Montreal Canadiens vs Tampa Bay Lightning

NHL

Canadiens

15-16-5, 35 PTS

3-4

Final

Lightning

18-15-5, 41 PTS

Benchmark International Arena

TV: TSN2 / Sportsnet / RDS

On the ice

MTL shoots leftTB shoots right

Shots on goal

	1st	2nd	3rd	T
MTL	9	13	7	29
TB	4	7	9	20

In net

Sam Montembeault16/20 SV, .800

Jonas Johansson26/29 SV, .897

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

Who won: Lightning 4-3

The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Montreal Canadiens 4-3 on Sunday, December 31, 2023 at Benchmark International Arena. The Lightning lead the series 2-0. Nikita Kucherov led the Lightning in goals (1). Johnathan Kovacevic led the Canadiens in goals (1).

MTL

Forwards	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	G	YTDG	A	S	SM	FW	FL	FO%	GV	PN	PIM
Josh AndersonRW	0	3	0	-1	16:42	0:17	0:00	16:25	20	0	6	0	3	1	2	1	66.7	0	2	7
Joel ArmiaRW	0	0	2	0	13:02	0:00	2:50	10:12	18	0	4	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Cole CaufieldRW	1	0	1	0	23:11	1:27	0:00	21:44	23	1	11	0	4	2	1	0	100.0	2	0	0
Jake EvansC	1	2	1	0	18:07	0:14	2:38	15:15	21	0	2	0	1	4	3	2	60.0	1	0	0
Brendan GallagherRW	2	2	0	0	15:39	0:15	0:00	15:24	20	0	5	0	2	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Sean MonahanC	1	0	0	1	20:07	1:21	2:48	15:58	27	0	9	0	2	0	10	5	66.7	0	0	0
Michael PezzettaLW	1	2	0	-1	4:54	0:00	0:00	4:54	7	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	100.0	0	0	0
Juraj SlafkovskyLW	0	2	1	0	20:42	1:23	0:01	19:18	23	0	9	1	1	1	0	0	0.0	1	0	0
Mitchell StephensC	0	1	0	-1	10:33	0:00	3:02	7:31	16	0	2	0	2	0	5	2	71.4	0	0	0
Nick SuzukiC	0	5	1	0	23:33	1:28	0:02	22:03	24	1	12	0	1	1	12	7	63.2	0	1	2
Jesse YlonenRW	3	2	0	0	12:08	0:00	0:00	12:08	15	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0

Defenses	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	G	YTDG	A	S	SM	GV	PN	PIM
Justin BarronD	0	2	0	0	11:04	0:01	0:00	11:03	17	0	6	0	3	2	0	0	0
Kaiden GuhleD	2	3	1	-1	15:42	0:00	1:02	14:40	20	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	0
Jordan HarrisD	0	0	0	1	14:35	0:00	0:01	14:34	19	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Johnathan KovacevicD	0	1	0	1	11:23	0:00	3:37	7:46	12	1	5	0	1	0	0	0	0
Mike MathesonD	2	3	1	0	25:27	1:41	2:48	20:58	24	0	6	1	1	1	1	1	2
David SavardD	3	0	0	-3	22:10	0:04	2:07	19:59	23	0	3	0	3	0	0	1	2
Jayden StrubleD	1	2	0	0	16:37	0:19	1:52	14:26	21	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0