🇨🇦 Away Canadiens 25-13-8 before this game

6–3

Final

⚡ Home Lightning 11-27-6 before this game

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
MTL	0	0	0	6
TBL	0	0	0	3

Canadiens at Lightning

Canadiens beat Lightning 6–3 at AMALIE Arena on January 12, 1998.

🗓 Mon, Jan 12, 1998 · 18:30 CST 📍 AMALIE Arena, Tampa 🏒 1997-98 🔁 Canadiens lead the season series 2–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🇨🇦 MTL

Vincent Damphousse

1 G, 4 A

6 shots · 20:36 TOI · +4

2nd star 🇨🇦 MTL

Marc Bureau

2 G

3 shots · 14:39 TOI · +2

3rd star 🇨🇦 MTL

Martin Rucinsky

1 G, 1 A

4 shots · 16:16 TOI · +3

🚨 Scoring

Goal-by-goal detail has not synced for this game yet.

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🇨🇦MTL TBL⚡

31 Shots on goal 25

1/6 Power play (goals / chances) 1/6

6 Hits 7

2 Blocked shots 4

1 Takeaways 2

6 Giveaways 6

57 Penalty minutes 36

MTL shooting 19.4% (6/31) TBL shooting 12.0% (3/25)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🇨🇦Canadiens

Andy Moog

0/3

.000 SV% · 3 GA · 60:00 TOI

⚡Lightning

Zac Bierk

0/1

.000 SV% · 1 GA · 39:56 TOI

Derek Wilkinson

0/5

.000 SV% · 5 GA · 19:58 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–0

Canadiens

Canadiens — tied after 1st: 25-13-8 (54% win rate, 46 games)

Lightning

Lightning — tied after 1st: 11-27-6 (25% win rate, 44 games)

After 2nd — 0–0

Canadiens

Canadiens — tied after 2nd: 25-13-8 (54% win rate, 46 games)

Lightning

Lightning — tied after 2nd: 11-27-6 (25% win rate, 44 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🇨🇦Canadiens

L1 Corson · Damphousse · Recchi 20:25

L2 Savage · Rucinsky · Bordeleau 16:16

L3 Brunet · Bureau · Richer 12:22

L4 Thornton · Stevenson 10:15

D1 Malakhov · Manson 24:15

D2 Brisebois · Quintal 19:50

D3 Clark · Popovic 14:23

D4 Rivet 2:19

⚡Lightning

L1 Zamuner · Langkow · Ciccarelli 22:28

L2 Ysebaert · Renberg · Selivanov 15:34

L3 Poulin · Bonsignore · Andersson 12:40

L4 Debrusk · Kelly · Wiemer 9:24

D1 Dykhuis · Marchment 24:12

D2 Ulanov · Shaw 18:57

D3 Cross · Huscroft 11:46

⚔️ Last meetings

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

4–4 (OT) · Canadiens won

❓ MTL vs TBL, answered

Who won Canadiens vs Lightning on January 12, 1998?

Canadiens won 6–3.

What was the final score of Canadiens vs Lightning?

The final score was Canadiens 6, Lightning 3.

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Andy Moog made 0 saves on 3 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Lightning goalie play?

Zac Bierk made 0 saves on 1 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?

Canadiens 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 · Jan 8

⚡Lightning

Previous game · Jan 11

Also on January 12, 1998

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