Montréal Canadiens vs Tampa Bay Lightning
Regular season · Saturday, December 29, 2018 · Amalie Arena
SN · TVAS · SUN
Game summary
The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Montréal Canadiens 6-5 on Saturday, December 29, 2018 at Amalie Arena. The Canadiens outshot the Lightning 38-32.
Andrew Shaw scored twice and Adam Erne scored twice. Kenny Agostino, Yanni Gourde, Anton Stralman, Jordie Benn, Nikita Kucherov, Tyler Johnson and Brett Kulak also scored.
Andrei Vasilevskiy made 33 saves on 38 shots for the win; Antti Niemi stopped 26 of 32.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Andrew Shaw (10)Tomas Tatar (15), Jesperi Kotkaniemi (14)1–009:44 MTL · PPG
Kenny Agostino (2)Jordie Benn (5), Phillip Danault (18)2–010:00 MTL
Yanni Gourde (11)Adam Erne (8), Ryan McDonagh (20)2–114:12 TBL
Anton Stralman (2)Unassisted2–217:07 TBL
Jordie Benn (2)Phillip Danault (19), Brendan Gallagher (9)3–217:35 MTL
2nd period
Nikita Kucherov (18)Victor Hedman (18), Brayden Point (28)3–307:55 TBL · PPG
Tyler Johnson (18)Mikhail Sergachev (13), Nikita Kucherov (45)3–408:33 TBL
Brett Kulak (1)Tomas Tatar (16), Phillip Danault (20)4–412:19 MTL- Andrew Shaw (11)Artturi Lehkonen (14), Shea Weber (5)5–413:11 MTL
3rd period
Adam Erne (5)Anton Stralman (10), Victor Hedman (19)5–509:36 TBL- Adam Erne (6)Yanni Gourde (17), Anthony Cirelli (7)5–618:58 TBL
Team stats
MTLTBL
38Shots on goal32
48%Faceoff %52%
1/3Power play1/3
6Penalty minutes6
17Hits23
15Blocked shots14
10Giveaways8
3Takeaways9
Penalties
- 1st 02:24
Ryan McDonagh · delaying game puck over glass2 min - 1st 07:54Nikita Kucherov · hooking2 min
- 2nd 07:52
Jeff Petry · cross checking2 min - 2nd 17:43Andrew Shaw · hooking2 min
- 3rd 00:30Alex Killorn · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 05:21Brendan Gallagher · slashing2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 24Phillip DanaultL | 0 | 3 | 3 | +3 | 2 | 19:30 |
| 65Andrew ShawC | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 17:19 |
| 90Tomas TatarL | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 18:24 |
| 8Jordie BennD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 1 | 14:50 |
| 11Brendan GallagherR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 17:48 |
| 15Jesperi KotkaniemiC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 5 | 13:51 |
| 47Kenny AgostinoL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 09:06 |
| 62Artturi LehkonenL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 16:28 |
| 6Shea WeberD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 25:41 |
| 17Brett KulakD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 15:25 |
| 13Max DomiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 17:30 |
| 41Paul ByronL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 16:30 |
| 43Michael ChaputC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 09:45 |
| 63Matthew PecaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 07:53 |
| 92Jonathan DrouinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 16:47 |
| 26Jeff PetryD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | 20:45 |
| 28Mike ReillyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 18:39 |
| 53Victor MeteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 20:39 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 37Antti NiemiG | L | 32 | 26 | 6 | .813 | 59:07 |
| 70Michael McNivenG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Tampa Bay Lightning
| 73Adam ErneL | 2 | 1 | 3 | +4 | 3 | 10:47 |
| 37Yanni GourdeC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 16:52 |
| 86Nikita KucherovR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 21:06 |
| 6Anton StralmanD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | 20:30 |
| 77Victor HedmanD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 21:13 |
| 9Tyler JohnsonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 19:32 |
| 21Brayden PointC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 20:32 |
| 71Anthony CirelliC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 14:04 |
| 27Ryan McDonaghD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 21:30 |
| 98Mikhail SergachevD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 16:29 |
| 7Mathieu JosephR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 06:54 |
| 13Cedric PaquetteC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:31 |
| 17Alex KillornC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 12:25 |
| 18Ondrej PalatL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 17:08 |
| 24Ryan CallahanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:17 |
| 91Steven StamkosC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:12 |
| 5Dan GirardiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 17:40 |
| 81Erik CernakD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:28 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 70Louis DomingueG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 88Andrei VasilevskiyG | W | 38 | 33 | 5 | .868 | 60:00 |