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Tampa Bay 4, Montreal 3

When: 7:00 PM ET, Sunday, December 31, 2023
Where: Amalie Arena, Tampa, Florida
Referees: Kendrick Nicholson, Kelly Sutherland
Linesmen: Jonny Murray, James Tobias
Attendance: 19092

Final Scoring Summary

Final	1	2	3	T
Montreal	0	2	1	3
Tampa Bay	0	2	2	4

Scoring/Penalty Summary

1st Period
Scoring
No Scoring.
Penalties
15:50 - Canadiens Mike Matheson (2) Delay of game
2nd Period
Scoring
3:58 - Canadiens Cole Caufield (EV) Unassisted 11:59 - Canadiens Johnathan Kovacevic (EV) Assists: Sam Montembeault 14:01 - Lightning Brayden Point (EV) Assists: Nicholas Paul , Brandon Hagel 17:36 - Lightning Austin Watson (EV) Assists: Victor Hedman , Nick Perbix
Penalties
1:32 - Canadiens Nick Suzuki (2) Hooking 4:07 - Lightning Luke Glendening (2) Instigating 4:07 - Canadiens Josh Anderson (2) Charging 4:07 - Canadiens Josh Anderson (5) Fighting 4:07 - Lightning Luke Glendening (5) Fighting 4:07 - Lightning Luke Glendening (10) Instigator - Misconduct
3rd Period
Scoring
7:49 - Lightning Calvin de Haan (EV) Assists: Nikita Kucherov , Steven Stamkos 14:54 - Lightning Nikita Kucherov (EV) Assists: Victor Hedman , Anthony Cirelli 17:55 - Canadiens Nick Suzuki (EV) Assists: Juraj Slafkovsky , Mike Matheson
Penalties
10:21 - Canadiens David Savard (2) Tripping 12:03 - Lightning Tanner Jeannot (2) Interference

Montreal Canadiens

Player	POS	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	SHF	TOI	EV	PP	SH	PP	SH	HT	BS	FW	FL	FO%
Cayden Primeau	G	0	0	0		0	0		0:00	0:00	0:00	0:00	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
Sam Montembeault	G	0	1	1		0	0		58:24	51:00	1:42	5:42	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
Mike Matheson	D	0	1	1	E	2	1	24	25:27	20:58	1:41	2:48	0	0	3	2	-	-	-
Brendan Gallagher	RW	0	0	0	E	0	2	20	15:39	15:24	0:15	0:00	0	0	2	2	-	-	-
Mitchell Stephens	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	16	10:33	7:31	0:00	3:02	0	0	1	-	5	2	71
Nick Suzuki	C	1	0	1	E	2	1	24	23:33	22:03	1:28	0:02	0	0	5	-	12	7	63
Josh Anderson	RW	0	0	0	-1	7	3	20	16:42	16:25	0:17	0:00	0	0	3	-	2	1	67
Juraj Slafkovsky	LW	0	1	1	E	0	1	23	20:42	19:18	1:23	0:01	0	0	2	-	-	-	-
Kaiden Guhle	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	20	15:42	14:40	0:00	1:02	0	0	3	2	-	-	-
Cole Caufield	RW	1	0	1	E	0	4	23	23:11	21:44	1:27	0:00	0	0	-	1	1	0	100
Johnathan Kovacevic	D	1	0	1	+1	0	1	12	11:23	7:46	0:00	3:37	0	0	1	-	-	-	-
Joel Armia	RW	0	0	0	E	0	3	18	13:02	10:12	0:00	2:50	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
Jayden Struble	D	0	0	0	E	0	0	21	16:37	14:26	0:19	1:52	0	0	2	1	-	-	-
Justin Barron	D	0	0	0	E	0	3	17	11:04	11:03	0:01	0:00	0	0	2	-	-	-	-
Jordan Harris	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	19	14:35	14:34	0:00	0:01	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
Michael Pezzetta	LW	0	0	0	-1	0	0	7	4:54	4:54	0:00	0:00	0	0	2	1	2	0	100
Jesse Ylonen	RW	0	0	0	E	0	0	15	12:08	12:08	0:00	0:00	0	0	2	3	-	-	-
David Savard	D	0	0	0	-3	2	3	23	22:10	19:59	0:04	2:07	0	0	-	3	-	-	-
Jake Evans	C	0	0	0	E	0	1	21	18:07	15:15	0:14	2:38	0	0	2	1	3	2	60
Sean Monahan	C	0	0	0	+1	0	2	27	20:07	15:58	1:21	2:48	0	0	-	1	10	5	67

Tampa Bay Lightning

Player	POS	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	SHF	TOI	EV	PP	SH	PP	SH	HT	BS	FW	FL	FO%
Jonas Johansson	G	0	0	0		0	0		60:00	52:36	5:42	1:42	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
Andrei Vasilevskiy	G	0	0	0		0	0		0:00	0:00	0:00	0:00	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
Haydn Fleury	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	10	9:27	9:14	0:13	0:00	0	0	2	1	-	-	-
Luke Glendening	C	0	0	0	E	17	0	12	7:25	7:01	0:00	0:24	0	0	-	-	2	5	29
Alex Barre-Boulet	C	0	0	0	E	0	0	14	10:47	10:08	0:39	0:00	0	0	1	-	-	-	-
Nicholas Paul	LW	0	1	1	E	0	1	20	20:29	16:30	3:59	0:00	0	0	2	1	4	9	31
Brayden Point	C	1	0	1	E	0	3	21	20:51	16:58	3:53	0:00	0	0	-	-	2	4	33
Michael Eyssimont	C	0	0	0	E	0	2	11	8:49	8:49	0:00	0:00	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
Brandon Hagel	LW	0	1	1	E	0	1	22	21:09	18:20	1:31	1:18	0	0	-	-	0	1	0
Darren Raddysh	D	0	0	0	E	0	1	27	24:30	21:45	1:44	1:01	0	0	7	-	-	-	-
Calvin de Haan	D	1	0	1	E	0	2	24	18:57	17:56	0:00	1:01	0	0	1	1	-	-	-
Nick Perbix	D	0	1	1	+2	0	0	27	25:15	24:34	0:00	0:41	0	0	2	5	-	-	-
Austin Watson	LW	1	0	1	+1	0	1	12	6:06	6:06	0:00	0:00	0	0	4	-	-	-	-
Tyler Motte	C	0	0	0	+1	0	2	15	11:11	10:47	0:00	0:24	0	0	2	-	2	6	25
Anthony Cirelli	C	0	1	1	E	0	0	21	20:02	16:54	1:50	1:18	0	0	2	4	2	3	40
Victor Hedman	D	0	2	2	+2	0	3	26	29:52	25:26	3:45	0:41	0	0	2	1	-	-	-
Erik Cernak	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	8	6:39	6:26	0:13	0:00	0	0	1	-	-	-	-
Tanner Jeannot	LW	0	0	0	+1	2	0	15	10:07	8:27	1:40	0:00	0	0	2	-	-	-	-
Nikita Kucherov	RW	1	1	2	E	0	3	22	25:05	20:14	4:51	0:00	0	0	2	1	-	-	-
Steven Stamkos	C	0	1	1	E	0	1	21	21:19	17:07	4:12	0:00	0	0	1	3	5	7	42

Goaltending

Montreal
	Shots	Saves	GA	SV %	PIM	TOI
Sam Montembeault L (12-8-4)	20	16	4	.800	0	58:24

Tampa Bay
	Shots	Saves	GA	SV %	PIM	TOI
Jonas Johansson W (10-7-5)	29	26	3	.897	0	60:00