Lightning torch Canadiens, go up 2-0 in East semifinal series

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Tampa Bay Lightning

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6

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Montreal Canadiens

50-22-10 

 

 

 

 

 

	1	2	3	T
TB	1	3	2	6
MTL	1	0	1	2

Stamkos (Lightning - C): Goals: 1, Assists: 2
Kucherov (Lightning - RW): Goals: 2, Assists: 0
Killorn (Lightning - C): Goals: 0, Assists: 2

• Associated Press

MONTREAL -- Tampa Bay captain Steven Stamkos ended his scoring drought and the Lightning's power-play came to life with four goals -- at the expense of the reeling Montreal Canadiens.
Stamkos scored his first goal of the playoffs and Tampa Bay beat Montreal 6-2 on Sunday night to take a 2-0 lead in the Eastern Conference semifinal series.
"I don't know if it was more relief that he scored or the power play scored, so it was kind of the whole compilation of Alka Seltzer," Lightning coach Jon Cooper said.
Nikita Kucherov scored twice on power plays, Valtteri Filppula, Victor Hedman and J.T. Brown added goals, and Ben Bishop made 27 saves for the Lightning.

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Jeff Petry and Tom Gilbert scored for Montreal. Carey Price allowed the most goals he has all season, finishing with 18 saves.
Game 3 is Wednesday night at Tampa Bay. In Game 1, Tampa Bay won 2-1 in double overtime.
"I don't know how much home ice has been an advantage in all the playoffs so far," Bishop said. "We look forward to going home, but it's not going to be any easier."
The Lightning power play went 4 for 8 after scoring only twice on 34 chances.
"We had a lot of movement, we made smart decisions, we shot the puck hard," Cooper said. "When you're making tape-to-tape passes you're giving yourself a chance."
With the score tied at 1 midway through the second period, Stamkos took a puck that went off Andrei Markov's skate and off his own leg to send him in on a breakaway. From there, he deked Carey Price.
"It was definitely a release of some things that have been building up," Stamkos said. "Whether it's my first or my 20th, at that time of the game, to go up, your emotions are running high. Any time you score a goal in the playoffs it's exciting, but that one maybe a little more so than others I've scored."
Tampa Bay went 4 for 7 on the power play, and Montreal was 0 for 3.
"We're doing a lot of good things, but we have to find a way to finish around the net," Canadiens defenseman P.K. Subban said. "We got a lot of chances. If we finish earlier, or getting a couple of goals earlier, maybe it's a different story."
Filppula and Hedman also scored with the man advantage as Tampa Bay got its first power-play goals since Game 2 of its seven-game opening series against Detroit.
Montreal is 1 for 26 with the man advantage in the playoffs.
The Canadiens scored the first goal of a game for only the second time in eight postseason contests when Petry took a pass from Torrey Mitchell and beat Bishop with a wrist shot from the blue line at 7:20.
Montreal let it slip away with undisciplined penalties. Brandon Prust got an extra 2 minutes for yapping at a referee, and Subban was sent off for cross-checking. Filppula tied it with Subban off on a shot from the right circle with 24 seconds left in the period.
"There was no goal bigger than Filppula's," Cooper said. "For them to walk into their dressing room with nothing to show for it was a momentum-swinger for us and we took the game over after that."
Stamkos used a fortunate bounce to go in on a breakaway and deke Price for a goal 8:06 into the second. It was the Lightning captain's first goal in nine postseason games this year. He also had two assists.
The Lightning had a 4-on-3 man advantage when Tyler Johnson slipped a cross-ice pass to Kucherov for a shot into an open side at 12:29. Then, Price had no chance when Hedman finished a back-door play with Alex Killorn on a power play at 19:46.
Kucherov redirected Johnson's pass inside the post 6:37 into the third to make it 5-1, before Gilbert scored from the point at 11:06 for Montreal. Brown added his goal at 16:05.
Prust got a game misconduct with 3:55 left. He bumped Bishop, leading to a fight with Braydon Coburn.
"We don't want to be in the box all game," Subban said. "We can look at this game and say that it's discipline -- and that's part of it -- but we had opportunities to change the game early and it doesn't happen for us."
Game notes
Center David Desharnais was a late scratch with the flu, forcing Montreal to juggle lines, including reuniting the EGG line of Lars Eller, Alex Galchenyuk and Brendan Gallagher. . .. Tampa Bay lost twice at home in the first round against Detroit.

Final

Tampa Bay leads 2-0 (Game 2 of 7)

Lightning 6

Canadiens 2

Coverage: NBCSN

6:00 PM ET, May 3, 2015
Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

	1	2	3	T
TB	1	3	2	6
MTL	1	0	1	2

S. Stamkos (Lightning - C): Goals: 1, Assists: 2
N. Kucherov (Lightning - RW): Goals: 2, Assists: 0
A. Killorn (Lightning - C): Goals: 0, Assists: 2

