Montréal Canadiens vs Tampa Bay Lightning

Regular season · Wednesday, December 30, 2009 · St. Pete Times Forum

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2–1

35–35

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Game summary

The Montréal Canadiens beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 2–1 in overtime on Wednesday, December 30, 2009 at St. Pete Times Forum.

Goals came from Brian Gionta, Kurtis Foster and Tomas Plekanec.

Carey Price made 34 saves on 35 shots for the win; Mike Smith stopped 33 of 35.

Goals
MTL	0	1	0	1	2	35
TBL	0	0	1	0	1	35

Scoring

2nd period

Brian Gionta (1)Andrei Markov (1), Scott Gomez (1)1–009:53 MTL

3rd period

Kurtis Foster (1)Victor Hedman (1), Martin St. Louis (1)1–103:52 TBL

Overtime

Tomas Plekanec (1)Michael Cammalleri (1)2–103:32 MTL

Team stats

MTLTBL

3535

48%52%

0/30/2

68

1720

1316

138

46

Penalties

17:36 into the first periodSteve Downie · hooking2 min
19:10 into the first periodGlen Metropolit · interference goalkeeper2 min
15:18 into the second periodKurtis Foster · high sticking2 min
17:00 into the second periodScott Gomez · roughing2 min
17:00 into the second periodMike Smith · roughing2 min
17:31 into the second periodRoman Hamrlik · slashing2 min
6:30 into the third periodMattias Ohlund · tripping2 min

Season series

Montréal Canadiens

Montréal Canadiens skaters

13Michael CammalleriL	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	–	22:13
14Tomas PlekanecC	1	0	1	0	3	2	1	0	52	21:57
21Brian GiontaR	1	0	1	+1	4	2	0	0	–	16:33
91Scott GomezC	0	1	1	+1	1	1	1	2	56	18:55
79Andrei MarkovD	0	1	1	+1	3	0	2	0	–	25:36
15Glen MetropolitC	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	2	44	15:38
32Travis MoenL	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	13:04
36Matt D'AgostiniR	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	–	13:00
40Maxim LapierreC	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	17	08:20
46Andrei KostitsynL	0	0	0	−1	4	1	1	0	–	19:18
57Benoit PouliotL	0	0	0	+1	1	1	2	0	–	14:37
74Sergei KostitsynL	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	11:24
6Jaroslav SpacekD	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	–	20:36
20Ryan O'ByrneD	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	0	–	15:54
26Josh GorgesD	0	0	0	+1	1	2	0	0	–	21:31
44Roman HamrlikD	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	2	–	22:49
47Marc-Andre BergeronD	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	13:01
75Hal GillD	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	16:01

Montréal Canadiens goalies
Goalie
31Carey PriceG	W	35	34	1	.971	63:13
41Jaroslav HalakG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Tampa Bay Lightning

Tampa Bay Lightning skaters

26Martin St. LouisR	0	1	1	−1	7	0	0	0	75	24:16
6Kurtis FosterD	1	0	1	0	3	2	0	2	–	20:07
77Victor HedmanD	0	1	1	+1	2	0	2	0	–	22:27
4Vincent LecavalierC	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	48	22:47
9Steve DownieR	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	100	15:12
12Ryan MaloneL	0	0	0	0	3	4	0	0	–	20:31
13Alex TanguayL	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	18:52
19Stephane VeilleuxL	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	–	13:40
28Zenon KonopkaC	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	89	08:02
38Paul SzczechuraC	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	22	13:15
43James WrightC	0	0	0	−1	0	1	0	0	100	08:01
49Blair JonesC	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	50	15:48
91Steven StamkosC	0	0	0	−1	4	1	2	0	29	20:59
5Mattias OhlundD	0	0	0	0	1	3	4	2	–	22:36
14Andrej MeszarosD	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	–	18:51
21David HaleD	0	0	0	−1	0	2	0	0	–	03:53
32Matt SmabyD	0	0	0	−1	0	2	1	0	–	18:25
39Mike LundinD	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	20:28

Tampa Bay Lightning goalies
Goalie
30Antero NiittymakiG		0	0	0	–	00:00
41Mike SmithG	O	35	33	2	.943	63:30