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2017-18 regular season

Lightning at Canadiens

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

Canadiens beat Lightning 2–1 in a shootout at Bell Centre on January 4, 2018.

TBL – MTL
45–38
Shots on goal
33–31
Hits
29–19
Blocked shots
7–10
Takeaways
⚔️ Head-to-head

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 🇨🇦 MTL
Max Pacioretty
1 G
5 shots · 17:27 TOI
2nd star ⚡ TBL
Nikita Kucherov
1 G
2 shots · 21:52 TOI
3rd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Carey Price
44 saves
0.978 SV% · 1 GA

Scoring

3 goals · in order
2nd period
🇨🇦 Max Pacioretty Go-ahead 2nd · 00:20
Unassisted · beat Andrei Vasilevskiy
0–1
⚡ Nikita Kucherov Tying 2nd · 01:04
Assists: Steven Stamkos, Victor Hedman · beat Carey Price
1–1
Shootout
🇨🇦 Paul Byron Go-ahead SO · 00:00
Unassisted
1–2

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
⚡Lightning
L1 Johnson · Namestnikov · Kucherov 19:27
L2 Palat · Point · Stamkos 19:06
L3 Killorn · Gourde · Callahan 13:27
L4 Kunitz · Paquette · Conacher 9:57
D1 Stralman · Hedman 24:22
D2 Sergachev · Dotchin 20:10
D3 Girardi · Coburn 16:48
🇨🇦Canadiens
L1 Drouin · Byron · Galchenyuk 18:50
L2 Lehkonen · Pacioretty · Plekanec 17:27
L3 Hudon · Danault · Gallagher 14:47
L4 Deslauriers · de la Rose · Shaw 11:20
D1 Petry · Benn 22:36
D2 Jerabek · Schlemko 20:12
D3 Alzner · Morrow 18:53

Team stats

Away left · home right
⚡TBL MTL🇨🇦
45 Shots on goal 38
33 Hits 31
29 Blocked shots 19
7 Takeaways 10
19 Giveaways 15
4 Penalty minutes 4
TBL shooting 2.2% (1/45) MTL shooting 5.3% (2/38)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
⚡Lightning
Andrei Vasilevskiy
37/38
.974 SV% · 1 GA · 65:00 TOI
🇨🇦Canadiens
Carey Price
44/45
.978 SV% · 1 GA · 64:58 TOI

Where the goals came from

2 of 3 goals located
Max Pacioretty · 2nd 00:20 · 0–1 Nikita Kucherov · 2nd 01:04 · 1–1
TBL MTL
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Lightning
Lightning — tied after 1st: 13-2 (87% win rate, 15 games)
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 1st: 6-9-3 (33% win rate, 18 games)
After 2nd — 1–1
Lightning
Lightning — tied after 2nd: 8-1-1 (80% win rate, 10 games)
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 2nd: 3-4-2 (33% win rate, 9 games)

Last meetings

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Season series tied 1–1
Dec 282017 🇨🇦MTL @ ⚡TBL 1–3 Apr 72017 ⚡TBL @ 🇨🇦MTL 4–2 Apr 12017 🇨🇦MTL @ ⚡TBL 2–1 OT Dec 282016 🇨🇦MTL @ ⚡TBL 3–4 OT Oct 272016 ⚡TBL @ 🇨🇦MTL 1–3
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Who won Lightning vs Canadiens on January 4, 2018?

Canadiens won 2–1 in a shootout. The final score was Lightning 1, Canadiens 2.

Who scored for Lightning?

Nikita Kucherov.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Max Pacioretty.

How did the Lightning goalie play?

Andrei Vasilevskiy made 37 saves on 38 shots (.974 save percentage).

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Carey Price made 44 saves on 45 shots (.978 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 2 ⚡TBL @ 🍁TOR 2–0 AfterJan 6 ⚡TBL @ 🏛️OTT 3–6
🇨🇦 Canadiens
BeforeJan 2 🦈SJS @ 🇨🇦MTL 4–1 AfterJan 7 🐋VAN @ 🇨🇦MTL 2–5
Also on January 4
🌪️CAR 4–0 🐧PIT 🦈SJS 2–3 🍁TOR 🏝️NYI 4–6 🔔PHI ⚔️BUF 2–6 🌲MIN 🎰VGK 1–2 🎵STL 😈NJD 3–4 ⭐DAL 🐯NSH 2–3 🌵ARI 🧥CBJ 0–2 🏔️COL
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