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1st Period Summary
Time	Team	Detail
0:00	Montreal	Start of 1st period
0:00	Montreal	Tomas Plekanec won faceoff against Tyler Johnson in neutral zone
0:30	Tampa Bay	Ondrej Palat credited with hit on Max Pacioretty in neutral zone
0:35	Montreal	Shot missed by Tomas Plekanec, Wide of Net(Wristshot 34 ft)
0:39	Montreal	Stoppage - Puck Frozen
0:39	Montreal	Torrey Mitchell won faceoff against Valtteri Filppula in offensive zone
1:02	Montreal	Stoppage - High Stick
1:02	Montreal	Lars Eller won faceoff against Steven Stamkos in offensive zone
1:11	Montreal	Shot on goal by Lars Eller saved by Ben Bishop(Tip-In 11 ft)
1:13	Montreal	Stoppage - Goalie Stopped
1:13	Tampa Bay	penalty to Matthew Carle 2 minutes for Roughing Brendan Gallagher
1:13	Tampa Bay	Shorthanded - Tyler Johnson won faceoff against Tomas Plekanec in defensive zone
1:52	Montreal	Power play - Shot missed by P.K. Subban, Wide of Net(Wristshot 15 ft)
2:23	Montreal	Stoppage - Offside
2:23	Montreal	Power play - Lars Eller won faceoff against Brian Boyle in neutral zone
2:32	Montreal	Stoppage - Puck in Netting
2:32	Montreal	Power play - Lars Eller won faceoff against Brian Boyle in offensive zone
2:44	Montreal	Power play - Shot missed by Alexei Emelin, Wide of Net(Slapshot 59 ft)
3:50	Montreal	Shot on goal by Devante Smith-Pelly saved by Ben Bishop(Wristshot 50 ft)
4:09	Tampa Bay	Nikita Kucherov shot blocked by Tom Gilbert
4:10	Montreal	Stoppage - Puck in Netting
4:10	Montreal	Tomas Plekanec won faceoff against Tyler Johnson in defensive zone
4:27	Montreal	Stoppage - Offside
4:27	Montreal	Brian Flynn won faceoff against Brian Boyle in neutral zone
4:36	Montreal	Devante Smith-Pelly credited with hit on Jason Garrison in offensive zone
5:06	Tampa Bay	Shot on goal by Victor Hedman saved by Carey Price(Slapshot 57 ft)
5:09	Montreal	Jacob De La Rose credited with hit on Brenden Morrow in defensive zone
5:16	Tampa Bay	Shot on goal by Ryan Callahan saved by Carey Price(Wristshot 32 ft)
5:19	Montreal	Stoppage - Puck Frozen
5:19	Montreal	Torrey Mitchell won faceoff against Alex Killorn in defensive zone
5:47	Tampa Bay	Steven Stamkos shot blocked by Andrei Markov
5:59	Montreal	Lars Eller shot blocked by Victor Hedman
6:01	Montreal	Shot on goal by Lars Eller saved by Ben Bishop(Backhand 49 ft)
6:02	Montreal	Stoppage - Goalie Stopped; TV timeout
6:02	Montreal	Tomas Plekanec won faceoff against Valtteri Filppula in offensive zone
6:38	Montreal	Takeaway by Max Pacioretty in offensive zone
7:02	Tampa Bay	Giveaway by Ondrej Palat in defensive zone
7:09	Montreal	Shot missed by Jeff Petry, Wide of Net(Slapshot 67 ft)
7:20	Montreal	Goal scored by Jeff Petry(Wristshot 61 ft) assisted by Torrey Mitchell and Brandon Prust
7:20	Montreal	Lars Eller won faceoff against Brian Boyle in neutral zone
7:59	Tampa Bay	Shot missed by J.T. Brown, Wide of Net(Wristshot 26 ft)
8:22	Tampa Bay	Giveaway by Anton Stralman in defensive zone
8:23	Montreal	Shot on goal by Brian Flynn saved by Ben Bishop(Wristshot 30 ft)
8:24	Montreal	Stoppage - Puck in Netting
8:24	Tampa Bay	Steven Stamkos won faceoff against Jacob De La Rose in defensive zone
8:35	Tampa Bay	Giveaway by Braydon Coburn in defensive zone
8:36	Montreal	Shot on goal by Jacob De La Rose saved by Ben Bishop(Wristshot 36 ft)
8:37	Montreal	Stoppage - Goalie Stopped
8:37	Montreal	Tomas Plekanec won faceoff against Valtteri Filppula in offensive zone
8:42	Montreal	Shot on goal by Greg Pateryn saved by Ben Bishop(Wristshot 25 ft)
9:08	Montreal	Giveaway by Greg Pateryn in defensive zone
9:16	Montreal	Giveaway by Tomas Plekanec in defensive zone
9:30	Montreal	Shot on goal by Tomas Plekanec saved by Ben Bishop(Wristshot 48 ft)
9:33	Montreal	Shot on goal by P.A. Parenteau saved by Ben Bishop(Wristshot 13 ft)
9:56	Tampa Bay	Shot on goal by Victor Hedman saved by Carey Price(Slapshot 58 ft)
10:22	Montreal	Stoppage - Puck in Benches; TV timeout
10:22	Montreal	Brian Flynn won faceoff against Brian Boyle in defensive zone
10:33	Montreal	Giveaway by Devante Smith-Pelly in defensive zone
10:48	Montreal	Jacob De La Rose credited with hit on Braydon Coburn in offensive zone
10:50	Montreal	Devante Smith-Pelly credited with hit on Jason Garrison in offensive zone
10:59	Tampa Bay	Brenden Morrow credited with hit on Greg Pateryn in offensive zone
