Montreal Canadiens at Tampa Bay Lightning

Monday, March 16, 2015, 7:30 PM ET Amalie Arena, Tampa Regular Season Final

Final score

The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Montreal Canadiens 4–2 on Monday, March 16, 2015 at home.

Final score, Montreal Canadiens at Tampa Bay Lightning
Team	Goals	2014-2015 record
Montreal Canadiens	2	50-22-10
at Tampa Bay Lightning	4	50-24-8

Goals by period

Goals by period, Montreal Canadiens at Tampa Bay Lightning
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Montreal Canadiens	0	1	1	2
Tampa Bay Lightning	2	1	1	4

Shots on goal by period

Shots on goal by period, Montreal Canadiens at Tampa Bay Lightning
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Montreal Canadiens	12	12	10	34
Tampa Bay Lightning	14	11	9	34

Three stars

S. Stamkos, Tampa Bay Lightning (2 goals, 1 assist)
T. Plekanec, Montreal Canadiens (1 goal, 1 assist)
V. Hedman, Tampa Bay Lightning (1 goal, 1 assist)

Scoring summary

Every goal, Montreal Canadiens at Tampa Bay Lightning. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
1st	10:07	Tampa Bay Lightning	Valtteri Filppula (12)	Victor Hedman (25), Steven Stamkos (26)	Power play	MTL 0, TBL 1
1st	15:58	Tampa Bay Lightning	Steven Stamkos (38)	Unassisted	Even strength	MTL 0, TBL 2
2nd	02:45	Tampa Bay Lightning	Victor Hedman (10)	Alex Killorn (22), Ryan Callahan (27)	Even strength	MTL 0, TBL 3
2nd	11:10	Montreal Canadiens	Tomas Plekanec (21)	P.K. Subban (39), Andrei Markov (34)	Power play	MTL 1, TBL 3
3rd	00:34	Montreal Canadiens	PA Parenteau (7)	Tomas Plekanec (27)	Even strength	MTL 2, TBL 3
3rd	18:55	Tampa Bay Lightning	Steven Stamkos (39)	Vladislav Namestnikov (5), Jason Garrison (26)	Power play, Empty net	MTL 2, TBL 4

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

Team stats

Team stats, Montreal Canadiens at Tampa Bay Lightning
Stat	Montreal Canadiens	Tampa Bay Lightning
Shots on goal	34	34
Power play	1 of 4	2 of 4
Penalty minutes	25	25
Hits	20	28
Blocked shots	11	12
Giveaways	8	8
Takeaways	5	4
Faceoffs won	35/74 (47.3%)	39/74 (52.7%)

Box score

Montreal Canadiens

Montreal Canadiens skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Power-play goals	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 8 B. Prust	L	0	0	0	0	12	0	1	1	0	50%	07:50
Number 11 B. Gallagher	R	0	0	0	0	5	3	1	0	0		17:14
Number 14 T. Plekanec	C	1	1	2	0	0	3	2	0	1	48.3%	21:49
Number 15 P. Parenteau	R	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0		16:02
Number 21 D. Smith-Pelly	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		11:26
Number 22 D. Weise	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0		08:50
Number 25 J. de la Rose	L	0	0	0	+1	2	1	0	0	0	50%	13:03
Number 27 A. Galchenyuk	C	0	0	0	-1	2	3	0	1	0		16:58
Number 32 B. Flynn	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	66.7%	00:20
Number 51 D. Desharnais	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	1	0	50%	19:41
Number 67 M. Pacioretty	L	0	0	0	-1	0	5	1	0	0		23:02
Number 81 L. Eller	C	0	0	0	0	2	4	3	1	0	37.5%	16:02
Number 26 J. Petry	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	3	2	0		20:20
Number 64 G. Pateryn	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	0		10:54
Number 74 A. Emelin	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		19:12
Number 76 P. Subban	D	0	1	1	0	0	1	3	2	0		26:29
Number 77 T. Gilbert	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	1	0		21:01
Number 79 A. Markov	D	0	1	1	0	0	5	0	1	0		22:04

Montreal Canadiens goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 31 C. Price	33	30	3	.909	59:48	Loss

Tampa Bay Lightning

Tampa Bay Lightning skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Power-play goals	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 9 T. Johnson	C	0	0	0	-1	0	3	1	1	0	52.2%	20:52
Number 10 B. Morrow	L	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	0		08:50
Number 11 B. Boyle	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	1	0	50%	15:15
Number 15 M. Angelidis	L	0	0	0	0	10	0	3	0	0	54.5%	07:21
Number 17 A. Killorn	L	0	1	1	+2	0	3	1	0	0		19:58
Number 23 J. Brown	R	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	100%	10:41
Number 24 R. Callahan	R	0	1	1	+1	2	1	4	2	0		15:05
Number 27 J. Drouin	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0		15:07
Number 51 V. Filppula	C	1	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	1	47.4%	19:10
Number 86 N. Kucherov	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	1	0		14:40
Number 90 V. Namestnikov	C	0	1	1	-1	5	1	3	0	0	50%	11:06
Number 91 S. Stamkos	C	2	1	3	+2	0	6	2	1	1	66.7%	17:41
Number 5 J. Garrison	D	0	1	1	0	0	2	2	1	0		19:14
Number 6 A. Stralman	D	0	0	0	+1	0	3	0	0	0		21:37
Number 8 M. Barberio	D	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	0	0		14:48
Number 25 M. Carle	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	4	0		21:31
Number 62 A. Sustr	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0		16:05
Number 77 V. Hedman	D	1	1	2	0	2	1	1	1	0		22:20

