🇨🇦 Away Canadiens 18-14-3 before this game

1–3

Final

⚡ Home Lightning 16-13-6 before this game

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
MTL	0	0	1	1
TBL	0	1	2	3

Canadiens at Lightning

Lightning beat Canadiens 3–1 at AMALIE Arena on December 28, 1995.

🗓 Thu, Dec 28, 1995 · 18:30 CST 📍 AMALIE Arena, Tampa 🏒 1995-96 🔁 Lightning lead the season series 2–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star ⚡ TBL

Brian Bellows

1 G

2 shots

2nd star ⚡ TBL

John Cullen

1 G

2 shots

3rd star ⚡ TBL

Rob Zamuner

1 G

1 shots · +1

🚨 Scoring

4 goals · in order

2nd period

⚡ John Cullen Go-ahead 2nd · 13:18

Unassisted

0–1

3rd period

⚡ Brian Bellows PP 3rd · 01:19

Assists: Brian Bradley, Paul Ysebaert

0–2

🇨🇦 Saku Koivu 3rd · 15:21

Assists: Pierre Turgeon, Mark Recchi

1–2

⚡ Rob Zamuner Empty net 3rd · 19:01

Assists: Roman Hamrlik

1–3

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🇨🇦MTL TBL⚡

27 Shots on goal 26

0/5 Power play (goals / chances) 1/4

27 Penalty minutes 19

MTL shooting 3.7% (1/27) TBL shooting 11.5% (3/26)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🇨🇦Canadiens

Pat Jablonski

0/2

.000 SV% · 2 GA · 58:52 TOI

⚡Lightning

Jeff Reese

0/0

.000 SV% · 0 GA · 10:50 TOI

Jean Claude Bergeron

0/1

.000 SV% · 1 GA · 49:10 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–0

Canadiens

Canadiens — tied after 1st: 18-14-3 (51% win rate, 35 games)

Lightning

Lightning — tied after 1st: 16-13-6 (46% win rate, 35 games)

After 2nd — 0–1

Canadiens

Canadiens: no games found in this situation this year.

Lightning

Lightning: no games found in this situation this year.

⚔️ Last meetings

Lightning lead the season series 2–0 Full head-to-head →

2–3 (OT) · Lightning won

❓ MTL vs TBL, answered

Who won Canadiens vs Lightning on December 28, 1995?

Lightning won 3–1.

What was the final score of Canadiens vs Lightning?

The final score was Canadiens 1, Lightning 3.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Saku Koivu.

Who scored for Lightning?

Brian Bellows, John Cullen, Rob Zamuner.

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Pat Jablonski made 0 saves on 2 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Lightning goalie play?

Jeff Reese made 0 saves on 0 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Canadiens vs Lightning played?

At AMALIE Arena in Tampa, the Lightning home rink.

What is the Canadiens vs Lightning season series?

Lightning lead the season series 2–0 after 2 games.

Have a different question? Ask the Oracle — it answers from this season's box scores.

🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it

🇨🇦Canadiens

Previous game · Dec 26

⚡Lightning

Previous game · Dec 23

Also on December 28, 1995

Canadiens season page Lightning season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule