⚡ Away Lightning 19-42-9 before this game

2–8

Final

🇨🇦 Home Canadiens 35-25-11 before this game

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
TBL	0	0	0	2
MTL	0	0	0	8

Lightning at Canadiens

Canadiens beat Lightning 8–2 at Bell Centre on March 28, 1998.

🗓 Sat, Mar 28, 1998 · 18:30 CST 📍 Bell Centre, Montréal 🏒 1997-98 🔁 Canadiens lead the season series 4–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🇨🇦 MTL

Vincent Damphousse

3 G, 1 A

6 shots · 17:20 TOI · +4

2nd star 🇨🇦 MTL

Benoit Brunet

2 G, 1 A

6 shots · 14:54 TOI · +2

3rd star 🇨🇦 MTL

Jonas Hoglund

1 G, 2 A

3 shots · 13:05 TOI · +3

🚨 Scoring

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

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

⚡TBL MTL🇨🇦

18 Shots on goal 29

0/6 Power play (goals / chances) 1/6

11 Hits 9

10 Blocked shots 5

11 Takeaways 14

12 Giveaways 16

22 Penalty minutes 22

TBL shooting 11.1% (2/18) MTL shooting 27.6% (8/29)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

⚡Lightning

Mark Fitzpatrick

17/23

.739 SV% · 6 GA · 47:59 TOI

Zac Bierk

4/6

.667 SV% · 2 GA · 12:01 TOI

🇨🇦Canadiens

Jocelyn Thibault

16/18

.889 SV% · 2 GA · 59:58 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–0

Lightning

Lightning — tied after 1st: 19-42-9 (27% win rate, 70 games)

Canadiens

Canadiens — tied after 1st: 35-25-11 (49% win rate, 71 games)

After 2nd — 0–0

Lightning

Lightning — tied after 2nd: 19-42-9 (27% win rate, 70 games)

Canadiens

Canadiens — tied after 2nd: 35-25-11 (49% win rate, 71 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

⚡Lightning

L1 Zamuner · Richer · Hull 18:48

L2 Ysebaert · Bonsignore · Renberg 15:29

L3 Selivanov · Tucker · Andersson 13:09

L4 Nazarov · Kelly · McCarthy 10:40

D1 Racine · Cullimore 22:28

D2 McBain · Dykhuis 19:45

D3 Wilkie · Ciccone 14:02

🇨🇦Canadiens

L1 Corson · Rucinsky · Damphousse 17:20

L2 Koivu · Bureau · Recchi 16:04

L3 Brunet · Poulin · Hoglund 13:55

L4 Bordeleau · Vukota · Stevenson 10:20

D1 Manson · Brisebois 21:29

D2 Malakhov · Quintal 19:34

D3 Zalapski · Popovic 16:11

⚔️ Last meetings

Canadiens lead the season series 4–0 Full head-to-head →

Mar 25, 1998

🇨🇦MTL @ ⚡TBL

2–1 (OT) · Canadiens won

4–4 (OT) · Canadiens won

❓ TBL vs MTL, answered

Who won Lightning vs Canadiens on March 28, 1998?

Canadiens won 8–2.

What was the final score of Lightning vs Canadiens?

The final score was Lightning 2, Canadiens 8.

How did the Lightning goalie play?

Mark Fitzpatrick made 17 saves on 23 shots (.739 save percentage).

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Jocelyn Thibault made 16 saves on 18 shots (.889 save percentage).

Where is Lightning vs Canadiens played?

At Bell Centre in Montréal, the Canadiens home rink.

What is the Lightning vs Canadiens season series?

Canadiens lead the season series 4–0 after 4 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

⚡Lightning

Previous game · Mar 26

🇨🇦Canadiens

Previous game · Mar 26

Also on March 28, 1998

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