Tampa Bay Lightning vs Montréal Canadiens

Regular season · Tuesday, March 9, 2010 · Centre Bell

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31–28

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Game summary

The Montréal Canadiens beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 5–3 on Tuesday, March 9, 2010 at Centre Bell. The Lightning outshot the Canadiens 31–28.

Mathieu Darche scored twice. Glen Metropolit, Scott Gomez, Steven Stamkos, Benoit Pouliot, Matt Walker and Martin St. Louis also scored.

Jaroslav Halak made 28 saves on 31 shots for the win; Antero Niittymaki stopped 9 of 13.

Goals
TBL	0	2	1	3	31
MTL	2	2	1	5	28

Scoring

1st period

Glen Metropolit (1)Scott Gomez (1), Jaroslav Spacek (1)0–102:50 MTL ·
Scott Gomez (1)Unassisted0–212:02 MTL

2nd period

Steven Stamkos (1)Unassisted1–203:47 TBL ·
Benoit Pouliot (1)Scott Gomez (2)1–304:28 MTL
Mathieu Darche (1)Glen Metropolit (1), Andrei Markov (1)1–407:33 MTL
Matt Walker (1)Mark Parrish (1), Stephane Veilleux (1)2–410:03 TBL

3rd period

Mathieu Darche (2)Tomas Plekanec (1), Andrei Markov (2)2–503:26 MTL
Martin St. Louis (1)Steven Stamkos (1), Kurtis Foster (1)3–518:53 TBL

Team stats

TBLMTL

3128

39%61%

1/41/2

48

1812

1021

39

512

Penalties

1:49 into the first periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
2:43 into the second periodRyan O'Byrne · charging2 min
11:30 into the second periodBen Maxwell · interference2 min
19:43 into the second periodRoman Hamrlik · cross checking2 min
1:19 into the third periodSteve Downie · slashing2 min
19:48 into the third periodTomas Plekanec · slashing2 min

Season series

Tampa Bay Lightning

Tampa Bay Lightning skaters

91Steven StamkosC	1	1	2	−1	4	0	0	0	42	21:05
19Stephane VeilleuxL	0	1	1	+1	2	3	2	0	–	12:13
26Martin St. LouisR	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	50	21:44
37Mark ParrishR	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	–	13:38
6Kurtis FosterD	0	1	1	−1	3	0	1	0	–	22:26
8Matt WalkerD	1	0	1	0	3	2	2	0	–	17:48
4Vincent LecavalierC	0	0	0	−1	8	2	1	0	36	22:05
9Steve DownieR	0	0	0	−1	2	2	0	2	–	17:55
13Alex TanguayL	0	0	0	−1	1	3	0	0	–	14:52
16Teddy PurcellR	0	0	0	−1	0	0	0	0	–	17:48
17Todd FedorukL	0	0	0	−1	0	1	0	0	–	08:00
27Brandon BochenskiR	0	0	0	−1	3	0	0	0	–	09:44
38Paul SzczechuraC	0	0	0	−2	1	2	0	0	44	11:31
44Nate ThompsonC	0	0	0	+1	1	1	0	0	38	12:08
5Mattias OhlundD	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	–	17:38
14Andrej MeszarosD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	17:40
39Mike LundinD	0	0	0	−1	1	0	1	0	–	19:10
77Victor HedmanD	0	0	0	−2	0	0	1	0	–	20:22

Tampa Bay Lightning goalies
Goalie
30Antero NiittymakiG	L	13	9	4	.692	27:33
41Mike SmithG		15	14	1	.933	31:39

Montréal Canadiens

Montréal Canadiens skaters

91Scott GomezC	1	2	3	+2	4	0	1	0	57	18:43
15Glen MetropolitC	1	1	2	+1	2	1	0	0	69	10:34
52Mathieu DarcheL	2	0	2	+1	5	1	1	0	–	09:37
79Andrei MarkovD	0	2	2	+2	2	1	0	0	–	20:24
14Tomas PlekanecC	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	2	69	17:32
57Benoit PouliotL	1	0	1	+2	1	0	0	0	–	17:34
6Jaroslav SpacekD	0	1	1	+2	1	0	1	0	–	21:30
21Brian GiontaR	0	0	0	+1	1	1	0	0	–	19:37
32Travis MoenL	0	0	0	−1	0	1	3	0	–	14:34
42Dominic MooreC	0	0	0	−1	2	0	0	0	54	14:23
46Andrei KostitsynL	0	0	0	+1	1	2	1	0	–	15:53
61Ben MaxwellC	0	0	0	+1	1	1	0	2	–	08:41
74Sergei KostitsynL	0	0	0	−1	1	0	0	0	–	14:37
94Tom PyattC	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	–	12:49
20Ryan O'ByrneD	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	2	–	17:22
26Josh GorgesD	0	0	0	−1	0	1	1	0	–	20:22
44Roman HamrlikD	0	0	0	+2	2	1	4	2	–	20:21
75Hal GillD	0	0	0	−1	0	1	5	0	–	20:11

Montréal Canadiens goalies
Goalie
31Carey PriceG		0	0	0	–	00:00
41Jaroslav HalakG	W	31	28	3	.903	60:00