The Tampa Bay Lightning were down 2-0 in the second period to the Montreal Canadiens before staging a comeback with goals eight minutes apart from Brayden Point and Anthony Cirelli. Down again in the third period, a shorthanded goal by Tyler Motte tied it up and then after six rounds of a shootout, Victor Hedman scored to earn the bonus point, and the Bolts had the 4-3 victory.
With the win and a loss by the Detroit Red Wings, the Lightning move even with them at 72 points. They are six points clear of the next team, the New York Islanders.
Tampa Goals:
Brayden Point (32): Assists – Steven Stamkos (28), Nikita Kucherov (67)
Anthony Cirelli (13): Assists – Brandon Hagel (38)
Tyler Motte (6) Shorthanded: Assists – None
Montreal Goals:
Joel Armia (11): Assists – Kaiden Guhle (11), Alex Newhook (10)
Jake Evans (5): Assists – Brendan Gallagher (9)
Josh Anderson (8): Assists – Cole Caufield (29), Arber Xhekaj
Goaltending Stats:
Andrei Vasilevskiy (W) – 28 saves, 31 shots against
Cayden Primeau (L) – 27 saves, 30 shots against
Shootout Results:
Brandon Hagel – Saved
Nick Suzuki – Missed
Brayden Point – Saved
Cole Caufield – Goal
Steven Stamkos – Goal
Joel Armia – Saved
Nikita Kucherov – Saved
Jesse Ylonen – Saved
Mikey Eyssimont – Saved
Juraj Slafkovsky – Saved
Victor Hedman – Goal
Joshua Roy – Saved
The nitty-gritty stats:
The Goals
Next Game:
Thursday March 7, 2024 – against the Calgary Flames