11:15	Montreal	Stoppage - Icing
11:15	Montreal	Tomas Plekanec won faceoff against Steven Stamkos in offensive zone
11:23	Tampa Bay	Shot on goal by Ryan Callahan saved by Carey Price(Wristshot 41 ft)
11:28	Montreal	Stoppage - Puck in Crowd
11:28	Tampa Bay	Tyler Johnson won faceoff against Tomas Plekanec in neutral zone
11:40	Montreal	Giveaway by Alexei Emelin in defensive zone
11:42	Tampa Bay	Anton Stralman shot blocked by Tomas Plekanec
11:51	Tampa Bay	Tyler Johnson credited with hit on Jeff Petry in offensive zone
11:54	Montreal	Stoppage - Offside
11:54	Montreal	Lars Eller won faceoff against Valtteri Filppula in neutral zone
12:00	Montreal	Shot on goal by Brendan Gallagher saved by Ben Bishop(Slapshot 41 ft)
12:01	Montreal	Stoppage - Goalie Stopped
12:01	Tampa Bay	Valtteri Filppula won faceoff against Lars Eller in defensive zone
12:25	Tampa Bay	Matthew Carle credited with hit on Lars Eller in defensive zone
12:50	Montreal	Shot on goal by Torrey Mitchell saved by Ben Bishop(Wristshot 51 ft)
12:51	Montreal	Stoppage - Goalie Stopped
12:51	Tampa Bay	Steven Stamkos won faceoff against Torrey Mitchell in defensive zone
12:57	Montreal	Brandon Prust credited with hit on Jason Garrison in offensive zone
13:03	Tampa Bay	Shot on goal by Braydon Coburn saved by Carey Price(Wristshot 87 ft)
13:08	Montreal	Jeff Petry credited with hit on Alex Killorn in defensive zone
13:16	Montreal	Giveaway by P.A. Parenteau in defensive zone
13:29	Montreal	Alexei Emelin credited with hit on Braydon Coburn in defensive zone
13:45	Montreal	penalty to Brandon Prust 2 minutes for Roughing Braydon Coburn
13:45	Montreal	penalty to Brandon Prust 2 minutes for Unsportsmanlike conduct
13:45	Montreal	Shorthanded - Tomas Plekanec won faceoff against Tyler Johnson in defensive zone
14:39	Montreal	Shorthanded - P.K. Subban credited with hit on Ondrej Palat in defensive zone
15:20	Tampa Bay	Power play - Shot on goal by Alex Killorn saved by Carey Price(Wristshot 25 ft)
15:40	Tampa Bay	Power play - Shot on goal by Victor Hedman saved by Carey Price(Backhand 8 ft)
15:43	Montreal	Shorthanded - Giveaway by Jeff Petry in defensive zone
16:00	Montreal	Stoppage - Puck in Netting
16:00	Tampa Bay	Power play - Tyler Johnson won faceoff against Jacob De La Rose in offensive zone
16:04	Tampa Bay	Power play - Steven Stamkos shot blocked by Max Pacioretty
16:24	Montreal	Shorthanded - Shot on goal by Tomas Plekanec saved by Ben Bishop(Wristshot 50 ft)
16:45	Montreal	Shorthanded - Shot on goal by Brian Flynn saved by Ben Bishop(Wristshot 24 ft)
17:14	Montreal	Shorthanded - Takeaway by Max Pacioretty in defensive zone
17:49	Montreal	Jacob De La Rose credited with hit on Valtteri Filppula in defensive zone
17:57	Montreal	P.K. Subban credited with hit on Ryan Callahan in defensive zone
18:03	Tampa Bay	Shot on goal by Alex Killorn saved by Carey Price(Wristshot 17 ft)
18:04	Montreal	Stoppage - Goalie Stopped; TV timeout
18:04	Montreal	penalty to P.K. Subban 2 minutes for Cross checking Ryan Callahan
18:04	Montreal	Shorthanded - Tomas Plekanec won faceoff against Tyler Johnson in defensive zone
18:47	Montreal	Shorthanded - Takeaway by Torrey Mitchell in neutral zone
18:51	Montreal	Shorthanded - Shot on goal by Torrey Mitchell saved by Ben Bishop(Wristshot 12 ft)
19:02	Tampa Bay	Power play - Nikita Kucherov credited with hit on Brandon Prust in neutral zone
19:36	Tampa Bay	Power Play Goal Scored by Valtteri Filppula(Snap 46 ft) assisted by Victor Hedman and Alex Killorn
19:36	Tampa Bay	Brian Boyle won faceoff against Tomas Plekanec in neutral zone
19:42	Montreal	Greg Pateryn credited with hit on Cedric Paquette in defensive zone
20:00	Montreal	End of 1st period
2nd Period Summary
Time	Team	Detail
0:00	Montreal	Start of 2nd period
0:00	Tampa Bay	Tyler Johnson won faceoff against Tomas Plekanec in neutral zone
0:07	Montreal	Takeaway by Max Pacioretty in offensive zone
0:33	Montreal	Stoppage - Icing
0:33	Tampa Bay	Steven Stamkos won faceoff against Tomas Plekanec in offensive zone
0:41	Tampa Bay	Matthew Carle shot blocked by Alexei Emelin
0:44	Tampa Bay	Ryan Callahan credited with hit on Alexei Emelin in offensive zone
1:02	Montreal	P.K. Subban shot blocked by Andrej Sustr
1:30	Tampa Bay	penalty to Alex Killorn 2 minutes for Holding P.K. Subban
1:30	Tampa Bay	Shorthanded - Brian Boyle won faceoff against Lars Eller in defensive zone
