Montréal Canadiens vs Tampa Bay Lightning
Regular season · Thursday, December 28, 2017 · Amalie Arena
TSN2 · RDS · SUN
Game summary
The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Montréal Canadiens 3-1 on Thursday, December 28, 2017 at Amalie Arena. The Lightning outshot the Canadiens 34-32.
Steven Stamkos scored twice. Brendan Gallagher and Brayden Point also scored.
Andrei Vasilevskiy made 31 saves on 32 shots for the win; Carey Price stopped 31 of 34.
Three stars
Scoring
2nd period
Brendan Gallagher (15)Charles Hudon (11), Joe Morrow (4)1–003:40 MTL · PPG
Steven Stamkos (14)Nikita Kucherov (28), Victor Hedman (22)1–119:48 TBL
3rd period
Brayden Point (15)Tyler Johnson (17), Ondrej Palat (15)1–200:30 TBL- Steven Stamkos (15)Vladislav Namestnikov (17), Ondrej Palat (16)1–304:45 TBL · PPG
Team stats
MTLTBL
32Shots on goal34
57%Faceoff %43%
1/3Power play1/6
14Penalty minutes8
19Hits24
15Blocked shots16
8Giveaways5
3Takeaways7
Penalties
- 1st 04:58
Tomas Plekanec · holding2 min - 1st 12:54
Alex Killorn · tripping2 min - 1st 20:00Karl Alzner · cross checking2 min
- 2nd 02:27Andrej Sustr · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 07:03Jordie Benn · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 2nd 09:45Alex Galchenyuk · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 3rd 03:01Nicolas Deslauriers · holding2 min
- 3rd 04:08Max Pacioretty · hooking2 min
- 3rd 11:45Phillip Danault · roughing2 min
- 3rd 11:45Jake Dotchin · roughing2 min
- 3rd 13:05Brayden Point · tripping2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 11Brendan GallagherR | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 13:43 |
| 54Charles HudonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10:36 |
| 45Joe MorrowD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19:11 |
| 14Tomas PlekanecC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 14:52 |
| 20Nicolas DeslauriersL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:00 |
| 24Phillip DanaultL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:10 |
| 27Alex GalchenyukC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 | 17:21 |
| 41Paul ByronL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 14:57 |
| 43Daniel CarrL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10:47 |
| 62Artturi LehkonenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 13:44 |
| 65Andrew ShawC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:57 |
| 67Max PaciorettyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:57 |
| 92Jonathan DrouinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 16:55 |
| 8Jordie BennD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:59 |
| 22Karl AlznerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 19:42 |
| 26Jeff PetryD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 28:59 |
| 28Jakub JerabekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:02 |
| 36Brett LernoutD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:58 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Carey PriceG | L | 34 | 31 | 3 | .912 | 57:26 |
| 37Antti NiemiG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Tampa Bay Lightning
| 18Ondrej PalatL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 19:03 |
| 91Steven StamkosC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 7 | 22:51 |
| 9Tyler JohnsonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 19:59 |
| 21Brayden PointC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 19:07 |
| 86Nikita KucherovR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 23:20 |
| 90Vladislav NamestnikovC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 20:01 |
| 77Victor HedmanD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 26:49 |
| 13Cedric PaquetteC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:30 |
| 14Chris KunitzL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:48 |
| 17Alex KillornC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:09 |
| 23JT BrownR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:45 |
| 37Yanni GourdeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:04 |
| 89Cory ConacherC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 06:59 |
| 5Dan GirardiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 16:33 |
| 55Braydon CoburnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:43 |
| 59Jake DotchinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 17:08 |
| 62Andrej SustrD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14:09 |
| 98Mikhail SergachevD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 18:49 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Peter BudajG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 88Andrei VasilevskiyG | W | 32 | 31 | 1 | .969 | 60:00 |