Tampa Bay Lightning vs Montréal Canadiens

Regular season · Thursday, January 3, 2008 · Centre Bell

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3–6

Final

SOG 33–30

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Game summary

The Montréal Canadiens beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 6-3 on Thursday, January 3, 2008 at Centre Bell. The Lightning outshot the Canadiens 33-30.

Michael Ryder scored twice. Alex Kovalev, Chris Higgins, Vincent Lecavalier, Martin St. Louis, Vinny Prospal, Andrei Kostitsyn and Kyle Chipchura also scored.

Cristobal Huet made 30 saves on 33 shots for the win; Karri Ramo stopped 24 of 30.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
TBL	0	3	0	3	33
MTL	2	1	3	6	30

Scoring

1st period

Alex Kovalev (17)Michael Ryder (8), Mark Streit (17)0–114:16 MTL · PPG
Chris Higgins (15)Saku Koivu (24), Andrei Markov (17)0–217:39 MTL · PPG

2nd period

Vincent Lecavalier (27)Vinny Prospal (23)1–200:49 TBL
Michael Ryder (5)Chris Higgins (14), Mark Streit (18)1–309:10 MTL
Martin St. Louis (15)Vinny Prospal (24), Filip Kuba (14)2–312:04 TBL · PPG
Vinny Prospal (18)Vincent Lecavalier (33), Martin St. Louis (32)3–314:06 TBL

3rd period

Andrei Kostitsyn (10)Mike Komisarek (9)3–407:54 MTL
Kyle Chipchura (4)Tomas Plekanec (21)3–511:01 MTL
Michael Ryder (6)Chris Higgins (15)3–617:22 MTL

Team stats

TBLMTL

33Shots on goal30

53%Faceoff %47%

1/5Power play2/6

14Penalty minutes12

25Hits32

16Blocked shots16

8Giveaways17

8Takeaways5

Penalties

1st 06:05Saku Koivu · holding2 min
1st 12:13Mike Lundin · holding2 min
1st 13:03Craig MacDonald · interference2 min
1st 16:01Shane O'Brien · roughing2 min
2nd 05:13Jan Hlavac · tripping2 min
2nd 10:48Sergei Kostitsyn · hooking2 min
2nd 14:39Tom Kostopoulos · hooking2 min
2nd 18:42Andrei Markov · delaying game puck over glass2 min
2nd 19:57Karri Ramo · tripping2 min
3rd 12:01Vinny Prospal · holding2 min
3rd 13:58Alex Kovalev · holding2 min
3rd 19:10Alex Kovalev · tripping2 min
3rd 19:10Jason Ward · high sticking2 min

Season series

Tampa Bay Lightning

Tampa Bay Lightning skaters

20Vinny ProspalL	1	2	3	-1	5	5	0	2	60	25:13
4Vincent LecavalierC	1	1	2	-1	4	4	0	0	50	25:08
26Martin St. LouisR	1	1	2	-1	7	2	1	0	–	25:23
71Filip KubaD	0	1	1	-2	2	0	2	0	–	25:37
16Jason WardR	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	2	–	13:44
17Jan HlavacL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	–	06:21
19Brad RichardsC	0	0	0	-1	4	0	0	0	53	23:28
21Mathieu DarcheL	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	100	15:42
24Andreas KarlssonC	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	78	11:59
29Craig MacDonaldC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	–	05:05
36Andre RoyR	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	–	07:03
74Nick TarnaskyL	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	–	05:07
77Chris GrattonC	0	0	0	-1	2	1	1	0	67	13:16
3Doug JanikD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	08:54
37Brad LukowichD	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	–	15:36
39Mike LundinD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	1	2	–	13:41
54Paul RangerD	0	0	0	-3	2	3	2	0	–	24:29
55Shane O'BrienD	0	0	0	+1	2	1	1	2	–	22:33

Tampa Bay Lightning goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Karri RamoG	L	30	24	6	.800	60:00
40Johan HolmqvistG		0	0	0	–	–

Montréal Canadiens

Montréal Canadiens skaters

21Chris HigginsL	1	2	3	+1	2	2	1	0	–	18:14
73Michael RyderR	2	1	3	0	3	2	1	0	–	12:46
32Mark StreitD	0	2	2	+1	4	2	0	0	–	16:32
11Saku KoivuC	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	2	74	18:22
14Tomas PlekanecC	0	1	1	+2	1	2	0	0	35	17:11
27Alex KovalevR	1	0	1	+1	2	1	0	4	–	19:20
28Kyle ChipchuraC	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	33	12:25
46Andrei KostitsynL	1	0	1	+1	3	1	1	0	–	14:10
8Mike KomisarekD	0	1	1	+2	0	4	4	0	–	24:56
79Andrei MarkovD	0	1	1	0	1	2	2	2	–	24:37
6Tom KostopoulosR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	–	10:52
25Mathieu DandenaultR	0	0	0	-1	3	0	0	0	–	08:03
40Maxim LapierreC	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	40	13:58
74Sergei KostitsynL	0	0	0	+1	2	2	0	2	–	12:08
84Guillaume LatendresseL	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	–	13:39
26Josh GorgesD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	–	12:02
44Roman HamrlikD	0	0	0	+2	2	2	3	0	–	23:31
51Francis BouillonD	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	–	17:13

Montréal Canadiens goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Carey PriceG		0	0	0	–	–
39Cristobal HuetG	W	33	30	3	.909	59:55