2:14	Tampa Bay	Shorthanded - Victor Hedman credited with hit on Lars Eller in defensive zone
2:20	Montreal	Power play - Shot missed by P.K. Subban, Wide of Net(Slapshot 47 ft)
2:32	Montreal	Power play - Max Pacioretty shot blocked by Anton Stralman
3:02	Montreal	Power play - Shot on goal by P.K. Subban saved by Ben Bishop(Slapshot 48 ft)
3:32	Montreal	Stoppage - Offside
3:32	Montreal	Torrey Mitchell won faceoff against Vladislav Namestnikov in neutral zone
4:00	Tampa Bay	Vladislav Namestnikov credited with hit on Torrey Mitchell in defensive zone
4:14	Montreal	Brandon Prust credited with hit on Andrej Sustr in offensive zone
4:27	Tampa Bay	Shot on goal by Vladislav Namestnikov saved by Carey Price(Deflected 74 ft)
4:35	Tampa Bay	penalty to Brenden Morrow 2 minutes for Greg Pateryn
4:35	Tampa Bay	Shorthanded - Brian Boyle won faceoff against Tomas Plekanec in defensive zone
5:01	Montreal	Power play - Takeaway by Jeff Petry in offensive zone
5:18	Montreal	Power play - Jeff Petry shot blocked by Braydon Coburn
5:21	Montreal	Stoppage - High Stick
5:21	Tampa Bay	Shorthanded - Tyler Johnson won faceoff against Lars Eller in offensive zone
6:00	Tampa Bay	Shorthanded - Shot on goal by Tyler Johnson saved by Carey Price(Slapshot 42 ft)
6:42	Tampa Bay	Matthew Carle credited with hit on Brandon Prust in defensive zone
7:01	Tampa Bay	Andrej Sustr shot blocked by Brandon Prust
7:10	Tampa Bay	Shot on goal by Matthew Carle saved by Carey Price(Wristshot 40 ft)
7:11	Montreal	Stoppage - Puck in Netting; TV timeout
7:11	Montreal	Torrey Mitchell won faceoff against Steven Stamkos in defensive zone
7:16	Tampa Bay	Ryan Callahan credited with hit on Tom Gilbert in offensive zone
7:46	Tampa Bay	Giveaway by Jason Garrison in defensive zone
8:06	Tampa Bay	Goal scored by Steven Stamkos(Wristshot 6 ft) assisted by Jason Garrison and Braydon Coburn
8:06	Tampa Bay	Tyler Johnson won faceoff against Tomas Plekanec in neutral zone
8:20	Tampa Bay	Shot on goal by Nikita Kucherov saved by Carey Price(Wristshot 56 ft)
8:29	Tampa Bay	Giveaway by Ben Bishop in defensive zone
8:31	Montreal	Shot missed by Tomas Plekanec, Wide of Net(Wristshot 42 ft)
8:51	Montreal	Stoppage - Offside
8:51	Tampa Bay	Brian Boyle won faceoff against Brian Flynn in neutral zone
9:04	Tampa Bay	Shot on goal by Victor Hedman saved by Carey Price(Wristshot 92 ft)
9:27	Montreal	Takeaway by Devante Smith-Pelly in defensive zone
9:50	Montreal	Shot missed by Alex Galchenyuk, Wide of Net(Wristshot 62 ft)
10:05	Tampa Bay	Giveaway by Valtteri Filppula in defensive zone
10:06	Montreal	Shot on goal by Brendan Gallagher saved by Ben Bishop(Tip-In 42 ft)
10:40	Montreal	Alex Galchenyuk credited with hit on Cedric Paquette in offensive zone
10:49	Montreal	penalty to Alexei Emelin 2 minutes for Interference Vladislav Namestnikov
10:49	Tampa Bay	penalty to Vladislav Namestnikov 2 minutes for Embellishment Alexei Emelin
10:49	Montreal	Stoppage - ; TV timeout
10:49	Montreal	Tomas Plekanec won faceoff against Steven Stamkos in defensive zone
11:02	Montreal	Shot on goal by Andrei Markov saved by Ben Bishop(Wristshot 47 ft)
11:03	Montreal	Stoppage - Goalie Stopped
11:03	Montreal	Lars Eller won faceoff against Valtteri Filppula in offensive zone
11:34	Montreal	Takeaway by Lars Eller in defensive zone
11:48	Montreal	Shot on goal by P.K. Subban saved by Ben Bishop(Wristshot 40 ft)
11:49	Montreal	Stoppage - Goalie Stopped
11:49	Tampa Bay	Tyler Johnson won faceoff against Tomas Plekanec in defensive zone
12:15	Montreal	penalty to Tom Gilbert 2 minutes for Cross checking Tyler Johnson
12:15	Montreal	Shorthanded - Tomas Plekanec won faceoff against Tyler Johnson in defensive zone
12:29	Tampa Bay	Power Play Goal Scored by Nikita Kucherov(Snap 24 ft) assisted by Tyler Johnson and Steven Stamkos
12:29	Montreal	Lars Eller won faceoff against Valtteri Filppula in neutral zone
12:46	Montreal	Jeff Petry credited with hit on Alex Killorn in defensive zone
12:59	Tampa Bay	Giveaway by Alex Killorn in offensive zone
13:11	Montreal	Shot missed by Lars Eller, Wide of Net(Slapshot 33 ft)
13:40	Tampa Bay	Ondrej Palat credited with hit on Jacob De La Rose in defensive zone
13:47	Montreal	Jacob De La Rose credited with hit on Ondrej Palat in neutral zone
14:10	Tampa Bay	Matthew Carle credited with hit on Jacob De La Rose in defensive zone
