Montréal Canadiens vs Tampa Bay Lightning

Regular season · Sunday, December 29, 2024 · Amalie Arena

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5–2

Final

SOG 37–23

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Game summary

The Montréal Canadiens beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 5-2 on Sunday, December 29, 2024 at Amalie Arena. The Canadiens outshot the Lightning 37-23.

Goals came from Alex Newhook, Brandon Hagel, Christian Dvorak, Jake Evans, Nikita Kucherov, Joel Armia and Brendan Gallagher.

Samuel Montembeault made 21 saves on 23 shots for the win; Jonas Johansson stopped 32 of 36.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
MTL	1	2	2	5	37
TBL	0	2	0	2	23

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Alex Newhook (7)Mike Matheson (16), Patrik Laine (2)Perbix 1:13 into shift1–012:07 MTL

2nd period

Brandon Hagel (17)Unassisted1–100:37 TBL
Christian Dvorak (3)Kaiden Guhle (6), Alexandre Carrier (9)2–112:34 MTL
Jake Evans (10)Joel Armia (11)3–118:28 MTL
Nikita Kucherov (17)Brayden Point (20), Darren Raddysh (11)3–218:54 TBL

3rd period

Joel Armia (7)Emil Heineman (7)4–212:32 MTL
Brendan Gallagher (10)Josh Anderson (8), Alexandre Carrier (10)5–218:08 MTL · EN

Tired legs

Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1:13

1–0 · 1st 12:07 · Newhook. Perbix was 1:13 into his shift when it went in.

GoalMTL on iceTBL on iceDefenders’ longest

1–0 MTL

1st 12:07 · Newhook

Long shift: Perbix 1:13

Long shiftPerbix 1:13

1–1 TBL

2nd 0:37 · Hagel

Matheson 0:37

Fresh legsMatheson 0:37

2–1 MTL

2nd 12:34 · Dvorak

Perbix 0:54

NormalPerbix 0:54

3–1 MTL

2nd 18:28 · Evans

Hedman 0:27

Fresh legsHedman 0:27

3–2 TBL

2nd 18:54 · Kucherov

Carrier 0:54

NormalCarrier 0:54

4–2 MTL

3rd 12:32 · Armia

Goncalves 0:26

Fresh legsGoncalves 0:26

5–2 MTL

3rd 18:08 · EN · Gallagher

Kucherov 1:27

Empty netKucherov 1:27

Hover or tap a bar for the skater.

Across the league. Share of 5v5 unblocked shots that went in, by how far into his shift the defending team’s longest-serving skater was (2024–25).

4.2%

5.7%

5.9%

6.9%

6.6%

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.6×

Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.6 times as often as against fresh legs (6.6% vs 4.2%).

29%

of 5v5 goals came with a defender 60s+ into his shift.

Team stats

MTLTBL

37Shots on goal23

53%Faceoff %47%

0/2Power play0/3

6Penalty minutes4

20Hits19

17Blocked shots13

4Giveaways6

6Takeaways8

Penalties

1st 18:19Arber Xhekaj · hooking2 min
2nd 00:50Lane Hutson · hooking2 min
2nd 16:08Erik Cernak · tripping2 min
3rd 07:12Alex Newhook · holding2 min
3rd 14:41Nikita Kucherov · tripping2 min

Season series

Montréal Canadiens

Montréal Canadiens skaters

40Joel ArmiaR	1	1	2	+2	4	2	0	0	–	13:54
45Alexandre CarrierD	0	2	2	+1	3	1	0	0	–	21:10
11Brendan GallagherR	1	0	1	+1	4	1	1	0	–	12:00
15Alex NewhookC	1	0	1	+1	2	1	0	2	25	14:50
17Josh AndersonR	0	1	1	+2	1	2	2	0	–	13:43
28Christian DvorakC	1	0	1	+1	3	0	2	0	67	14:00
51Emil HeinemanL	0	1	1	+1	2	2	1	0	–	10:52
71Jake EvansC	1	0	1	+2	1	2	1	0	46	13:12
92Patrik LaineL	0	1	1	+1	3	0	1	0	–	15:29
8Mike MathesonD	0	1	1	+2	0	1	2	0	–	25:06
21Kaiden GuhleD	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	0	–	20:34
13Cole CaufieldR	0	0	0	-1	4	0	0	0	–	17:10
14Nick SuzukiC	0	0	0	-1	2	3	2	0	57	18:28
20Juraj SlafkovskýL	0	0	0	-1	1	2	0	0	–	17:55
77Kirby DachC	0	0	0	+1	0	0	2	0	38	15:17
48Lane HutsonD	0	0	0	+2	0	2	0	2	–	20:56
58David SavardD	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	–	17:27
72Arber XhekajD	0	0	0	0	5	1	1	2	–	11:57

Montréal Canadiens goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35Samuel MontembeaultG	W	23	21	2	.913	60:00
75Jakub DobesG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Tampa Bay Lightning

Tampa Bay Lightning skaters

21Brayden PointC	0	1	1	-1	4	0	0	0	55	21:44
38Brandon HagelL	1	0	1	-1	4	0	1	0	100	26:05
86Nikita KucherovR	1	0	1	-1	2	0	0	2	–	22:22
43Darren RaddyshD	0	1	1	+1	2	1	1	0	–	17:40
11Luke GlendeningC	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	57	12:53
13Cam AtkinsonR	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	–	06:27
14Conor GeekieC	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	50	13:32
20Nick PaulL	0	0	0	-2	1	0	1	0	67	15:34
23Michael EyssimontC	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	–	09:57
28Zemgus GirgensonsC	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	0	–	11:40
41Mitchell ChaffeeR	0	0	0	-2	1	3	0	0	–	15:25
71Anthony CirelliC	0	0	0	-2	1	0	0	0	19	21:08
93Gage GoncalvesC	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	–	06:57
27Ryan McDonaghD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	2	0	–	21:28
48Nick PerbixD	0	0	0	-3	0	0	2	0	–	16:52
77Victor HedmanD	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	0	–	23:18
78Emil LillebergD	0	0	0	-3	2	0	0	0	–	14:42
81Erik CernakD	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	2	–	19:14

Tampa Bay Lightning goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Jonas JohanssonG	L	36	32	4	.889	59:02
88Andrei VasilevskiyG		0	0	0	–	00:00