson 2.1% 2.0% 0.1%  
A. Xhekaj 1.3% 1.3%    
Others 0.9% 0.9%    
Totals   57.9% 18.5% 23.6%
72 A. Xhekaj
Partner Total EV PP SH
Engstrom 73.1% 73.1%    
Matheson 12.4% 12.4%    
Hutson 9.7% 8.4%   1.3%
Dobson 3.4% 3.4%    
Struble-Engstrom 1.1% 1.1%    
Others 0.2% 0.2%    
Totals   98.7%   1.3%
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