Tampa Bay Lightning vs Montréal Canadiens

Regular season · Tuesday, January 2, 2007 · Centre Bell

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Game summary

The Montréal Canadiens beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 5–2 on Tuesday, January 2, 2007 at Centre Bell. The Canadiens outshot the Lightning 27–23.

Tomas Plekanec scored twice. Doug Janik, Alex Kovalev, Filip Kuba, Michael Ryder and Chris Higgins also scored.

Cristobal Huet made 21 saves on 23 shots for the win; Johan Holmqvist stopped 22 of 26.

Goals
TBL	1	1	0	2	23
MTL	1	1	3	5	27

Scoring

1st period

Doug Janik (1)Tim Taylor (2), Andre Roy (1)1–009:18 TBL
Tomas Plekanec (4)Alex Kovalev (18), Francis Bouillon (3)1–117:53 MTL

2nd period

Alex Kovalev (10)Saku Koivu (23), Sheldon Souray (21)1–215:44 MTL ·
Filip Kuba (7)Martin St. Louis (25), Brad Richards (21)2–216:15 TBL

3rd period

Tomas Plekanec (5)Alex Kovalev (19), Sergei Samsonov (12)2–306:01 MTL
Michael Ryder (11)Francis Bouillon (4), Saku Koivu (24)2–413:52 MTL
Chris Higgins (12)Mike Johnson (9), Radek Bonk (8)2–519:41 MTL ·

Team stats

TBLMTL

2327

42%58%

0/31/3

66

1723

1416

1213

1116

Penalties

11:46 into the first periodChris Higgins · hooking2 min
18:44 into the first periodGuillaume Latendresse · interference2 min
2:13 into the second periodSheldon Souray · hooking2 min
14:37 into the second periodVincent Lecavalier · tripping2 min
17:28 into the second periodDoug Janik · holding2 min
15:52 into the third periodRuslan Fedotenko · tripping2 min

Season series

Tampa Bay Lightning

Tampa Bay Lightning skaters

19Brad RichardsC	0	1	1	0	2	0	3	0	32	24:33
26Martin St. LouisR	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	–	25:30
27Tim TaylorC	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	100	04:30
36Andre RoyR	0	1	1	+1	1	0	0	0	–	04:40
3Doug JanikD	1	0	1	+1	1	1	2	2	–	19:03
71Filip KubaD	1	0	1	−1	4	0	1	0	–	23:09
4Vincent LecavalierC	0	0	0	−3	2	0	0	2	36	20:24
9Eric PerrinC	0	0	0	+1	4	1	0	0	100	20:11
15Nikita AlexeevR	0	0	0	−1	1	0	0	0	–	14:09
17Ruslan FedotenkoL	0	0	0	−2	1	2	1	2	–	12:51
20Vinny ProspalL	0	0	0	−2	2	0	0	0	–	11:54
24Andreas KarlssonC	0	0	0	−1	0	1	0	0	50	12:14
34Ryan CraigC	0	0	0	−2	1	0	0	0	100	17:22
74Nick TarnaskyL	0	0	0	+1	2	2	0	0	–	07:52
7Luke RichardsonD	0	0	0	−1	0	4	4	0	–	11:06
21Cory SarichD	0	0	0	−2	0	2	1	0	–	22:26
22Dan BoyleD	0	0	0	+1	2	2	1	0	–	30:51
44Nolan PrattD	0	0	0	−2	0	0	1	0	–	13:35

Tampa Bay Lightning goalies
Goalie
30Marc DenisG		0	0	0	–	–
40Johan HolmqvistG	L	26	22	4	.846	58:29

Montréal Canadiens

Montréal Canadiens skaters

27Alex KovalevR	1	2	3	+2	3	2	0	0	100	18:17
11Saku KoivuC	0	2	2	+1	2	1	0	0	50	18:42
35Tomas PlekanecC	2	0	2	+1	3	0	2	0	69	17:10
51Francis BouillonD	0	2	2	+1	1	2	0	0	–	16:27
14Radek BonkC	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	67	17:06
15Sergei SamsonovL	0	1	1	+1	1	1	0	0	–	14:00
20Mike JohnsonR	0	1	1	0	1	2	2	0	–	17:17
21Chris HigginsL	1	0	1	+2	2	0	2	2	–	17:25
73Michael RyderR	1	0	1	+1	3	1	0	0	–	15:09
44Sheldon SourayD	0	1	1	+2	2	1	4	2	–	22:34
25Mathieu DandenaultR	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	0	–	15:51
42Alexander PerezhoginR	0	0	0	−1	3	0	1	0	–	14:18
47Aaron DowneyR	0	0	0	−1	1	2	0	0	–	06:14
84Guillaume LatendresseL	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	2	–	09:30
8Mike KomisarekD	0	0	0	−1	1	4	1	0	–	19:16
32Mark StreitD	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	–	10:35
52Craig RivetD	0	0	0	+2	0	1	1	0	–	21:32
79Andrei MarkovD	0	0	0	−1	2	0	1	0	–	22:39

Montréal Canadiens goalies
Goalie
30David AebischerG		0	0	0	–	–
39Cristobal HuetG	W	23	21	2	.913	59:57