14:14	Montreal	Devante Smith-Pelly credited with hit on Andrej Sustr in offensive zone
14:40	Montreal	Greg Pateryn shot blocked by Brian Boyle
15:22	Montreal	Stoppage - Icing
15:22	Montreal	Tomas Plekanec won faceoff against Steven Stamkos in defensive zone
15:44	Tampa Bay	Ryan Callahan credited with hit on Alexei Emelin in offensive zone
15:50	Tampa Bay	Steven Stamkos credited with hit on Jeff Petry in offensive zone
15:52	Montreal	Shot on goal by Max Pacioretty saved by Ben Bishop(Wristshot 47 ft)
16:20	Montreal	Takeaway by Alexei Emelin in defensive zone
16:25	Montreal	Stoppage - Icing
16:25	Tampa Bay	Tyler Johnson won faceoff against Lars Eller in defensive zone
16:40	Montreal	Stoppage - Offside; TV timeout
16:40	Montreal	Tomas Plekanec won faceoff against Brian Boyle in neutral zone
17:56	Montreal	Jeff Petry shot blocked by Andrej Sustr
18:19	Tampa Bay	Shot on goal by Matthew Carle saved by Carey Price(Wristshot 39 ft)
18:26	Tampa Bay	Steven Stamkos shot blocked by Brian Flynn
18:48	Montreal	Devante Smith-Pelly credited with hit on Victor Hedman in offensive zone
18:57	Montreal	penalty to Jeff Petry 2 minutes for Interference Ondrej Palat
18:57	Montreal	Shorthanded - Tomas Plekanec won faceoff against Valtteri Filppula in defensive zone
19:46	Tampa Bay	Power Play Goal Scored by Victor Hedman(Wristshot 13 ft) assisted by Alex Killorn and Valtteri Filppula
19:46	Tampa Bay	Brian Boyle won faceoff against Torrey Mitchell in neutral zone
20:00	Montreal	End of 2nd period
3rd Period Summary
Time	Team	Detail
0:00	Montreal	Start of 3rd period
0:00	Tampa Bay	Tyler Johnson won faceoff against Tomas Plekanec in neutral zone
0:12	Tampa Bay	Ondrej Palat credited with hit on Jeff Petry in offensive zone
0:35	Tampa Bay	Ondrej Palat credited with hit on Jeff Petry in offensive zone
0:45	Montreal	Shot on goal by Max Pacioretty saved by Ben Bishop(Wristshot 35 ft)
1:04	Tampa Bay	Giveaway by Matthew Carle in defensive zone
1:12	Montreal	P.K. Subban shot blocked by Ryan Callahan
1:13	Montreal	Stoppage - Puck in Netting
1:13	Tampa Bay	Brian Boyle won faceoff against Torrey Mitchell in defensive zone
1:24	Montreal	Stoppage - Offside
1:24	Tampa Bay	Brian Boyle won faceoff against Brian Flynn in neutral zone
1:43	Montreal	Stoppage - Icing
1:43	Montreal	Brian Flynn won faceoff against Tyler Johnson in defensive zone
1:48	Montreal	Stoppage - Puck in Benches
1:48	Montreal	Tomas Plekanec won faceoff against Tyler Johnson in defensive zone
1:59	Montreal	Max Pacioretty shot blocked by Jason Garrison
2:09	Montreal	Stoppage - Offside
2:09	Montreal	Lars Eller won faceoff against Brian Boyle in neutral zone
2:16	Montreal	Stoppage - Icing
2:16	Tampa Bay	Brian Boyle won faceoff against Lars Eller in defensive zone
2:21	Montreal	Andrei Markov credited with hit on Brenden Morrow in offensive zone
2:32	Montreal	Lars Eller shot blocked by Andrej Sustr
2:36	Tampa Bay	Brian Boyle credited with hit on Lars Eller in neutral zone
3:01	Tampa Bay	Takeaway by Andrej Sustr in neutral zone
3:20	Montreal	Brandon Prust shot blocked by Victor Hedman
3:26	Montreal	Brian Flynn shot blocked by Anton Stralman
3:35	Tampa Bay	Anton Stralman credited with hit on Brandon Prust in defensive zone
4:31	Tampa Bay	Tyler Johnson shot blocked by Jeff Petry
4:59	Tampa Bay	Giveaway by Tyler Johnson in defensive zone
5:06	Montreal	Shot on goal by Jacob De La Rose saved by Ben Bishop(Wristshot 29 ft)
5:15	Montreal	Dale Weise credited with hit on Nikita Kucherov in offensive zone
5:27	Montreal	Dale Weise credited with hit on Braydon Coburn in offensive zone
5:33	Montreal	Stoppage - Offside
5:33	Tampa Bay	Steven Stamkos won faceoff against Lars Eller in neutral zone
5:51	Montreal	Stoppage - Icing
5:51	Tampa Bay	Steven Stamkos won faceoff against Torrey Mitchell in defensive zone
6:08	Montreal	Shot on goal by Torrey Mitchell saved by Ben Bishop(Wristshot 14 ft)
6:10	Montreal	penalty to Torrey Mitchell 2 minutes for Interference - Goalkeeper Ben Bishop
6:10	Montreal	Stoppage - ; TV timeout
6:10	Tampa Bay	Power play - Tyler Johnson won faceoff against Lars Eller in offensive zone
6:37	Tampa Bay	Power Play Goal Scored by Nikita Kucherov(Tip-In 21 ft) assisted by Tyler Johnson and Steven Stamkos
6:37	Tampa Bay	Brian Boyle won faceoff against Tomas Plekanec in neutral zone
7:06	Montreal	Takeaway by P.A. Parenteau in offensive zone
