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Tampa Bay Lightning at Montreal Canadiens

Centre Bell, Montreal Playoffs Final

Final score

The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Montreal Canadiens 6–3 on Friday, July 2, 2021 on the road.

Team Goals 2020-2021 record
Tampa Bay Lightning 6 36-17-3
at Montreal Canadiens 3 24-21-11

Goals by period

Team Total
Tampa Bay Lightning 2 2 2 6
Montreal Canadiens 1 1 1 3

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Tampa Bay Lightning 12 9 9 30
Montreal Canadiens 17 8 10 35

Three stars

  1. T. Johnson, Tampa Bay Lightning (2 goals)
  2. N. Kucherov, Tampa Bay Lightning (1 goal, 1 assist)
  3. V. Hedman, Tampa Bay Lightning (1 goal, 1 assist)

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 01:52 Tampa Bay Lightning Jan Rutta (2) Ondrej Palat (7), Victor Hedman (16) Even strength TBL 1, MTL 0
1st 03:27 Tampa Bay Lightning Victor Hedman (2) Nikita Kucherov (24), Anthony Cirelli (7) Power play TBL 2, MTL 0
1st 11:16 Montreal Canadiens Phillip Danault (1) Shea Weber (5) Even strength TBL 2, MTL 1
2nd 01:40 Tampa Bay Lightning Nikita Kucherov (8) Ondrej Palat (8), Erik Cernak (9) Even strength TBL 3, MTL 1
2nd 03:33 Tampa Bay Lightning Tyler Johnson (3) Mathieu Joseph (1), David Savard (4) Even strength TBL 4, MTL 1
2nd 18:04 Montreal Canadiens Nick Suzuki (7) Jeff Petry (6), Cole Caufield (6) Even strength TBL 4, MTL 2
3rd 15:19 Tampa Bay Lightning Tyler Johnson (4) Unassisted Even strength TBL 5, MTL 2
3rd 15:58 Montreal Canadiens Corey Perry (4) Brendan Gallagher (4), Ben Chiarot (1) Even strength TBL 5, MTL 3
3rd 16:48 Tampa Bay Lightning Blake Coleman (3) Barclay Goodrow (4) Even strength, Empty net TBL 6, MTL 3

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

Team stats

Stat Tampa Bay Lightning Montreal Canadiens
Shots on goal 30 35
Power play 1 of 1 0 of 1
Penalty minutes 2 2
Hits 46 38
Blocked shots 13 11
Giveaways 15 26
Takeaways 2 1
Faceoffs won 31/61 (50.8%) 30/61 (49.2%)

Box score

Tampa Bay Lightning

Tampa Bay Lightning skaters
Player
7 M. Joseph R 0 1 1 +2 0 1 5 0 0 09:48
9 T. Johnson C 2 0 2 +2 0 4 1 0 0 50% 09:08
14 P. Maroon L 0 0 0 +2 0 0 1 0 0 10:02
18 O. Palat L 0 2 2 0 0 3 8 0 0 16:10
19 B. Goodrow C 0 1 1 +1 0 1 4 0 0 37.5% 18:35
20 B. Coleman L 1 0 1 +1 0 1 3 1 0 17:21
21 B. Point C 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 3 0 41.7% 16:58
37 Y. Gourde C 0 0 0 +1 0 2 1 0 0 54.5% 19:20
71 A. Cirelli C 0 1 1 +1 0 0 3 0 0 62.5% 15:39
79 R. Colton C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 0 0 14:19
86 N. Kucherov R 1 1 2 0 0 6 1 0 0 16:49
91 S. Stamkos C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 5 1 0 80% 14:16
27 R. McDonagh D 0 0 0 +3 0 0 1 0 0 25:29
44 J. Rutta D 1 0 1 +1 0 4 1 0 0 16:00
58 D. Savard D 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 3 0 12:29
77 V. Hedman D 1 1 2 0 0 2 1 2 1 21:46
81 E. Cernak D 0 1 1 +1 0 1 4 0 0 23:06
98 M. Sergachev D 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 3 0 20:45
Tampa Bay Lightning goalies
Goalie
88 A. Vasilevskiy 35 32 3 .914 60:00 Win

Montreal Canadiens

Montreal Canadiens skaters
Player
11 B. Gallagher R 0 1 1 +1 0 5 1 0 0 14:18
14 N. Suzuki C 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 62.5% 20:41
15 J. Kotkaniemi C 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 0 0 30.8% 11:38
17 J. Anderson R 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 50% 13:46
21 E. Staal C 0 0 0 -2 2 1 1 0 0 61.5% 12:52
22 C. Caufield R 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 19:52
24 P. Danault C 1 0 1 +2 0 3 5 0 0 46.7% 15:40
40 J. Armia R 0 0 0 -3 0 1 2 0 0 12:59
41 P. Byron L 0 0 0 -2 0 0 4 0 0 11:54
62 A. Lehkonen L 0 0 0 +1 0 0 4 0 0 13:37
73 T. Toffoli C 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 19:14
94 C. Perry R 1 0 1 -2 0 2 0 1 0 14:58
6 S. Weber D 0 1 1 +1 0 5 1 3 0 22:11
8 B. Chiarot D 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 0 22:50
26 J. Petry D 0 1 1 -2 0 4 2 0 0 22:05
28 J. Merrill D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 3 0 13:52
32 E. Gustafsson D 0 0 0 -2 0 3 2 0 0 16:00
44 J. Edmundson D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 4 1 0 21:30
Montreal Canadiens goalies
Goalie
31 C. Price 29 24 5 .828 59:30 Loss

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 02:54 Montreal Canadiens Eric Staal Delaying game puck over glass 2
1st 17:29 Tampa Bay Lightning Mikhail Sergachev Interference 2

Game information

Tampa Bay Lightning head coach
Jon Cooper
Montreal Canadiens head coach
Dominique Ducharme
Referees
Francis Charron, Gord Dwyer
Linesmen
Scott Cherrey, Kiel Murchison
Tampa Bay Lightning scratches
Alex Killorn, Luke Schenn, Fredrik Claesson, Christopher Gibson, Gemel Smith, Spencer Martin, Ben Thomas, Daniel Walcott, Mitchell Stephens, Boris Katchouk, Taylor Raddysh, Alex Barré-Boulet, Cal Foote, Andreas Borgman
Montreal Canadiens scratches
Michael Frolik, Tomas Tatar, Alex Belzile, Xavier Ouellet, Brett Kulak, Laurent Dauphin, Jake Evans, Lukas Vejdemo, Michael McNiven, Charlie Lindgren, Cale Fleury, Cayden Primeau, Alexander Romanov, Jesse Ylonen, Otto Leskinen

2020-2021 season series

Matchup Status Details
Montreal Canadiens 1 at Tampa Bay Lightning 5 Final Playoffs Game page
Montreal Canadiens 1 at Tampa Bay Lightning 3 Final Playoffs Game page
Tampa Bay Lightning 6 at Montreal Canadiens 3 Final Playoffs Game page
Tampa Bay Lightning 2 at Montreal Canadiens 3 Final/OT Playoffs Game page
Montreal Canadiens 0 at Tampa Bay Lightning 1 Final Playoffs Game page
Tampa Bay Lightning at Montreal Canadiens Not needed Playoffs Game page
Montreal Canadiens at Tampa Bay Lightning Not needed Playoffs Game page

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