Montreal Canadiens vs Tampa Bay Lightning

NHL

Canadiens

15-17-3, 33 PTS

1-4

Final

Lightning

21-11-1, 43 PTS

Benchmark International Arena

TV: TSN2 / Sportsnet / RDS

On the ice

MTL shoots leftTB shoots right

Shots on goal

	1st	2nd	3rd	T
MTL	10	9	7	26
TB	13	13	12	38

In net

Jake Allen34/38 SV, .895

Andrei Vasilevskiy25/26 SV, .962

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

Who won: Lightning 4-1

The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Montreal Canadiens 4-1 on Wednesday, December 28, 2022 at Benchmark International Arena. The Lightning lead the series 2-0. The Lightning outscored the Canadiens 2-0 in the 1st period. Brayden Point led the Lightning in goals (2). Kaiden Guhle led the Canadiens in goals (1).

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Andrei Vasilevskiy made 25 saves to beat Montreal for the 11th consecutive time, Brayden Point had two goals, and the Tampa Bay Lightning defeated the Canadiens 4-1 on Wednesday night.

What it means

Season series: TB leads series 2-0.
Canadiens 8-8-3 on the road; Lightning 13-4-1 at home.

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Injuries and inactives

Canadiens6th in Atlantic Division

Florian Xhekaj LW
Undisclosed
Day-To-Day
Bryce Pickford D
Undisclosed
Injured Reserve
Ivan Demidov RW
Lower Body
Injured Reserve
Oliver Kapanen C
Lower Body
Injured Reserve
Sam Montembeault G
Lower Body
Injured Reserve

Lightning1st in Atlantic Division

Emil Lilleberg D
Undisclosed
Day-To-Day
Yanni Gourde C
Hip, Surgery
Injured Reserve

Starting goalies

Canadiens6th in Atlantic Division

Jake Allen G

Starting goalie, confirmed

Lightning1st in Atlantic Division

Andrei Vasilevskiy G

Starting goalie, confirmed

Head to head

TB leads series 2-0

Last meeting: Lightning 5, Canadiens 1 (Dec 17)

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Game info

Venue: Benchmark International Arena, Tampa, FL · Attendance 19,092
Officials: Trevor Hanson (Referee), Conor O'Donnell (Referee), Tommy Hughes (Linesman), Devin Berg (Linesman)