Tampa Bay Lightning vs Montréal Canadiens

Regular season · Saturday, March 28, 1998 · Centre Molson

2–8

18–29

Game summary

The Montréal Canadiens beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 8–2 on Saturday, March 28, 1998 at Centre Molson. The Canadiens outshot the Lightning 29–18.

Vincent Damphousse scored a hat trick and Benoit Brunet scored twice. Patrice Brisebois, Alexander Selivanov, Mark Recchi, Jonas Hoglund and Paul Ysebaert also scored.

Jocelyn Thibault made 16 saves on 18 shots for the win; Mark Fitzpatrick stopped 17 of 23.

Goals
TBL	0	1	1	2	18
MTL	1	3	4	8	29

Scoring

1st period

Patrice Brisebois (7)Benoit Brunet (14), Vincent Damphousse (36)0–114:07 MTL

2nd period

Alexander Selivanov (16)Jason Bonsignore (7)1–102:09 TBL
Vincent Damphousse (16)Jonas Hoglund (11), Martin Rucinsky (29)1–203:51 MTL
Benoit Brunet (9)Stephane Quintal (10), Mark Recchi (36)1–315:12 MTL
Mark Recchi (30)Saku Koivu (43)1–419:35 MTL ·

3rd period

Vincent Damphousse (17)Patrice Brisebois (27)1–501:20 MTL
Jonas Hoglund (12)Martin Rucinsky (30), Zarley Zalapski (11)1–607:59 MTL ·
Paul Ysebaert (13)Sandy McCarthy (7), Karl Dykhuis (8)2–611:21 TBL
Vincent Damphousse (18)Martin Rucinsky (31), Jonas Hoglund (12)2–712:05 MTL
Benoit Brunet (10)Marc Bureau (4), Dave Manson (27)2–814:30 MTL

Team stats

TBLMTL

1829

48%52%

0/61/6

2222

119

105

1216

1114

Penalties

3:11 into the first periodMick Vukota · fighting5 min
3:11 into the first periodAndrei Nazarov · fighting5 min
3:33 into the first periodMark Recchi · holding obstruction2 min
5:30 into the first periodYves Racine · high sticking2 min
5:30 into the first periodYves Racine · high sticking2 min
12:00 into the first periodSteve Kelly · holding obstruction2 min
15:54 into the first periodMick Vukota · fighting5 min
15:54 into the first periodSandy McCarthy · fighting5 min
17:30 into the first periodVladimir Malakhov · holding stick obstruction2 min
4:08 into the second periodMikael Renberg · holding obstruction2 min
7:32 into the second periodMikael Andersson · hooking2 min
11:41 into the second periodSebastien Bordeleau · hooking obstruction2 min
16:03 into the second periodBenoit Brunet · high sticking2 min
16:03 into the second periodBenoit Brunet · high sticking2 min
2:58 into the third periodMick Vukota · hooking obstruction2 min
6:50 into the third periodJassen Cullimore · hooking obstruction2 min

Season series

Tampa Bay Lightning

Tampa Bay Lightning skaters

10Sandy McCarthyR	0	1	1	+1	2	3	1	5	–	0	0	13	10:40
15Paul YsebaertL	1	0	1	−1	2	0	0	0	52	1	0	21	15:15
29Alexander SelivanovR	1	0	1	−2	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	17	14:42
64Jason BonsignoreC	0	1	1	−1	0	1	0	0	29	0	2	18	15:29
14Karl DykhuisD	0	1	1	−2	0	0	2	0	–	1	2	23	19:17
7Rob ZamunerL	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	–	2	2	21	18:50
11Steve KellyC	0	0	0	−3	0	0	0	2	67	1	0	15	12:17
16Darcy TuckerR	0	0	0	−2	0	1	0	0	67	0	0	17	13:09
20Mikael RenbergR	0	0	0	−2	0	0	0	2	–	0	0	19	16:03
21Jody HullR	0	0	0	−2	1	0	1	0	–	0	0	22	17:37
34Mikael AnderssonR	0	0	0	−1	2	0	0	2	45	1	0	19	12:40
44Stephane RicherR	0	0	0	−3	1	0	1	0	–	2	2	20	18:48
62Andrei NazarovL	0	0	0	−1	1	0	1	5	–	0	0	12	10:26
2Mike McBainD	0	0	0	−3	0	1	1	0	–	0	0	24	20:13
5Jassen CullimoreD	0	0	0	−2	0	1	0	2	–	0	1	26	20:22
6David WilkieD	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	–	0	0	22	18:01
33Yves RacineD	0	0	0	−3	3	3	2	4	–	2	2	27	24:33
39Enrico CicconeD	0	0	0	+1	1	1	0	0	–	2	0	15	10:02

Tampa Bay Lightning goalies
Goalie
1Zac BierkG		6	4	2	.667	12:01
30Mark FitzpatrickG	L	23	17	6	.739	47:59

Montréal Canadiens

Montréal Canadiens skaters

25Vincent DamphousseC	3	1	4	+4	6	0	0	0	45	1	0	20	17:20
17Benoit BrunetL	2	1	3	+2	6	0	0	4	–	1	2	21	14:54
26Martin RucinskyL	0	3	3	+3	2	1	0	0	–	0	2	20	17:14
44Jonas HoglundR	1	2	3	+3	3	0	0	0	–	1	0	16	13:05
8Mark RecchiR	1	1	2	+2	2	0	0	2	–	1	2	19	17:13
43Patrice BriseboisD	1	1	2	+4	1	0	1	0	–	1	2	23	21:05
11Saku KoivuC	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	52	2	0	22	16:04
28Marc BureauC	0	1	1	+1	0	2	1	0	53	1	0	22	14:59
3Zarley ZalapskiD	0	1	1	−1	0	1	1	0	–	1	1	18	16:42
5Stephane QuintalD	0	1	1	+2	3	0	0	0	–	1	1	21	18:07
22Dave MansonD	0	1	1	+4	0	0	0	0	–	1	1	22	21:53
21Mick VukotaR	0	0	0	−1	0	1	0	12	–	0	0	15	10:35
23Turner StevensonR	0	0	0	−1	0	1	0	0	–	1	0	15	10:20
27Shayne CorsonL	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	–	1	1	21	17:33
37Patrick PoulinL	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	–	0	0	19	13:55
71Sebastien BordeleauC	0	0	0	−1	1	0	1	2	63	1	1	15	10:18
34Peter PopovicD	0	0	0	−1	0	1	0	0	–	0	0	18	15:40
38Vladimir MalakhovD	0	0	0	+2	2	0	1	2	–	2	1	24	21:02

Montréal Canadiens goalies
Goalie
35Andy MoogG		0	0	0	–	–
41Jocelyn ThibaultG	W	18	16	2	.889	59:58