⚡ Away Lightning 15-21-4
3–6
Final
🇨🇦 Home Canadiens 19-13-7
Goals 1st2nd3rdF
⚡ TBL 0303
🇨🇦 MTL 2136

Lightning at Canadiens

Canadiens beat Lightning 6–3 at Bell Centre on January 3, 2008.

🗓 📍 Bell Centre, Montréal 🏒 2007-08 🔁 Canadiens lead the season series 2–1
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🇨🇦 MTL
Michael Ryder
2 G, 1 A
3 shots · 12:46 TOI
2nd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Chris Higgins
1 G, 2 A
2 shots · 18:14 TOI
3rd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Cristobal Huet
30 saves
0.909 SV% · 3 GA

🚨 Scoring

9 goals · in order
1st period
🇨🇦 Alex Kovalev PP Go-ahead 1st · 14:16
Assists: Michael Ryder, Mark Streit · beat Karri Ramo
0–1
🇨🇦 Chris Higgins PP 1st · 17:39
Assists: Saku Koivu, Andrei Markov · beat Karri Ramo
0–2
2nd period
⚡ Vincent Lecavalier 2nd · 00:49
Assists: Vinny Prospal · beat Cristobal Huet
1–2
🇨🇦 Michael Ryder 2nd · 09:10
Assists: Chris Higgins, Mark Streit · beat Karri Ramo
1–3
⚡ Martin St. Louis PP 2nd · 12:04
Assists: Vinny Prospal, Filip Kuba · beat Cristobal Huet
2–3
⚡ Vinny Prospal Tying 2nd · 14:06
Assists: Vincent Lecavalier, Martin St. Louis · beat Cristobal Huet
3–3
3rd period
🇨🇦 Andrei Kostitsyn Go-ahead 3rd · 07:54
Assists: Mike Komisarek · beat Karri Ramo
3–4
🇨🇦 Kyle Chipchura 3rd · 11:01
Assists: Tomas Plekanec · beat Karri Ramo
3–5
🇨🇦 Michael Ryder 3rd · 17:22
Assists: Chris Higgins · beat Karri Ramo
3–6

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
⚡Lightning
L1 Prospal · Lecavalier · St. Louis 25:13
L2 Darche · Richards · Ward 15:42
L3 Gratton · Karlsson · Roy 11:59
L4 Hlavac · Tarnasky · MacDonald 5:07
D1 Kuba · Ranger 25:03
D2 O'Brien · Lukowich 19:04
D3 Lundin · Janik 11:18
🇨🇦Canadiens
L1 Higgins · Koivu · Kovalev 18:22
L2 Kostitsyn · Plekanec · Lapierre 14:10
L3 Latendresse · Chipchura · Ryder 12:46
L4 Kostitsyn · Kostopoulos · Dandenault 10:52
D1 Komisarek · Markov 24:46
D2 Hamrlik · Bouillon 20:22
D3 Streit · Gorges 14:17

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
⚡TBL MTL🇨🇦
33 Shots on goal 30
1/5 Power play (goals / chances) 2/6
25 Hits 32
16 Blocked shots 16
8 Takeaways 5
8 Giveaways 17
14 Penalty minutes 12
TBL shooting 9.1% (3/33) MTL shooting 20.0% (6/30)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
⚡Lightning
Karri Ramo
24/30
.800 SV% · 6 GA · 60:00 TOI
🇨🇦Canadiens
Cristobal Huet
30/33
.909 SV% · 3 GA · 59:55 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–2
Lightning
Lightning — trailing by 2 goals after 1st: 0-3 (0% win rate, 3 games)
Canadiens
Canadiens — leading by 2 goals after 1st: 2-0-1 (67% win rate, 3 games)
After 2nd — 3–3
Lightning
Lightning — tied after 2nd: 3-5-1 (33% win rate, 9 games)
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 2nd: 4-1 (80% win rate, 5 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Canadiens lead the season series 2–1
Dec 272007 🇨🇦MTL @ ⚡TBL 5–2 Dec 112007 ⚡TBL @ 🇨🇦MTL 3–2 SO Jan 22007 ⚡TBL @ 🇨🇦MTL 2–5 Dec 302006 🇨🇦MTL @ ⚡TBL 1–3 Dec 142006 ⚡TBL @ 🇨🇦MTL 2–4
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Who won Lightning vs Canadiens on January 3, 2008?

Canadiens won 6–3. The final score was Lightning 3, Canadiens 6.

Who scored for Lightning?

Martin St. Louis, Vincent Lecavalier, Vinny Prospal.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Michael Ryder (2), Alex Kovalev, Andrei Kostitsyn, Chris Higgins, Kyle Chipchura.

How did the Lightning goalie play?

Karri Ramo made 24 saves on 30 shots (.800 save percentage).

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Cristobal Huet made 30 saves on 33 shots (.909 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 2–1 after 3 games.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
⚡ Lightning
BeforeJan 1 ⚡TBL @ 🍁TOR 3–4 AfterJan 5 ⚡TBL @ 🏛️OTT 3–4
🇨🇦 Canadiens
BeforeDec 30 🇨🇦MTL @ 🗽NYR 3–4 AfterJan 5 🦅WSH @ 🇨🇦MTL 5–4
Also on January 3
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