Montreal Canadiens vs Tampa Bay Lightning

NHL

Canadiens

16-17-3, 35 PTS

5-2

Final

Lightning

20-12-2, 42 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	14	14	37
TB	10	8	5	23

In net

Sam Montembeault21/23 SV, .913

Jonas Johansson32/36 SV, .889

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

Who won: Canadiens 5-2

The Montreal Canadiens beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 5-2 on Sunday, December 29, 2024 at Benchmark International Arena. The Canadiens lead the series 1-0. The Canadiens outscored the Lightning 2-0 in the 3rd period. Jake Evans led the Canadiens in goals (1). Nikita Kucherov led the Lightning 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	2	2	1	2	13:43	0:00	3:31	10:12	19	0	6	1	1	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Joel ArmiaRW	0	2	0	2	13:54	0:00	2:29	11:25	19	1	7	1	4	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Cole CaufieldRW	0	0	1	-1	17:10	2:15	0:00	14:55	20	0	18	0	4	1	0	0	0.0	1	0	0
Kirby DachC	2	0	0	1	15:17	1:33	0:10	13:34	21	0	4	0	0	0	3	5	37.5	0	0	0
Christian DvorakC	2	0	1	1	14:00	0:00	3:28	10:32	18	1	3	0	3	0	12	6	66.7	0	0	0
Jake EvansC	1	2	0	2	13:12	0:05	2:21	10:46	19	1	10	0	1	1	6	7	46.2	0	0	0
Brendan GallagherRW	1	1	0	1	12:00	1:43	0:00	10:17	17	1	10	0	4	0	0	0	0.0	1	0	0
Emil HeinemanLW	1	2	0	1	10:52	1:00	0:00	9:52	14	0	8	1	2	1	0	0	0.0	1	0	0
Patrik LaineRW	1	0	0	1	15:29	2:20	0:00	13:09	18	0	8	1	3	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Alex NewhookC	0	1	1	1	14:50	1:45	0:00	13:05	21	1	7	0	2	0	1	3	25.0	0	1	2
Juraj SlafkovskyLW	0	2	0	-1	17:55	2:19	0:00	15:36	19	0	4	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Nick SuzukiC	2	3	0	-1	18:28	2:17	0:00	16:11	20	0	11	0	2	1	12	9	57.1	0	0	0

Defenses	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	YTDG	A	S	SM	GV	PN	PIM
Alexandre CarrierD	0	1	0	1	21:10	0:43	2:16	18:11	28	1	2	3	1	1	0	0
Kaiden GuhleD	0	0	0	1	20:34	0:00	1:52	18:42	26	2	1	2	0	0	0	0
Lane HutsonD	0	2	2	2	20:56	2:22	0:00	18:34	20	2	0	0	0	0	1	2
Mike MathesonD	2	1	0	2	25:06	1:38	3:50	19:38	26	2	1	0	2	0	0	0
David SavardD	2	0	0	0	17:27	0:00	3:50	13:37	21	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
Arber XhekajD	1	1	0	0	11:57	0:00	0:13	11:44	17	1	0	5	0	0	1	2