7:35	Montreal	Devante Smith-Pelly credited with hit on Ryan Callahan in offensive zone
8:25	Montreal	Shot missed by Brandon Prust, Wide of Net(Wristshot 15 ft)
8:42	Montreal	Brandon Prust credited with hit on Ondrej Palat in defensive zone
8:46	Montreal	Brandon Prust credited with hit on Nikita Kucherov in defensive zone
8:48	Tampa Bay	Ondrej Palat shot blocked by Tom Gilbert
9:07	Montreal	Brendan Gallagher credited with hit on Victor Hedman in offensive zone
9:41	Montreal	Alex Galchenyuk shot blocked by Steven Stamkos
10:07	Montreal	Shot on goal by Max Pacioretty saved by Ben Bishop(Wristshot 50 ft)
10:17	Montreal	P.A. Parenteau shot blocked by Braydon Coburn
10:18	Montreal	Tomas Plekanec credited with hit on Jason Garrison in offensive zone
10:34	Montreal	Giveaway by P.K. Subban in neutral zone
10:36	Tampa Bay	Nikita Kucherov credited with hit on Dale Weise in neutral zone
11:06	Montreal	Goal scored by Tom Gilbert(Slapshot 61 ft) assisted by Alexei Emelin and Devante Smith-Pelly
11:06	Montreal	penalty to Dale Weise 10 minutes for Misconduct (10 min)
11:06	Montreal	Torrey Mitchell won faceoff against Brian Boyle in neutral zone
11:06	Montreal	penalty to Torrey Mitchell 2 minutes for Delaying Game-Face-off Violation
11:06	Montreal	Stoppage - ; TV timeout
11:06	Montreal	Shorthanded - Tomas Plekanec won faceoff against Tyler Johnson in defensive zone
11:38	Montreal	Shorthanded - Tomas Plekanec shot blocked by Anton Stralman
13:11	Montreal	Stoppage - Icing
13:11	Tampa Bay	Brian Boyle won faceoff against Jacob De La Rose in offensive zone
13:21	Tampa Bay	Brian Boyle shot blocked by Tom Gilbert
13:35	Montreal	Stoppage - Goalie Stopped
13:35	Tampa Bay	Shot on goal by J.T. Brown saved by Carey Price(Tip-In 8 ft)
13:35	Tampa Bay	Tyler Johnson won faceoff against Lars Eller in offensive zone
13:49	Montreal	Brendan Gallagher shot blocked by Jason Garrison
14:01	Montreal	Brendan Gallagher credited with hit on Jason Garrison in neutral zone
14:10	Montreal	Shot on goal by P.A. Parenteau saved by Ben Bishop(Wristshot 39 ft)
14:15	Tampa Bay	Shot on goal by Steven Stamkos saved by Carey Price(Wristshot 37 ft)
14:16	Montreal	Stoppage - Goalie Stopped; TV timeout
14:16	Montreal	Tomas Plekanec won faceoff against Steven Stamkos in defensive zone
14:41	Tampa Bay	Anton Stralman credited with hit on Max Pacioretty in defensive zone
14:47	Tampa Bay	Giveaway by Anton Stralman in defensive zone
15:27	Tampa Bay	Anton Stralman credited with hit on Brian Flynn in defensive zone
15:45	Montreal	Torrey Mitchell credited with hit on Valtteri Filppula in offensive zone
16:05	Tampa Bay	Goal scored by J.T. Brown(Tip-In 9 ft) assisted by Valtteri Filppula and Brian Boyle
16:05	Montreal	Lars Eller won faceoff against Vladislav Namestnikov in neutral zone
16:24	Tampa Bay	Giveaway by Ben Bishop in defensive zone
17:04	Montreal	Takeaway by Brendan Gallagher in offensive zone
17:07	Montreal	Shot on goal by Brendan Gallagher saved by Ben Bishop(Wristshot 48 ft)
17:15	Montreal	Shot on goal by Brendan Gallagher saved by Ben Bishop(Wristshot 34 ft)
17:25	Montreal	Shot on goal by Jeff Petry saved by Ben Bishop(Slapshot 67 ft)
17:35	Tampa Bay	Shot on goal by Brenden Morrow saved by Carey Price(Wristshot 34 ft)
17:47	Montreal	Shot on goal by Jacob De La Rose saved by Ben Bishop(Wristshot 51 ft)
17:50	Montreal	Brandon Prust credited with hit on Jason Garrison in offensive zone
18:04	Tampa Bay	Giveaway by Ben Bishop in defensive zone
18:07	Montreal	penalty to Brandon Prust 2 minutes for Tripping Ben Bishop(served by P.A. Parenteau)
18:07	Montreal	penalty to Brandon Prust 5 minutes for Fighting (maj) Braydon Coburn
18:07	Tampa Bay	penalty to Braydon Coburn 5 minutes for Fighting (maj) Brandon Prust
18:07	Montreal	penalty to Brandon Prust 10 minutes for Misconduct (10 min)
18:07	Montreal	penalty to Brandon Prust 10 minutes for Game misconduct
18:07	Montreal	Shorthanded - Tomas Plekanec won faceoff against Brian Boyle in defensive zone
18:40	Montreal	Shorthanded - Tomas Plekanec shot blocked by Anton Stralman
18:50	Montreal	Shorthanded - Giveaway by Andrei Markov in defensive zone
19:12	Tampa Bay	Power play - Shot on goal by Andrej Sustr saved by Carey Price(Wristshot 37 ft)
19:34	Montreal	Shorthanded - Giveaway by Jeff Petry in defensive zone
20:00	Montreal	End of 3rd period
20:00	Montreal	game-end

