Montreal Canadiens vs Tampa Bay Lightning, ESPN+ Hockey Night

NHL

Canadiens

7-21-4, 18 PTS

4-5

Final/OT

Lightning

21-6-4, 46 PTS

Benchmark International Arena

TV: TSN2 / Sportsnet / RDS

On the ice

MTL shoots leftTB shoots right

Shots on goal

	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	T
MTL	9	10	12	0	31
TB	10	17	8	2	37

In net

Sam Montembeault32/37 SV, .865

Maxime Lagace27/31 SV, .871

Team	1	2	3	OT	T
MTL	1	1	2	0	4
TB	2	1	1	1	5

Who won: Lightning 5-4

The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Montreal Canadiens 5-4 in overtime in ESPN+ Hockey Night on Tuesday, December 28, 2021 at Benchmark International Arena. The Lightning lead the series 2-0. Brayden Point led the Lightning in goals (2). Lukas Vejdemo led the Canadiens in goals (1).

Recap · Dec 28

Palat scores in OT, Lightning rally past Habs in NHL return

Ondrej Palat scored 36 seconds into overtime after Tampa Bay teammate Corey Perry tied it late in the third period, and the Lightning beat the Montreal Canadiens 5-4 on Tuesday night in the first NHL game following an extended holiday break.

What it means

Season series: TB leads series 2-0.
Canadiens 2-11-3 on the road; Lightning 11-3-2 at home.

Latest headlines

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Recap · 2d ago

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Recap · 3d ago

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Preview · 3d ago

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Injuries and inactives

Canadiens11th in Eastern Conference

Florian Xhekaj LW
Lower Body
Out
Mike Matheson D
Lower Body
Day-To-Day
Ivan Demidov RW
Lower Body
Injured Reserve
Oliver Kapanen C
Lower Body
Injured Reserve
Sam Montembeault G
Lower Body
Injured Reserve

Lightning5th in Eastern Conference

Yanni Gourde C
Hip, Surgery
Injured Reserve

Starting goalies

Canadiens11th in Eastern Conference

Sam Montembeault G

Starting goalie, confirmed

Lightning5th in Eastern Conference

Maxime Lagace G

Starting goalie, confirmed

Head to head

TB leads series 2-0

Last meeting: Lightning 3, Canadiens 2 (Dec 7)

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Game info

Venue: Benchmark International Arena, Tampa, FL · Attendance 19,092
Officials: Dean Morton (Referee), Dan O'Rourke (Referee), David Brisebois (Linesman), Matt MacPherson (Linesman)