Tampa Bay Lightning goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 30 B. Bishop	34	32	2	.941	60:00	Win

Penalties

Penalties, Montreal Canadiens at Tampa Bay Lightning
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	02:21	Tampa Bay Lightning	Brenden Morrow	High sticking	2
1st	02:21	Tampa Bay Lightning	Brenden Morrow	High sticking	2
1st	09:29	Montreal Canadiens	Greg Pateryn	High sticking	2
1st	12:09	Tampa Bay Lightning	Mike Angelidis	Fighting (major)	5
1st	12:09	Montreal Canadiens	Brandon Prust	Fighting (major)	5
1st	15:04	Montreal Canadiens	Alex Galchenyuk	High sticking	2
1st	15:04	Tampa Bay Lightning	Victor Hedman	Roughing	2
2nd	06:39	Montreal Canadiens	Brandon Prust	Interference goalkeeper	2
2nd	09:40	Montreal Canadiens	Brendan Gallagher	Fighting (major)	5
2nd	09:40	Tampa Bay Lightning	Vladislav Namestnikov	Fighting (major)	5
2nd	10:31	Tampa Bay Lightning	JT Brown	Roughing	2
2nd	13:51	Montreal Canadiens	Jacob de la Rose	Hooking	2
3rd	03:08	Tampa Bay Lightning	Mike Angelidis	Fighting (major)	5
3rd	03:08	Montreal Canadiens	Brandon Prust	Fighting (major)	5
3rd	12:58	Tampa Bay Lightning	Ryan Callahan	Hooking	2
3rd	17:38	Montreal Canadiens	Lars Eller	Holding	2

Game information

Montreal Canadiens head coach: Michel Therrien
Tampa Bay Lightning head coach: Jon Cooper
Referees: Kelly Sutherland, Marc Joannette
Linesmen: Scott Driscoll, David Brisebois
Montreal Canadiens scratches: Sergei Gonchar, Manny Malhotra, Mike Weaver, Torrey Mitchell, Nathan Beaulieu
Tampa Bay Lightning scratches: Ondrej Palat, Nikita Nesterov, Cedric Paquette

2014-2015 season series

Every Montreal Canadiens and Tampa Bay Lightning game in the 2014-2015 season
Matchup	Status	Details
Montreal Canadiens 1 at Tampa Bay Lightning 7	Final	Game page: Montreal Canadiens at Tampa Bay Lightning, Mon, Oct 13, 2014
Tampa Bay Lightning 4 at Montreal Canadiens 2	Final	Game page: Tampa Bay Lightning at Montreal Canadiens, Tue, Jan 6, 2015
Tampa Bay Lightning 1 at Montreal Canadiens 0	Final/OT	Game page: Tampa Bay Lightning at Montreal Canadiens, Tue, Mar 10, 2015
Montreal Canadiens 2 at Tampa Bay Lightning 4	Final	Game page: Montreal Canadiens at Tampa Bay Lightning, Mon, Mar 16, 2015
Tampa Bay Lightning 5 at Montreal Canadiens 3	Final	Game page: Tampa Bay Lightning at Montreal Canadiens, Mon, Mar 30, 2015
Tampa Bay Lightning 2 at Montreal Canadiens 1	Final/2OT Playoffs	Game page: Tampa Bay Lightning at Montreal Canadiens, Fri, May 1, 2015
Tampa Bay Lightning 6 at Montreal Canadiens 2	Final Playoffs	Game page: Tampa Bay Lightning at Montreal Canadiens, Sun, May 3, 2015
Montreal Canadiens 1 at Tampa Bay Lightning 2	Final Playoffs	Game page: Montreal Canadiens at Tampa Bay Lightning, Wed, May 6, 2015
Montreal Canadiens 6 at Tampa Bay Lightning 2	Final Playoffs	Game page: Montreal Canadiens at Tampa Bay Lightning, Thu, May 7, 2015
Tampa Bay Lightning 1 at Montreal Canadiens 2	Final Playoffs	Game page: Tampa Bay Lightning at Montreal Canadiens, Sat, May 9, 2015
Montreal Canadiens 1 at Tampa Bay Lightning 4	Final Playoffs	Game page: Montreal Canadiens at Tampa Bay Lightning, Tue, May 12, 2015

Other NHL games on Mar 16

Other NHL games on Monday, March 16, 2015
Matchup	Status	Details
Washington Capitals 4 at Buffalo Sabres 3	Final/SO	Game page: Washington Capitals at Buffalo Sabres, Mon, Mar 16, 2015
Toronto Maple Leafs 1 at Edmonton Oilers 4	Final	Game page: Toronto Maple Leafs at Edmonton Oilers, Mon, Mar 16, 2015
Arizona Coyotes 0 at Los Angeles Kings 1	Final	Game page: Arizona Coyotes at Los Angeles Kings, Mon, Mar 16, 2015

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