Montréal Canadiens vs Tampa Bay Lightning

Regular season · Sunday, December 31, 2023 · Amalie Arena

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3–4

Final

SOG 29–20

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Game summary

The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Montréal Canadiens 4-3 on Sunday, December 31, 2023 at Amalie Arena. The Canadiens outshot the Lightning 29-20.

Goals came from Cole Caufield, Johnathan Kovacevic, Brayden Point, Austin Watson, Calvin de Haan, Nikita Kucherov and Nick Suzuki.

Jonas Johansson made 26 saves on 29 shots for the win; Samuel Montembeault stopped 16 of 20.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
MTL	0	2	1	3	29
TBL	0	2	2	4	20

Three stars

Scoring

2nd period

Cole Caufield (10)Unassisted1–003:58 MTL
Johnathan Kovacevic (5)Samuel Montembeault (1)2–011:59 MTL
Brayden Point (17)Nick Paul (10), Brandon Hagel (20)2–114:01 TBL
Austin Watson (2)Victor Hedman (30), Nick Perbix (9)2–217:36 TBL

3rd period

Calvin de Haan (1)Nikita Kucherov (35), Steven Stamkos (22)2–307:49 TBL
Nikita Kucherov (26)Victor Hedman (31), Anthony Cirelli (9)2–414:54 TBL
Nick Suzuki (11)Juraj Slafkovský (9), Mike Matheson (21)3–417:55 MTL

Team stats

MTLTBL

29Shots on goal20

67%Faceoff %33%

0/1Power play0/3

13Penalty minutes19

30Hits31

17Blocked shots17

5Giveaways8

8Takeaways7

Penalties

1st 15:50Mike Matheson · delaying game puck over glass2 min
2nd 01:32Nick Suzuki · hooking2 min
2nd 04:07Josh Anderson · charging2 min
2nd 04:07Luke Glendening · instigator2 min
2nd 04:07Josh Anderson · fighting5 min
2nd 04:07Luke Glendening · fighting5 min
2nd 04:07Luke Glendening · instigator misconduct10 min
3rd 10:21David Savard · tripping2 min
3rd 12:03Tanner Jeannot · interference2 min

Season series

Montréal Canadiens

Montréal Canadiens skaters

14Nick SuzukiC	1	0	1	0	1	5	0	2	63	23:33
20Juraj SlafkovskýL	0	1	1	0	1	2	0	0	–	20:42
22Cole CaufieldR	1	0	1	0	4	0	1	0	100	23:11
8Mike MathesonD	0	1	1	0	1	3	2	2	–	25:27
26Johnathan KovacevicD	1	0	1	+1	1	1	0	0	–	11:23
11Brendan GallagherR	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	0	–	15:39
13Mitchell StephensC	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	0	71	10:33
17Josh AndersonR	0	0	0	-1	3	3	0	7	67	16:42
40Joel ArmiaR	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	–	13:02
55Michael PezzettaL	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	0	100	04:54
56Jesse YlonenR	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	–	12:08
71Jake EvansC	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	60	18:07
91Sean MonahanC	0	0	0	+1	2	0	1	0	67	20:07
21Kaiden GuhleD	0	0	0	-1	1	3	2	0	–	15:42
47Jayden StrubleD	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	–	16:37
52Justin BarronD	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	–	11:04
54Jordan HarrisD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	0	–	14:35
58David SavardD	0	0	0	-3	3	0	3	2	–	22:10

Montréal Canadiens goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Cayden PrimeauG		0	0	0	–	00:00
35Samuel MontembeaultG	L	20	16	4	.800	58:24

Tampa Bay Lightning

Tampa Bay Lightning skaters

86Nikita KucherovR	1	1	2	0	3	2	1	0	–	25:05
77Victor HedmanD	0	2	2	+2	3	2	1	0	–	29:52
20Nick PaulL	0	1	1	0	1	2	1	0	31	20:29
21Brayden PointC	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	33	20:51
38Brandon HagelL	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	–	21:09
51Austin WatsonL	1	0	1	+1	1	4	0	0	–	06:06
71Anthony CirelliC	0	1	1	0	0	2	4	0	40	20:02
91Steven StamkosC	0	1	1	0	1	1	3	0	42	21:19
44Calvin de HaanD	1	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	–	18:57
48Nick PerbixD	0	1	1	+2	0	2	5	0	–	25:15
11Luke GlendeningC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	29	07:25
12Alex Barré-BouletC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	10:47
23Michael EyssimontC	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	08:49
64Tyler MotteC	0	0	0	+1	2	2	0	0	25	11:11
84Tanner JeannotL	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	2	–	10:07
7Haydn FleuryD	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	0	–	09:27
43Darren RaddyshD	0	0	0	0	1	7	0	0	–	24:30
81Erik CernakD	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	–	06:39

Tampa Bay Lightning goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Jonas JohanssonG	W	29	26	3	.897	60:00
88Andrei VasilevskiyG		0	0	0	–	00:00