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Montreal Canadiens at Tampa Bay Lightning

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Montreal Canadiens
16-17-3
Final
5 - 2
Tampa Bay Lightning
20-12-2

Jake Evans scores for the career-high 5th consecutive game, surging Canadiens beat Lightning 5-2

Montreal Canadiens vs. Tampa Bay Lightning: Game Highlights

Christian Dvorak, Joel Armia, Brendan Gallagher and Alex Newhook also scored to help the Canadiens win for the fifth time in six games. Sam Montembeault made 21 saves.

Nikita Kucherov and Brandon Hagel scored for Tampa Bay. Jonas Johansson stopped 31 shots.

Newhook opened the scoring on a one-timer midway through the first period. Hagel tied it 37 seconds into the second period, but Dvorak and Evans scored 5:54 apart in the period for a two-goal Montreal lead they would not relinquish.

Takeaways Canadiens: Montreal has scored four or more goals in six consecutive games. … The Canadiens snapped a four-game losing streak to Tampa Bay.

Lightning: LW Jake Guentzel missed the game because of an upper-body injury and is listed as day-to-day. … Tampa Bay fell to 0-7-1 when scoring fewer than three goals.

Key moment After Hagel tied it 7 seconds into the second period, the Canadiens' Lane Hutson took a hooking call 13 seconds later to give Tampa Bay a power play. But Montreal’s penalty kill held the Lightning without a shot during the man advantage.

Key stat Evans' five-game goals streak is tied for the longest active run in the NHL.

Up next Montreal is at Vegas on Tuesday. Tampa Bay is at San Jose on Thursday night.

Regular Season Series

MTL leads series 1-0

Scoring Summary

Goal 1st Period 12:07 Alex Newhook Goal (7) Snap Shot, assists: Mike Matheson (16), Patrik Laine (2)
Goal 2nd Period 0:37 Brandon Hagel Goal (17) Wrist Shot, assists: none
Goal 2nd Period 12:34 Christian Dvorak Goal (3) Tip-In, assists: Kaiden Guhle (6), Alexandre Carrier (9)
Goal 2nd Period 18:28 Jake Evans Goal (10) Wrist Shot, assists: Joel Armia (11)
Goal 2nd Period 18:54 Nikita Kucherov Goal (17) Wrist Shot, assists: Brayden Point (20), Darren Raddysh (11)
Goal 3rd Period 12:32 Joel Armia Goal (7) Wrist Shot, assists: Emil Heineman (7)
Goal 3rd Period 18:08 Brendan Gallagher Goal (10) Wrist Shot, assists: Josh Anderson (8), Alexandre Carrier (10)

Statistics

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17 Blocked Shots 13
20 Hits 19
6 Takeaways 8
37 Shots 23
0 Power Play Goals 0
2 Power Play Opportunities 3
0.0 Power Play Percentage 0.0
0 Short Handed Goals 0
0 Shootout Goals 0
34 Faceoffs Won 30
53.1 Faceoff Win Percent 46.9
4 Giveaways 6
3 Total Penalties 2
6 Penalty Minutes 4
Tampa Bay Lightning Tampa Bay Lightning Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Nick Paul, LW Out Sep 17
Connor Kurth, RW Day-To-Day Sep 13
Oliver Bjorkstrand, RW Day-To-Day Jul 28
Brandon Hagel, LW Day-To-Day Jul 28
Montreal Canadiens Montreal Canadiens Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Kirby Dach, C Out Sep 15
Sam Montembeault, G Day-To-Day Jul 28
Patrik Laine, RW Day-To-Day Jul 28

Game Information

Benchmark International Arena

Location: Tampa, FL
Attendance: 19,092 | Capacity:

2025-26 Atlantic Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Boston 0 0 0 0
Buffalo 0 0 0 0
Detroit 0 0 0 0
Montreal 0 0 0 0
Ottawa 0 0 0 0
Tampa Bay 0 0 0 0
Toronto 0 0 0 0
Florida 0 0 0 0
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