MONTREAL -- Cole Caufield scored his 50th goal of the season, and Juraj Slafkovsky scored his 30th with 1:04 remaining in the third period to lift the Montreal Canadiens to a 2-1 win against the Tampa Bay Lightning at Bell Centre on Thursday.

Coach Jon Cooper officially ruled Hagel out for Thursday’s game but was hopeful Hagel would be able to get into one of the final three regular season games. The Lightning complete their final road trip of the season Saturday in Boston, then end the regular season with home games Monday against the Red Wings and Wednesday against the Rangers.

The Tampa Bay Lightning visit the Montreal Canadiens on Thursday in a key late-season matchup in the Atlantic Division.

The Tampa Bay Lightning have gone cold, showcased by their two-game losing streak during their final road-trip of the 2025/26 regular season. The Lightning have

BUFFALO, N.Y. — The NHL is looking into the circumstances that led to Tampa Bay Lightning forward Pontus Holmberg hurting his left arm when he crashed shoulder-first into an unlatched penalty box door.

The Tampa Bay Lightning suffered a 6-2 road loss to the Ottawa Senators on Tuesday. The teams traded goals late in the second period, Ottawa’s coming on a 2-on-1 rush from Jordan Spence and Tampa Bay’s tying marker off the backhand of Nick Paul.

There’s a neck-and-neck, three-way race for the Atlantic Division title, and the only person seemingly not buying into the buzz might be Tampa Bay coach Jon Cooper. Emerging from the Lightning locker room before playing at Buffalo on Monday night,