Tampa Bay Lightning vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Thursday, December 11, 2008 · Centre Bell
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Game summary
The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Montréal Canadiens 3-1 on Thursday, December 11, 2008 at Centre Bell. The Canadiens outshot the Lightning 32-22.
Martin St. Louis scored twice. Patrice Brisebois and Vincent Lecavalier also scored.
Olie Kolzig made 31 saves on 32 shots for the win; Jaroslav Halak stopped 19 of 22.
Scoring
1st period
Patrice Brisebois (2)Alex Kovalev (17), Andrei Markov (19)0–105:34 MTL · PPG
Martin St. Louis (9)Mark Recchi (10), Vincent Lecavalier (14)1–110:49 TBL
Vincent Lecavalier (12)Andrej Meszaros (8), Lukas Krajicek (5)2–112:03 TBL
2nd period
- Martin St. Louis (10)Lukas Krajicek (6)3–108:31 TBL · SHG
Team stats
TBLMTL
22Shots on goal32
50%Faceoff %50%
0/4Power play1/6
19Penalty minutes13
16Hits31
25Blocked shots10
11Giveaways11
8Takeaways16
Penalties
- 1st 02:23
Francis Bouillon · fighting5 min - 1st 02:23
Zenon Konopka · fighting5 min - 1st 04:33Paul Szczechura · slashing2 min
- 1st 06:11Maxim Lapierre · interference2 min
- 1st 12:13Sergei Kostitsyn · tripping2 min
- 1st 17:15Ryan Craig · hooking2 min
- 2nd 01:06Steve Eminger · interference2 min
- 2nd 07:29Marek Malik · interference2 min
- 2nd 12:58Vincent Lecavalier · hooking2 min
- 2nd 16:24Andrei Kostitsyn · holding2 min
- 3rd 16:11Alex Kovalev · tripping2 min
- 3rd 18:21Vincent Lecavalier · hooking2 min
- 3rd 18:21Vincent Lecavalier · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
Season series
Tampa Bay Lightning
| 4Vincent LecavalierC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 2 | 19:37 |
| 26Martin St. LouisR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +3 | 5 | 21:36 |
| 2Lukas KrajicekD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | 11:47 |
| 8Mark RecchiR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 21:12 |
| 14Andrej MeszarosD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 26:01 |
| 9Steve DownieR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 07:21 |
| 20Vinny ProspalL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:25 |
| 28Zenon KonopkaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:16 |
| 34Ryan CraigC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:37 |
| 36Jussi JokinenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:07 |
| 38Paul SzczechuraC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:39 |
| 52Radek SmolenakL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:07 |
| 76Evgeny ArtyukhinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:06 |
| 91Steven StamkosC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:57 |
| 22Marek MalikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 25:09 |
| 23Jamie HewardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:48 |
| 44Steve EmingerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 18:56 |
| 54Paul RangerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 24:39 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 37Olie KolzigG | W | 32 | 31 | 1 | .969 | 60:00 |
| 41Mike SmithG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |
Montréal Canadiens
| 27Alex KovalevR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 5 | 20:05 |
| 71Patrice BriseboisD | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 17:47 |
| 79Andrei MarkovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 1 | 24:39 |
| 6Tom KostopoulosR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:05 |
| 11Saku KoivuC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 08:24 |
| 13Alex TanguayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 16:24 |
| 14Tomas PlekanecC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17:49 |
| 20Robert LangC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 19:12 |
| 22Steve BeginL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:35 |
| 36Matt D'AgostiniR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 14:41 |
| 40Maxim LapierreC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 17:23 |
| 46Andrei KostitsynL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | 17:29 |
| 74Sergei KostitsynL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 13:02 |
| 84Guillaume LatendresseL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:35 |
| 3Ryan O'ByrneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 12:18 |
| 26Josh GorgesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 17:30 |
| 44Roman HamrlikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22:08 |
| 51Francis BouillonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:33 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Carey PriceG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |
| 41Jaroslav HalakG | L | 22 | 19 | 3 | .864 | 58:21 |