Tampa Bay Lightning at Montreal Canadiens

Centre Bell, Montreal Regular Season Final

Final score

The Montreal Canadiens beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 5–3 on Tuesday, March 9, 2010 at home.

Final score, Tampa Bay Lightning at Montreal Canadiens
Team Goals 2009-2010 record
Tampa Bay Lightning 3 34-36-12
at Montreal Canadiens 5 39-33-10

Goals by period

Goals by period, Tampa Bay Lightning at Montreal Canadiens
Team 1st period 2nd period 3rd period Total
Tampa Bay Lightning 0 2 1 3
Montreal Canadiens 2 2 1 5

Shots on goal by period

Shots on goal by period, Tampa Bay Lightning at Montreal Canadiens
Team 1st period 2nd period 3rd period Total
Tampa Bay Lightning 7 15 9 31
Montreal Canadiens 10 8 10 28

Scoring summary

Every goal, Tampa Bay Lightning at Montreal Canadiens. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 02:50 Montreal Canadiens Glen Metropolit (1) Scott Gomez (1), Jaroslav Spacek (1) Power play TBL 0, MTL 1
1st 12:02 Montreal Canadiens Scott Gomez (1) Unassisted Even strength TBL 0, MTL 2
2nd 03:47 Tampa Bay Lightning Steven Stamkos (1) Unassisted Power play TBL 1, MTL 2
2nd 04:28 Montreal Canadiens Benoit Pouliot (1) Scott Gomez (2) Even strength TBL 1, MTL 3
2nd 07:33 Montreal Canadiens Mathieu Darche (1) Glen Metropolit (1), Andrei Markov (1) Even strength TBL 1, MTL 4
2nd 10:03 Tampa Bay Lightning Matt Walker (1) Mark Parrish (1), Stephane Veilleux (1) Even strength TBL 2, MTL 4
3rd 03:26 Montreal Canadiens Mathieu Darche (2) Tomas Plekanec (1), Andrei Markov (2) Even strength TBL 2, MTL 5
3rd 18:53 Tampa Bay Lightning Martin St. Louis (1) Steven Stamkos (1), Kurtis Foster (1) Even strength TBL 3, MTL 5

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.

Team stats

Team stats, Tampa Bay Lightning at Montreal Canadiens
Stat Tampa Bay Lightning Montreal Canadiens
Shots on goal 31 28
Power play 1 of 4 1 of 2
Penalty minutes 4 8
Hits 18 12
Blocked shots 10 21
Giveaways 3 9
Takeaways 5 12
Faceoffs won 25/64 (39.1%) 39/64 (60.9%)

Box score

Tampa Bay Lightning

Tampa Bay Lightning skaters
Player Position GoalsAssistsPointsPlus/minusPenalty minutesShots on goalHitsBlocked shotsPower-play goalsFaceoff percentageTime on ice
Number 4 V. Lecavalier C 0 0 0 -1 0 8 2 1 0 36% 22:05
Number 9 S. Downie R 0 0 0 -1 2 2 2 0 0 17:55
Number 13 A. Tanguay L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 0 0 14:52
Number 16 T. Purcell L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 17:48
Number 17 T. Fedoruk L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 0 0 08:00
Number 19 S. Veilleux L 0 1 1 +1 0 2 3 2 0 12:13
Number 26 M. St. Louis R 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 50% 21:44
Number 27 B. Bochenski R 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 0 0 09:44
Number 37 M. Parrish R 0 1 1 +1 0 0 0 0 0 13:38
Number 38 P. Szczechura C 0 0 0 -2 0 1 2 0 0 44.4% 11:31
Number 44 N. Thompson C 0 0 0 +1 0 1 1 0 0 38.5% 12:08
Number 91 S. Stamkos C 1 1 2 -1 0 4 0 0 1 41.7% 21:05
Number 5 M. Ohlund D 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 17:38
Number 6 K. Foster D 0 1 1 -1 0 3 0 1 0 22:26
Number 8 M. Walker D 1 0 1 0 0 3 2 2 0 17:48
Number 14 A. Meszaros D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17:40
Number 39 M. Lundin D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 1 0 19:10
Number 77 V. Hedman D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 1 0 20:22
Tampa Bay Lightning goalies
Goalie Shots againstSavesGoals againstSave percentageTime on iceDecision
Number 30 A. Niittymaki 13 9 4 .692 27:33 Loss
Number 41 M. Smith 15 14 1 .933 31:39

Montreal Canadiens

Montreal Canadiens skaters
Player Position GoalsAssistsPointsPlus/minusPenalty minutesShots on goalHitsBlocked shotsPower-play goalsFaceoff percentageTime on ice
Number 14 T. Plekanec C 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 68.8% 17:32
Number 15 G. Metropolit C 1 1 2 +1 0 2 1 0 1 69.2% 10:34
Number 21 B. Gionta R 0 0 0 +1 0 1 1 0 0 19:37
Number 32 T. Moen L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 3 0 14:34
Number 42 D. Moore C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 0 0 53.8% 14:23
Number 46 A. Kostitsyn L 0 0 0 +1 0 1 2 1 0 15:53
Number 52 M. Darche L 2 0 2 +1 0 5 1 1 0 09:37
Number 57 B. Pouliot L 1 0 1 +2 0 1 0 0 0 17:34
Number 61 B. Maxwell C 0 0 0 +1 2 1 1 0 0 08:41
Number 74 S. Kostitsyn L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 0 0 14:37
Number 91 S. Gomez C 1 2 3 +2 0 4 0 1 0 57.1% 18:43
Number 94 T. Pyatt L 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 12:49
Number 6 J. Spacek D 0 1 1 +2 0 1 0 1 0 21:30
Number 20 R. O'Byrne D 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 0 17:22
Number 26 J. Gorges D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 1 0 20:22
Number 44 R. Hamrlik D 0 0 0 +2 2 2 1 4 0 20:21
Number 75 H. Gill D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 5 0 20:11
Number 79 A. Markov D 0 2 2 +2 0 2 1 0 0 20:24
Montreal Canadiens goalies
Goalie Shots againstSavesGoals againstSave percentageTime on iceDecision
Number 41 J. Halak 31 28 3 .903 60:00 Win

Penalties

Penalties, Tampa Bay Lightning at Montreal Canadiens
Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 01:49 Tampa Bay Lightning Bench Too many men on the ice (bench minor) 2
2nd 02:43 Montreal Canadiens Ryan O'Byrne Charging 2
2nd 11:30 Montreal Canadiens Ben Maxwell Interference 2
2nd 19:43 Montreal Canadiens Roman Hamrlik Cross checking 2
3rd 01:19 Tampa Bay Lightning Steve Downie Slashing 2
3rd 19:48 Montreal Canadiens Tomas Plekanec Slashing 2

Game information

Tampa Bay Lightning head coach
Rick Tocchet
Montreal Canadiens head coach
Jacques Martin
Referees
Frederick L'Ecuyer, Eric Furlatt
Linesmen
Pierre Champoux, Derek Nansen
Tampa Bay Lightning scratches
Ryan Malone, Zenon Konopka, Matt Smaby
Montreal Canadiens scratches
Georges Laraque, Paul Mara, Maxim Lapierre

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