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2022-23 regular season

Lightning at Canadiens

🗓 Tue, Mar 21, 2023 📍 Bell Centre, Montréal 🔁 Lightning lead the season series 3–1

Canadiens beat Lightning 3–2 at Bell Centre on March 21, 2023.

TBL – MTL
33–20
Shots on goal
1/2–0/2
Power play
16–20
Hits
8–20
Blocked shots
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The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🇨🇦 MTL
Nick Suzuki
2 A
1 shots · 18:49 TOI
2nd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Mike Matheson
1 G
5 shots · 25:31 TOI
3rd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Sam Montembeault
31 saves
0.939 SV% · 2 GA

Scoring

5 goals · in order
1st period
🇨🇦 Kirby Dach Go-ahead 1st · 08:27
Assists: Nick Suzuki · beat Andrei Vasilevskiy
0–1
🇨🇦 Jonathan Drouin 1st · 14:00
Assists: Denis Gurianov, Justin Barron · beat Andrei Vasilevskiy
0–2
2nd period
⚡ Brayden Point PP 2nd · 08:58
Assists: Steven Stamkos, Mikhail Sergachev · beat Sam Montembeault
1–2
🇨🇦 Mike Matheson 2nd · 16:58
Assists: David Savard, Nick Suzuki · beat Andrei Vasilevskiy
1–3
3rd period
⚡ Pat Maroon 3rd · 14:54
Assists: Ross Colton, Corey Perry · beat Sam Montembeault
2–3

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
⚡Lightning
L1 Point · Stamkos · Kucherov 19:39
L2 Killorn · Hagel · Paul 16:30
L3 Jeannot · Maroon · Cirelli 12:01
L4 Colton · Eyssimont · Perry 10:27
D1 Sergachev · Hedman 23:36
D2 Cernak · Perbix 18:44
D3 Cole · Raddysh 15:46
🇨🇦Canadiens
L1 Harvey-Pinard · Dach · Suzuki 18:49
L2 Drouin · Hoffman · Anderson 15:36
L3 Belzile · Gurianov · Gallagher 14:11
L4 Pezzetta · Tierney · Pitlick 9:45
D1 Matheson · Savard 24:38
D2 Edmundson · Barron 20:22
D3 Kovacevic · Wideman 13:00

Team stats

Away left · home right
⚡TBL MTL🇨🇦
33 Shots on goal 20
1/2 Power play (goals / chances) 0/2
16 Hits 20
8 Blocked shots 20
9 Takeaways 7
8 Giveaways 19
6 Penalty minutes 6
TBL shooting 6.1% (2/33) MTL shooting 15.0% (3/20)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
⚡Lightning
Andrei Vasilevskiy
17/20
.850 SV% · 3 GA · 59:15 TOI
🇨🇦Canadiens
Sam Montembeault
31/33
.939 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI

Where the goals came from

5 of 5 goals located
Kirby Dach · 1st 08:27 · 0–1 Jonathan Drouin · 1st 14:00 · 0–2 Brayden Point · 2nd 08:58 · 1–2 Mike Matheson · 2nd 16:58 · 1–3 Pat Maroon · 3rd 14:54 · 2–3
TBL MTL
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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 (100% win rate, 2 games)
After 2nd — 1–3
Lightning
Lightning — trailing by 2 goals after 2nd: 0-4-1 (0% win rate, 5 games)
Canadiens
Canadiens — leading by 2 goals after 2nd: 4-0-1 (80% win rate, 5 games)

Last meetings

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Lightning lead the season series 3–1
Mar 182023 🇨🇦MTL @ ⚡TBL 3–5 Dec 282022 🇨🇦MTL @ ⚡TBL 1–4 Dec 172022 ⚡TBL @ 🇨🇦MTL 5–1 Apr 22022 🇨🇦MTL @ ⚡TBL 5–4 SO Dec 282021 🇨🇦MTL @ ⚡TBL 4–5 OT
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Who won Lightning vs Canadiens on March 21, 2023?

Canadiens won 3–2. The final score was Lightning 2, Canadiens 3.

Who scored for Lightning?

Brayden Point, Pat Maroon.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Jonathan Drouin, Kirby Dach, Mike Matheson.

How did the Lightning goalie play?

Andrei Vasilevskiy made 17 saves on 20 shots (.850 save percentage).

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Sam Montembeault made 31 saves on 33 shots (.939 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 3–1 after 4 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
⚡ Lightning
BeforeMar 19 😈NJD @ ⚡TBL 5–2 AfterMar 23 ⚡TBL @ 🏛️OTT 2–7
🇨🇦 Canadiens
BeforeMar 18 🇨🇦MTL @ ⚡TBL 3–5 AfterMar 23 🇨🇦MTL @ 🐻BOS 2–4
Also on March 21
🌲MIN 2–1 😈NJD 🌪️CAR 3–2 🗽NYR 🧥CBJ 7–6 🦅WSH 🐆FLA 3–6 🔔PHI 🐯NSH 7–3 ⚔️BUF 🏛️OTT 1–2 🐻BOS 🍁TOR 2–7 🏝️NYI 🌵ARI 1–2 ✈️WPG
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