Tampa Bay Lightning vs Montréal Canadiens
Playoffs · Friday, July 2, 2021 · Centre Bell
NBC · CBC · SN · TVAS
Game summary
The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Montréal Canadiens 6-3 on Friday, July 2, 2021 at Centre Bell. The Canadiens outshot the Lightning 35-30.
Tyler Johnson scored twice. Jan Rutta, Victor Hedman, Phillip Danault, Nikita Kucherov, Nick Suzuki, Corey Perry and Blake Coleman also scored.
Andrei Vasilevskiy made 32 saves on 35 shots for the win; Carey Price stopped 24 of 29.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Jan Rutta (2)Ondrej Palat (7), Victor Hedman (16)1–001:52 TBL
Victor Hedman (2)Nikita Kucherov (24), Anthony Cirelli (7)2–003:27 TBL · PPG
Phillip Danault (1)Shea Weber (5)2–111:16 MTL
2nd period
Nikita Kucherov (8)Ondrej Palat (8), Erik Cernak (9)3–101:40 TBL
Tyler Johnson (3)Mathieu Joseph (1), David Savard (4)4–103:33 TBL
Nick Suzuki (7)Jeff Petry (6), Cole Caufield (6)4–218:04 MTL
3rd period
- Tyler Johnson (4)Unassisted5–215:19 TBL
Corey Perry (4)Brendan Gallagher (4), Ben Chiarot (1)5–315:58 MTL
Blake Coleman (3)Barclay Goodrow (4)6–316:48 TBL · EN
Team stats
TBLMTL
30Shots on goal35
51%Faceoff %49%
1/1Power play0/1
2Penalty minutes2
46Hits38
13Blocked shots11
15Giveaways26
2Takeaways1
Penalties
- 1st 02:54
Eric Staal · delaying game puck over glass2 min - 1st 17:29
Mikhail Sergachev · interference2 min
Season series
Tampa Bay Lightning
| 9Tyler JohnsonC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 4 | 09:08 |
| 18Ondrej PalatL | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 16:10 |
| 86Nikita KucherovR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 16:49 |
| 77Victor HedmanD | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 21:46 |
| 7Mathieu JosephR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 09:48 |
| 19Barclay GoodrowC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 18:35 |
| 20Blake ColemanC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 17:21 |
| 71Anthony CirelliC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 15:39 |
| 44Jan RuttaD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 16:00 |
| 58David SavardD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12:29 |
| 81Erik CernakD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 23:06 |
| 14Patrick MaroonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 10:02 |
| 21Brayden PointC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 16:58 |
| 37Yanni GourdeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 19:20 |
| 79Ross ColtonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 14:19 |
| 91Steven StamkosC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 14:16 |
| 27Ryan McDonaghD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 0 | 25:29 |
| 98Mikhail SergachevD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 20:45 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Curtis McElhinneyG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 88Andrei VasilevskiyG | W | 35 | 32 | 3 | .914 | 60:00 |
Montréal Canadiens
| 11Brendan GallagherR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 14:18 |
| 14Nick SuzukiC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 20:41 |
| 22Cole CaufieldR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19:52 |
| 24Phillip DanaultL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 15:40 |
| 94Corey PerryR | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 2 | 14:58 |
| 6Shea WeberD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 22:11 |
| 8Ben ChiarotD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 22:50 |
| 26Jeff PetryD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 4 | 22:05 |
| 15Jesperi KotkaniemiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 11:38 |
| 17Josh AndersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:46 |
| 21Eric StaalC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 12:52 |
| 40Joel ArmiaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 12:59 |
| 41Paul ByronL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 11:54 |
| 62Artturi LehkonenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 13:37 |
| 73Tyler ToffoliC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:14 |
| 28Jon MerrillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 13:52 |
| 32Erik GustafssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 16:00 |
| 44Joel EdmundsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 21:30 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Carey PriceG | L | 29 | 24 | 5 | .828 | 59:30 |
| 34Jake AllenG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |