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2011-12 regular season

Lightning at Canadiens

🗓 📍 Bell Centre, Montréal 🔁 Season series tied 1–1

Canadiens beat Lightning 3–1 at Bell Centre on January 7, 2012.

TBL – MTL
24–28
Shots on goal
0/1–1/2
Power play
15–28
Hits
16–19
Blocked shots
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The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🇨🇦 MTL
Max Pacioretty
1 G, 1 A
7 shots · 18:59 TOI
2nd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Mike Blunden
1 G
2 shots · 04:22 TOI
3rd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Erik Cole
1 G
2 shots · 18:33 TOI

Scoring

4 goals · in order
1st period
⚡ Vincent Lecavalier Go-ahead 1st · 03:24
Assists: Dominic Moore, Eric Brewer · beat Carey Price
1–0
2nd period
🇨🇦 Mike Blunden Tying 2nd · 05:44
Assists: Hal Gill, Mathieu Darche · beat Mathieu Garon
1–1
🇨🇦 Max Pacioretty Go-ahead 2nd · 07:17
Assists: P.K. Subban · beat Mathieu Garon
1–2
3rd period
🇨🇦 Erik Cole PP 3rd · 19:43
Assists: David Desharnais, Max Pacioretty · beat Mathieu Garon
1–3

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
⚡Lightning
L1 Stamkos · Lecavalier · St. Louis 23:34
L2 Purcell · Moore · Downie 15:12
L3 Malone · Thompson · Connolly 13:07
L4 Pyatt · Labrie · Tyrell 8:28
D1 Kubina · Brewer 23:00
D2 Bergeron · Gilroy 19:42
D3 Clark · Gervais 16:00
🇨🇦Canadiens
L1 Kostitsyn · Desharnais · Eller 20:32
L2 Pacioretty · Cole · Plekanec 18:33
L3 Moen · Cammalleri · Gionta 16:49
L4 Darche · Blunden 4:55
D1 Subban · Gorges 22:00
D2 Emelin · Diaz 19:11
D3 Campoli · Kaberle 13:32
D4 Gill 10:33

Team stats

Away left · home right
⚡TBL MTL🇨🇦
24 Shots on goal 28
0/1 Power play (goals / chances) 1/2
15 Hits 28
16 Blocked shots 19
3 Takeaways 7
14 Giveaways 13
4 Penalty minutes 2
TBL shooting 4.2% (1/24) MTL shooting 10.7% (3/28)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
⚡Lightning
Mathieu Garon
25/28
.893 SV% · 3 GA · 59:29 TOI
🇨🇦Canadiens
Carey Price
23/24
.958 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

Where the goals came from

4 of 4 goals located
Vincent Lecavalier · 1st 03:24 · 1–0 Mike Blunden · 2nd 05:44 · 1–1 Max Pacioretty · 2nd 07:17 · 1–2 Erik Cole · 3rd 19:43 · 1–3
TBL MTL
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Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–0
Lightning
Lightning — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 3-2-1 (50% win rate, 6 games)
Canadiens
Canadiens — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 2-4 (33% win rate, 6 games)
After 2nd — 1–2
Lightning
Lightning — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 5-3-1 (56% win rate, 9 games)
Canadiens
Canadiens — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 5-1-1 (71% win rate, 7 games)

Last meetings

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Season series tied 1–1
Dec 292011 🇨🇦MTL @ ⚡TBL 3–4 Mar 172011 ⚡TBL @ 🇨🇦MTL 2–3 SO Mar 52011 🇨🇦MTL @ ⚡TBL 4–2 Dec 302010 🇨🇦MTL @ ⚡TBL 1–4 Oct 132010 ⚡TBL @ 🇨🇦MTL 4–3 OT
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Who won Lightning vs Canadiens on January 7, 2012?

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

Who scored for Lightning?

Vincent Lecavalier.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Erik Cole, Max Pacioretty, Mike Blunden.

How did the Lightning goalie play?

Mathieu Garon made 25 saves on 28 shots (.893 save percentage).

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Carey Price made 23 saves on 24 shots (.958 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?

Season series tied 1–1 after 2 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
⚡ Lightning
BeforeJan 5 ⚡TBL @ 🏛️OTT 1–4 AfterJan 10 🐋VAN @ ⚡TBL 5–4
🇨🇦 Canadiens
BeforeJan 4 ✈️WPG @ 🇨🇦MTL 3–7 AfterJan 10 🎵STL @ 🇨🇦MTL 3–0
Also on January 7
🐋VAN 4–3 🐻BOS 🏛️OTT 2–3 🔔PHI 🛢️EDM 1–4 ⭐DAL 🧥CBJ 1–0 👑LAK ✈️WPG 2–1 ⚔️BUF 🐙DET 3–4 🍁TOR 😈NJD 3–1 🐧PIT 🏔️COL 0–4 🎵STL
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