Game Information

Arena: Bell Centre Location: Montreal, Quebec	Referees: Brad Watson, Chris Lee Linesmen: Brad Kovachik, Bryan Pancich
Attendance: 21,287 (100.1% full)

Team Statistical Comparison

Key:  Tampa Bay   Montreal
Total Shots    24  29	PIM    13  53	Hits    21  28	Giveaways  12    9	Takeaways    1  10	Faceoffs Won    27  33

1st Period Summary
Time	Team	Scoring Detail	TB	MTL
7:20		Jeff Petry (1) Assists: Torrey Mitchell, Brandon Prust	0	1
19:36		Valtteri Filppula (2) (Power Play) Assists: Victor Hedman, Alex Killorn	1	1
Time	Team	Penalty Detail
1:13		Matt Carle: 2 Minutes for Roughing
13:45		Brandon Prust: 2 Minutes for Roughing
13:45		Brandon Prust: 2 Minutes for Unsportsmanlike Conduct
18:04		P.K. Subban: 2 Minutes for Cross checking
2nd Period Summary
Time	Team	Scoring Detail	TB	MTL
8:06		Steven Stamkos (1) Assists: Jason Garrison, Braydon Coburn	2	1
12:29		Nikita Kucherov (2) (Power Play) Assists: Tyler Johnson, Steven Stamkos	3	1
19:46		Victor Hedman (1) (Power Play) Assists: Alex Killorn, Valtteri Filppula	4	1
Time	Team	Penalty Detail
1:30		Alex Killorn: 2 Minutes for Holding
4:35		Brenden Morrow: 2 Minutes for Illegal check to the head
10:49		Vladislav Namestnikov: 2 Minutes for Embellishment
10:49		Alexei Emelin: 2 Minutes for Interference
12:15		Tom Gilbert: 2 Minutes for Cross checking
18:57		Jeff Petry: 2 Minutes for Interference
3rd Period Summary
Time	Team	Scoring Detail	TB	MTL
6:37		Nikita Kucherov (3) (Power Play) Assists: Tyler Johnson, Steven Stamkos	5	1
11:06		Tom Gilbert (2) Assists: Alexei Emelin, Devante Smith-Pelly	5	2
16:05		J.T. Brown (1) Assists: Valtteri Filppula, Brian Boyle	6	2
Time	Team	Penalty Detail
6:10		Torrey Mitchell: 2 Minutes for Goalkeeper Interference
11:06		Dale Weise: 10 Minute Misconduct
11:06		Torrey Mitchell: 2 Minutes for Delaying Game-Face-off Violation
18:07		Brandon Prust: 10 Minute Game Misconduct
18:07		Braydon Coburn: 5 Minute Major for Fighting
18:07		Brandon Prust: 2 Minutes for Tripping (Served by P.A. Parenteau)
18:07		Brandon Prust: 5 Minute Major for Fighting
18:07		Brandon Prust: 10 Minute Misconduct

