🇨🇦 Away Canadiens 14-13-3 before this game
5–2
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⚡ Home Lightning 15-8-3 before this game
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Canadiens at Lightning

Canadiens beat Lightning 5–2 at AMALIE Arena on December 13, 2003.

🗓 Sat, Dec 13, 2003 · 18:30 CST 📍 AMALIE Arena, Tampa 🏒 2003-04 🔁 Canadiens lead the season series 2–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🇨🇦 MTL
Sheldon Souray
3 A
24:54 TOI · +4
2nd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Yanic Perreault
2 G
2 shots · 13:49 TOI · +1
3rd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Niklas Sundstrom
1 G, 1 A
3 shots · 18:48 TOI · +2
4rd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Jose Theodore
35 saves
0.946 SV% · 2 GA

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🇨🇦MTL TBL⚡
22 Shots on goal 37
1/3 Power play (goals / chances) 0/5
11 Hits 9
12 Blocked shots 5
9 Takeaways 6
5 Giveaways 12
29 Penalty minutes 25
MTL shooting 22.7% (5/22) TBL shooting 5.4% (2/37)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🇨🇦Canadiens
Jose Theodore
35/37
.946 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI
⚡Lightning
Nikolai Khabibulin Shutout
10/10
1.000 SV% · 0 GA · 28:26 TOI
John Grahame
7/11
.636 SV% · 4 GA · 30:17 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 1st: 14-13-3 (47% win rate, 30 games)
Lightning
Lightning — tied after 1st: 15-8-3 (58% win rate, 26 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 2nd: 14-13-3 (47% win rate, 30 games)
Lightning
Lightning — tied after 2nd: 15-8-3 (58% win rate, 26 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🇨🇦Canadiens
L1 Juneau · Sundstrom · Dackell 18:28
L2 Koivu · Bulis · Perreault 15:00
L3 Ribeiro · Ryder · Zednik 12:09
L4 Kilger · Langdon · Audette 10:40
D1 Quintal · Souray 24:59
D2 Markov · Komisarek 19:32
D3 Bouillon · Rivet 15:05
⚡Lightning
L1 Fedotenko · Lecavalier · St. Louis 19:11
L2 Stillman · Andreychuk · Richards 18:40
L3 Afanasenkov · Modin · Willis 15:43
L4 Dingman · Taylor · Roy 6:19
D1 Kubina · Cullimore 22:44
D2 Sarich · Lukowich 19:09
D3 Rumble · Pratt 14:04

⚔️ Last meetings

Canadiens lead the season series 2–0 Full head-to-head →
Dec 2, 2003
⚡TBL @ 🇨🇦MTL
2–3 · Canadiens won
Apr 2, 2003
🇨🇦MTL @ ⚡TBL
1–2 · Lightning won
Mar 15, 2003
⚡TBL @ 🇨🇦MTL
2–1 · Lightning won
Jan 22, 2003
🇨🇦MTL @ ⚡TBL
2–2 (OT) · Canadiens won
Dec 12, 2002
⚡TBL @ 🇨🇦MTL
3–2 · Lightning won

❓ MTL vs TBL, answered

Who won Canadiens vs Lightning on December 13, 2003?

Canadiens won 5–2.

What was the final score of Canadiens vs Lightning?

The final score was Canadiens 5, Lightning 2.

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Jose Theodore made 35 saves on 37 shots (.946 save percentage).

How did the Lightning goalie play?

Nikolai Khabibulin made 10 saves on 10 shots (1.000 save percentage) for a shutout.

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 · Dec 12
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐆FLA
2–4 · FLA won
Next game · Dec 16
🐻BOS @ 🇨🇦MTL
1–1 · BOS won
⚡Lightning
Previous game · Dec 11
⚡TBL @ 🏛️OTT
2–3 · OTT won
Next game · Dec 16
⚡TBL @ 🍁TOR
0–3 · TOR won
Also on December 13, 2003
🗽NYR @ 🍁TOR
1–3 final
🐻BOS @ 🏛️OTT
3–2 final
🐦ATL @ 🏝️NYI
0–4 final
😈NJD @ 🔔PHI
2–0 final
🐙DET @ 🦅WSH
5–1 final
🧥CBJ @ 🐧PIT
3–5 final
👑LAK @ 🎵STL
1–2 final
🐆FLA @ 🐯NSH
2–2 final
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