Montréal Canadiens vs Tampa Bay Lightning

Regular season · Thursday, December 27, 2007 · St. Pete Times Forum

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5–2

Final

SOG 29–30

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Game summary

The Montréal Canadiens beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 5-2 on Thursday, December 27, 2007 at St. Pete Times Forum. The Lightning outshot the Canadiens 30-29.

Goals came from Maxim Lapierre, Guillaume Latendresse, Alex Kovalev, Andrei Markov, Andrei Kostitsyn, Vinny Prospal and Jan Hlavac.

Cristobal Huet made 28 saves on 30 shots for the win; Johan Holmqvist stopped 12 of 15.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
MTL	2	1	2	5	29
TBL	0	0	2	2	30

Scoring

1st period

Maxim Lapierre (1)Mike Komisarek (7), Andrei Markov (15)1–010:20 MTL
Guillaume Latendresse (10)Saku Koivu (21), Sergei Kostitsyn (3)2–012:48 MTL

2nd period

Alex Kovalev (16)Mike Komisarek (8), Tomas Plekanec (17)3–000:10 MTL

3rd period

Andrei Markov (10)Mark Streit (15), Saku Koivu (22)4–000:44 MTL · PPG
Andrei Kostitsyn (7)Tomas Plekanec (18), Alex Kovalev (17)5–001:08 MTL
Vinny Prospal (16)Doug Janik (1), Nick Tarnasky (1)5–106:15 TBL
Jan Hlavac (5)Nick Tarnasky (2), Craig MacDonald (2)5–219:44 TBL

Team stats

MTLTBL

29Shots on goal30

35%Faceoff %65%

1/5Power play0/1

14Penalty minutes32

12Hits32

20Blocked shots8

14Giveaways10

6Takeaways8

Penalties

1st 20:00Guillaume Latendresse · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
1st 20:00Shane O'Brien · roughing2 min
2nd 06:38Michael Ryder · tripping2 min
2nd 14:43Josh Gorges · fighting5 min
2nd 14:43Chris Gratton · fighting5 min
2nd 15:45Vincent Lecavalier · slashing2 min
2nd 18:38Filip Kuba · high sticking double minor4 min
3rd 01:39Tom Kostopoulos · fighting5 min
3rd 01:39Shane O'Brien · fighting5 min
3rd 03:37Jan Hlavac · hooking2 min
3rd 15:35Andre Roy · misconduct10 min
3rd 16:21Vinny Prospal · hooking2 min

Season series

Montréal Canadiens

Montréal Canadiens skaters

11Saku KoivuC	0	2	2	+1	3	0	0	0	11	12:39
14Tomas PlekanecC	0	2	2	+2	3	0	0	0	31	15:01
27Alex KovalevR	1	1	2	+2	5	0	0	0	100	18:25
8Mike KomisarekD	0	2	2	+1	0	2	4	0	–	20:10
79Andrei MarkovD	1	1	2	+2	1	0	3	0	–	21:57
40Maxim LapierreC	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	42	15:07
46Andrei KostitsynL	1	0	1	+1	5	1	1	0	–	16:53
74Sergei KostitsynL	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	0	100	14:37
84Guillaume LatendresseL	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	2	50	14:35
32Mark StreitD	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	–	16:23
6Tom KostopoulosR	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	5	42	14:53
21Chris HigginsL	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	–	15:39
25Mathieu DandenaultR	0	0	0	+1	1	1	0	0	–	12:24
73Michael RyderR	0	0	0	-2	4	1	0	2	–	13:57
3Ryan O'ByrneD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	0	–	14:56
26Josh GorgesD	0	0	0	+1	0	3	2	5	–	17:31
44Roman HamrlikD	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	–	22:30
51Francis BouillonD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	2	0	–	18:23

Montréal Canadiens goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Carey PriceG		0	0	0	–	–
39Cristobal HuetG	W	30	28	2	.933	60:00

Tampa Bay Lightning

Tampa Bay Lightning skaters

74Nick TarnaskyL	0	2	2	0	3	1	0	0	–	07:42
17Jan HlavacL	1	0	1	+2	1	0	0	2	–	07:03
20Vinny ProspalL	1	0	1	+1	3	3	0	2	67	20:39
29Craig MacDonaldC	0	1	1	+1	3	1	0	0	60	11:14
3Doug JanikD	0	1	1	+1	1	3	2	0	–	17:25
4Vincent LecavalierC	0	0	0	-2	3	1	0	2	61	18:30
16Jason WardR	0	0	0	-2	1	1	0	0	–	16:22
19Brad RichardsC	0	0	0	0	6	1	1	0	67	20:45
21Mathieu DarcheL	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	0	–	14:48
24Andreas KarlssonC	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	70	13:22
26Martin St. LouisR	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	–	21:46
36Andre RoyR	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	10	–	05:28
77Chris GrattonC	0	0	0	-1	3	5	0	5	–	14:09
37Brad LukowichD	0	0	0	-1	0	5	3	0	–	24:41
39Mike LundinD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	–	17:21
54Paul RangerD	0	0	0	-2	0	3	0	0	–	24:08
55Shane O'BrienD	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	7	–	16:12
71Filip KubaD	0	0	0	-3	1	2	2	4	–	18:18

Tampa Bay Lightning goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Karri RamoG		14	12	2	.857	26:05
40Johan HolmqvistG	L	15	12	3	.800	33:55