Player Summary

Tampa Bay Lightning Time On Ice Faceoffs Player G A +/- SOG MS BS PN PIM HT TK GV SHF TOT PP SH EV FW FL % B. Boyle C 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 21 15:52 1:20 3:11 11:21 10 9 52.6 J. Brown RW 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 10:15 0:00 0:00 10:15 0 0 00.0 R. Callahan RW 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 25 18:13 4:25 0:00 13:48 0 0 00.0 M. Carle D 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 2 3 0 1 26 18:35 1:04 0:23 17:08 0 0 00.0 B. Coburn D 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 5 0 0 1 23 15:10 0:03 2:07 13:00 0 0 00.0 V. Filppula C 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 24 19:14 4:51 2:40 11:43 1 7 12.5 J. Garrison D 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 27 20:15 4:20 2:07 13:48 0 0 00.0 V. Hedman D 1 1 -1 5 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 23 20:35 5:00 3:30 12:05 0 0 00.0 T. Johnson C 0 2 -2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 26 18:41 4:53 2:28 11:20 11 8 57.9 A. Killorn C 0 2 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 25 18:30 4:25 0:13 13:52 0 1 00.0 N. Kucherov RW 2 0 -2 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 24 17:07 5:10 0:00 11:57 0 0 00.0 B. Morrow LW 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 13 10:21 1:20 0:00 9:01 0 0 00.0 V. Namestnikov C 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 11 8:53 1:20 0:00 7:33 0 2 00.0 O. Palat LW 0 0 -2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 26 19:35 5:10 2:51 11:34 0 0 00.0 C. Paquette C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 4:36 0:00 0:37 3:59 0 0 00.0 S. Stamkos C 1 2 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 23 16:01 5:01 0:00 11:00 5 6 45.5 A. Stralman D 0 0 -1 0 0 4 0 0 3 0 2 23 19:52 4:55 3:17 11:40 0 0 00.0 A. Sustr D 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 26 20:15 1:04 0:36 18:35 0 0 00.0 Tampa Bay Lightning Scratches Player Detail M. Barberio Scratched N. Nesterov Scratched J. Drouin Scratched M. Angelidis Scratched J. Marchessault Scratched K. Gudlevskis Scratched Montreal Canadiens Time On Ice Faceoffs Player G A +/- SOG MS BS PN PIM HT TK GV SHF TOT PP SH EV FW FL % J. De La Rose LW 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 19 13:04 0:00 4:18 8:46 0 3 00.0 L. Eller C 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 20 14:38 2:43 1:00 10:55 9 8 52.9 A. Emelin D 0 1 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 30 21:30 1:08 4:41 15:41 0 0 00.0 B. Flynn RW 0 0 -1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 18 14:18 0:31 4:09 9:38 3 2 60.0 A. Galchenyuk C 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 17 13:12 2:53 0:00 10:19 0 0 00.0 B. Gallagher RW 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 18 14:20 2:53 0:00 11:27 0 0 00.0 T. Gilbert D 1 0 -1 1 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 24 19:09 0:00 5:03 14:06 0 0 00.0 A. Markov D 0 0 -1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 29 20:01 2:43 3:15 14:03 0 0 00.0 T. Mitchell C 0 1 0 3 0 0 2 4 1 1 0 25 13:29 0:25 2:08 10:56 5 4 55.6 M. Pacioretty LW 0 0 -1 3 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 28 18:38 2:59 3:29 12:10 0 0 00.0 P. Parenteau RW 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 19 12:41 2:36 0:00 10:05 0 0 00.0 G. Pateryn D 0 0 -1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 13 9:19 0:00 0:00 9:19 0 0 00.0 J. Petry D 1 0 1 2 1 1 1 2 2 1 2 29 21:22 3:17 3:00 15:05 0 0 00.0 T. Plekanec C 0 0 -1 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 30 20:54 2:52 4:48 13:14 16 10 61.5 B. Prust RW 0 1 0 0 1 1 6 31 5 0 0 19 12:56 0:08 1:02 11:46 0 0 00.0 D. Smith-Pelly RW 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 1 1 15 9:32 0:00 0:42 8:50 0 0 00.0 P. Subban D 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 2 2 0 1 29 28:50 4:52 5:51 18:07 0 0 00.0 D. Weise RW 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 2 0 0 14 9:12 0:00 0:00 9:12 0 0 00.0 Montreal Canadiens Scratches Player Detail S. Gonchar Scratched M. Malhotra Scratched N. Beaulieu Upper Body D. Carr Scratched M. Condon Scratched M. Weaver Scratched J. Macdonald Scratched B. Lernout Scratched C. Hudon Scratched D. Desharnais Flu D. Dietz Scratched C. Thomas Scratched

Goaltending Summary

Tampa Bay Lightning Goaltending Player SA GA Saves SV% TOI PIM B. Bishop 29 2 27 .931 60:00 0	Montreal Canadiens Goaltending Player SA GA Saves SV% TOI PIM C. Price 24 6 18 .750 60:00 0

Shots On Goal

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T
Tampa Bay	9	9	6	24
Montreal	14	5	10	29

Power Play Summary

Team	PPG / PPO
Tampa Bay	4 of 8
Montreal	0 of 3

* - A player receives a "plus" if he is on the ice when his Club scores an even-strength or shorthand goal. He receives a "minus" if he is on the ice for an even-strength or shorthand goal scored by the opposing Club. The difference in these numbers is considered the player's plus-minus statistic.