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2008-09 regular season

Lightning at Canadiens

🗓 📍 Bell Centre, Montréal 🔁 Lightning lead the season series 1–0

Lightning beat Canadiens 3–1 at Bell Centre on December 11, 2008.

TBL – MTL
22–32
Shots on goal
0/4–1/6
Power play
16–31
Hits
25–10
Blocked shots
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The game

The stars, every goal, the box score and the recap
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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star ⚡ TBL
Martin St. Louis
2 G
5 shots · 21:36 TOI
2nd star ⚡ TBL
Vincent Lecavalier
1 G, 1 A
2 shots · 19:37 TOI
3rd star ⚡ TBL
Olie Kolzig
31 saves
0.969 SV% · 1 GA

Scoring

4 goals · in order
1st period
🇨🇦 Patrice Brisebois PP Go-ahead 1st · 05:34
Assists: Alex Kovalev, Andrei Markov · beat Olie Kolzig
0–1
⚡ Martin St. Louis Tying 1st · 10:49
Assists: Mark Recchi, Vincent Lecavalier · beat Jaroslav Halak
1–1
⚡ Vincent Lecavalier Go-ahead 1st · 12:03
Assists: Andrej Meszaros, Lukas Krajicek · beat Jaroslav Halak
2–1
2nd period
⚡ Martin St. Louis SH 2nd · 08:31
Assists: Lukas Krajicek · beat Jaroslav Halak
3–1

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
⚡Lightning
L1 Lecavalier · St. Louis · Recchi 21:12
L2 Jokinen · Prospal · Craig 18:07
L3 Smolenak · Stamkos · Szczechura 13:39
L4 Konopka · Artyukhin · Downie 7:21
D1 Meszaros · Malik 25:35
D2 Ranger · Eminger 21:48
D3 Krajicek · Heward 9:48
🇨🇦Canadiens
L1 Lang · Plekanec · Kovalev 19:12
L2 Kostitsyn · Tanguay · Lapierre 17:23
L3 Kostitsyn · D'Agostini · Kostopoulos 14:05
L4 Begin · Latendresse · Koivu 11:35
D1 Markov · Hamrlik 23:24
D2 Brisebois · Bouillon 17:40
D3 Gorges · O'Byrne 14:54

Team stats

Away left · home right
⚡TBL MTL🇨🇦
22 Shots on goal 32
0/4 Power play (goals / chances) 1/6
16 Hits 31
25 Blocked shots 10
8 Takeaways 16
11 Giveaways 11
19 Penalty minutes 13
TBL shooting 13.6% (3/22) MTL shooting 3.1% (1/32)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
⚡Lightning
Olie Kolzig
31/32
.969 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI
🇨🇦Canadiens
Jaroslav Halak
19/22
.864 SV% · 3 GA · 58:21 TOI

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 2–1
Lightning
Lightning — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 2-3-2 (29% win rate, 7 games)
Canadiens
Canadiens — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 3-2 (60% win rate, 5 games)
After 2nd — 3–1
Lightning
Lightning — leading by 2 goals after 2nd: 1-0-1 (50% win rate, 2 games)
Canadiens
Canadiens — trailing by 2 goals after 2nd: 0-2 (0% win rate, 2 games)

Last meetings

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Lightning lead the season series 1–0
Feb 122008 🇨🇦MTL @ ⚡TBL 2–3 Jan 32008 ⚡TBL @ 🇨🇦MTL 3–6 Dec 272007 🇨🇦MTL @ ⚡TBL 5–2 Dec 112007 ⚡TBL @ 🇨🇦MTL 3–2 SO Jan 22007 ⚡TBL @ 🇨🇦MTL 2–5
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Who won Lightning vs Canadiens on December 11, 2008?

Lightning won 3–1. The final score was Lightning 3, Canadiens 1.

Who scored for Lightning?

Martin St. Louis (2), Vincent Lecavalier.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Patrice Brisebois.

How did the Lightning goalie play?

Olie Kolzig made 31 saves on 32 shots (.969 save percentage).

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Jaroslav Halak made 19 saves on 22 shots (.864 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?

Lightning lead the season series 1–0 after 1 game.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
⚡ Lightning
BeforeDec 10 ⚡TBL @ ⚔️BUF 2–4 AfterDec 13 ⚡TBL @ 🏛️OTT 0–2
🇨🇦 Canadiens
BeforeDec 9 🔥CGY @ 🇨🇦MTL 1–4 AfterDec 13 🦅WSH @ 🇨🇦MTL 2–1
Also on December 11
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