Montréal Canadiens vs Tampa Bay Lightning

Regular season · Thursday, March 29, 2001 · Ice Palace

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6–2

24–31

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Game summary

The Montréal Canadiens beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 6–2 on Thursday, March 29, 2001 at Ice Palace. The Lightning outshot the Canadiens 31–24.

Oleg Petrov scored twice. Ben Clymer, Martin Rucinsky, Nisse Ekman, Richard Zednik, Patrice Brisebois and Chad Kilger also scored.

Mathieu Garon made 29 saves on 31 shots for the win; Kevin Weekes stopped 18 of 24.

Goals
MTL	0	3	3	6	24
TBL	1	1	0	2	31

Scoring

1st period

Ben Clymer (3)Pavel Kubina (18), Freddy Modin (22)0–111:17 TBL ·

2nd period

Martin Rucinsky (16)Unassisted1–104:11 MTL
Nisse Ekman (8)Martin St. Louis (21), Andrei Zyuzin (14)1–210:57 TBL
Richard Zednik (19)Jan Bulis (17), Martin Rucinsky (20)2–212:52 MTL
Patrice Brisebois (15)Saku Koivu (26), Oleg Petrov (28)3–218:01 MTL ·

3rd period

Oleg Petrov (15)Saku Koivu (27)4–205:07 MTL
Chad Kilger (14)Richard Zednik (25), Martin Rucinsky (21)5–214:58 MTL
Oleg Petrov (16)Sheldon Souray (7), Brian Savage (21)6–217:09 MTL

Team stats

MTLTBL

2431

50%50%

1/41/2

1126

2014

78

910

69

Penalties

8:03 into the first periodNisse Ekman · roughing2 min
10:53 into the first periodKarl Dykhuis · cross checking2 min
11:57 into the first periodArron Asham · fighting5 min
11:57 into the first periodGordie Dwyer · fighting5 min
16:03 into the second periodBench · objects on ice2 min
16:03 into the second periodGordie Dwyer · kneeing5 min
16:03 into the second periodGordie Dwyer · game misconduct10 min
17:29 into the second periodFreddy Modin · slashing2 min
11:46 into the third periodMartin Rucinsky · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
18:17 into the third periodBen Clymer · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min

Season series

Montréal Canadiens

Montréal Canadiens skaters

26Martin RucinskyL	1	2	3	+3	4	1	0	2	100	19:48
32Oleg PetrovR	2	1	3	+2	2	1	0	0	–	19:02
11Saku KoivuC	0	2	2	+1	2	1	0	0	38	23:19
20Richard ZednikR	1	1	2	+2	3	0	0	0	–	19:23
25Chad KilgerL	1	0	1	+1	3	4	0	0	89	15:13
38Jan BulisC	0	1	1	+1	1	0	1	0	45	11:39
49Brian SavageL	0	1	1	+2	1	0	0	0	–	20:37
43Patrice BriseboisD	1	0	1	+1	1	0	3	0	–	24:06
44Sheldon SourayD	0	1	1	+2	1	2	1	0	–	19:13
8Jim CampbellR	0	0	0	−1	0	2	0	0	100	09:44
17Benoit BrunetL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	100	17:54
45Arron AshamR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	–	03:26
63Craig DarbyC	0	0	0	−1	2	2	0	0	41	15:33
28Karl DykhuisD	0	0	0	+2	1	1	1	2	–	15:25
51Francis BouillonD	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	15:27
54Patrick TraverseD	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	–	13:21
56Stephane RobidasD	0	0	0	+1	2	3	1	0	–	20:53
79Andrei MarkovD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	11:33

Montréal Canadiens goalies
Goalie
30Mathieu GaronG	W	31	29	2	.935	60:00
60Jose TheodoreG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Tampa Bay Lightning

Tampa Bay Lightning skaters

7Ben ClymerR	1	0	1	−2	2	2	0	2	–	13:05
26Martin St. LouisR	0	1	1	+1	3	0	1	0	–	21:25
28Nisse EkmanR	1	0	1	+1	3	0	0	2	–	19:15
33Freddy ModinL	0	1	1	−2	2	1	1	2	–	18:00
13Pavel KubinaD	0	1	1	−1	2	1	2	0	–	20:52
30Andrei ZyuzinD	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	–	18:41
4Vincent LecavalierC	0	0	0	−2	2	0	1	0	59	20:19
9Brian HolzingerC	0	0	0	−2	1	1	0	0	27	15:50
10John EmmonsC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	56	07:28
17Ryan JohnsonC	0	0	0	−2	0	0	0	0	60	14:22
19Brad RichardsC	0	0	0	+1	4	0	0	0	57	18:56
34Gordie DwyerL	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	20	–	02:35
36Matthew BarnabyR	0	0	0	−1	4	1	0	0	–	12:54
73Matt ElichR	0	0	0	−1	2	0	0	0	–	07:03
2Stan NeckarD	0	0	0	−2	1	1	1	0	–	18:42
5Jassen CullimoreD	0	0	0	−1	0	2	1	0	–	19:53
6Adrian AucoinD	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	–	19:14
21Cory SarichD	0	0	0	−2	1	3	0	0	–	19:03

Tampa Bay Lightning goalies
Goalie
31Wade FlahertyG		0	0	0	–	00:00
80Kevin WeekesG	L	24	18	6	.750	59:44