Montréal Canadiens vs Tampa Bay Lightning
Regular season · Thursday, December 29, 2011 · St. Pete Times Forum
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Game summary
The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Montréal Canadiens 4-3 on Thursday, December 29, 2011 at St. Pete Times Forum. The Canadiens outshot the Lightning 34-22.
Goals came from Steven Stamkos, Michael Cammalleri, David Desharnais, Erik Cole, JT Wyman, Marc-Andre Bergeron and Vincent Lecavalier.
Mathieu Garon made 31 saves on 34 shots for the win; Carey Price stopped 18 of 22.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Steven Stamkos (1)Pavel Kubina (1), Steve Downie (1)0–103:43 TBL
Michael Cammalleri (1)David Desharnais (1), Raphael Diaz (1)1–108:42 MTL · PPG
2nd period
David Desharnais (1)Andrei Kostitsyn (1), Raphael Diaz (2)2–105:01 MTL
Erik Cole (1)Max Pacioretty (1), Tomas Kaberle (1)3–112:46 MTL
JT Wyman (1)Teddy Purcell (1), Matt Gilroy (1)3–217:38 TBL
3rd period
Marc-Andre Bergeron (1)Steve Downie (2), Martin St. Louis (1)3–302:32 TBL
Vincent Lecavalier (1)JT Wyman (1), Dominic Moore (1)3–408:37 TBL
Team stats
MTLTBL
34Shots on goal22
41%Faceoff %59%
1/3Power play0/3
6Penalty minutes6
18Hits22
12Blocked shots24
5Giveaways7
7Takeaways7
Penalties
- 1st 03:55
Lars Eller · high sticking2 min - 1st 07:11
Brett Clark · tripping2 min - 1st 18:28P.K. Subban · slashing2 min
- 2nd 00:29Travis Moen · roughing2 min
- 2nd 07:10Steve Downie · slashing2 min
- 3rd 18:28Bruno Gervais · delaying game puck over glass2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 51David DesharnaisC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 15:39 |
| 61Raphael DiazD | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 1 | 15:53 |
| 13Michael CammalleriL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 15:19 |
| 46Andrei KostitsynL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14:24 |
| 67Max PaciorettyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18:22 |
| 72Erik ColeL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17:50 |
| 22Tomas KaberleD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 19:41 |
| 14Tomas PlekanecC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 17:20 |
| 15Petteri NokelainenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 11:00 |
| 32Travis MoenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 14:33 |
| 45Mike BlundenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 07:33 |
| 52Mathieu DarcheL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:31 |
| 71Louis LeblancC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 13:33 |
| 81Lars EllerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19:11 |
| 26Josh GorgesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 24:45 |
| 74Alexei EmelinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:54 |
| 75Hal GillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 16:03 |
| 76P.K. SubbanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 26:33 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Peter BudajG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 31Carey PriceG | L | 22 | 18 | 4 | .818 | 58:56 |
Tampa Bay Lightning
| 9Steve DownieR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 20:43 |
| 34JT WymanR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 07:01 |
| 4Vincent LecavalierC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 17:22 |
| 16Teddy PurcellR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 14:26 |
| 19Dominic MooreC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19:20 |
| 26Martin St. LouisR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 20:39 |
| 91Steven StamkosC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 23:29 |
| 13Pavel KubinaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 27:32 |
| 47Marc-Andre BergeronD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 20:11 |
| 97Matt GilroyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15:17 |
| 11Tom PyattC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:59 |
| 12Ryan MaloneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 20:23 |
| 18Adam HallR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:59 |
| 42Dana TyrellC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 06:41 |
| 49Blair JonesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:56 |
| 2Eric BrewerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 26:57 |
| 7Brett ClarkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 11:47 |
| 27Bruno GervaisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:15 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Dwayne RolosonG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 32Mathieu GaronG | W | 34 | 31 | 3 | .912 | 60:00 |