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
Alex Barre-BouletC	0	1	0	0	10:47	0:39	0:00	10:08	14	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Anthony CirelliC	4	2	0	0	20:02	1:50	1:18	16:54	21	0	8	1	0	1	2	3	40.0	0	0	0
Michael EyssimontC	0	0	0	0	8:49	0:00	0:00	8:49	11	0	6	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	1	0	0
Luke GlendeningC	0	0	0	0	7:25	0:00	0:24	7:01	12	0	5	0	0	0	2	5	28.6	0	3	17
Brandon HagelLW	0	0	1	0	21:09	1:31	1:18	18:20	22	0	10	1	1	1	0	1	0.0	2	0	0
Tanner JeannotLW	0	2	0	1	10:07	1:40	0:00	8:27	15	0	6	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	1	2
Nikita KucherovRW	1	2	2	0	25:05	4:51	0:00	20:14	22	1	32	1	3	0	0	0	0.0	1	0	0
Tyler MotteC	0	2	0	1	11:11	0:00	0:24	10:47	15	0	4	0	2	1	2	6	25.0	0	0	0
Nick PaulLW	1	2	0	0	20:29	3:59	0:00	16:30	20	0	13	1	1	1	4	9	30.8	1	0	0
Brayden PointC	0	0	1	0	20:51	3:53	0:00	16:58	21	1	17	0	3	1	2	4	33.3	0	0	0
Steven StamkosC	3	1	0	0	21:19	4:12	0:00	17:07	21	0	16	1	1	0	5	7	41.7	1	0	0

Defenses	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	G	YTDG	A	S	SM	GV
Erik CernakD	0	1	1	-1	6:39	0:13	0:00	6:26	8	0	0	0	0	0	1
Haydn FleuryD	1	2	0	-1	9:27	0:13	0:00	9:14	10	0	1	0	0	0	0
Victor HedmanD	1	2	1	2	29:52	3:45	0:41	25:26	26	0	5	2	3	2	0
Nick PerbixD	5	2	0	2	25:15	0:00	0:41	24:34	27	0	1	1	0	0	0
Darren RaddyshD	0	7	0	0	24:30	1:44	1:01	21:45	27	0	4	0	1	3	0
Calvin de HaanD	1	1	0	0	18:57	0:00	1:01	17:56	24	1	1	0	2	0	0