Montréal Canadiens at Tampa Bay Lightning

Sun, Dec 29, 2024 · Amalie Arena · 2024–25 Regular Season

Montréal Canadiens

5 – 2

Final

Tampa Bay Lightning

The Montréal Canadiens beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 5–2 on Sun, Dec 29, 2024 at Amalie Arena. Alexandre Carrier led the way with 2 points. Samuel Montembeault made 21 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 37–23.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
MTL	1	2	2	5	37
TBL	0	2	0	2	23

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	12:07	MTL	EV	Alex Newhook (7) · snap	Mike Matheson (16), Patrik Laine (2)	1–0
2nd	00:37	TBL	EV	Brandon Hagel (17) · wrist	Unassisted	1–1
2nd	12:34	MTL	EV	Christian Dvorak (3) · tip-in	Kaiden Guhle (6), Alexandre Carrier (9)	2–1
2nd	18:28	MTL	EV	Jake Evans (10) · wrist	Joel Armia (11)	3–1
2nd	18:54	TBL	EV	Nikita Kucherov (17) · wrist	Brayden Point (20), Darren Raddysh (11)	3–2
3rd	12:32	MTL	EV	Joel Armia (7) · wrist	Emil Heineman (7)	4–2
3rd	18:08	MTL	SH EN	Brendan Gallagher (10) · wrist	Josh Anderson (8), Alexandre Carrier (10)	5–2

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	18:19	MTL	Arber Xhekaj	hooking	2
2nd	00:50	MTL	Lane Hutson	hooking	2
2nd	16:08	TBL	Erik Cernak	tripping	2
3rd	07:12	MTL	Alex Newhook	holding	2
3rd	14:41	TBL	Nikita Kucherov	tripping	2

Shot map

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: MTL 3.63 · TBL 2.36 · xG% MTL 60.6

Montréal Canadiens

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
45	Alexandre Carrier	D	0	2	2	+1	0	3	1	0		21:10	28
40	Joel Armia	R	1	1	2	+2	0	4	2	0		13:54	19
8	Mike Matheson	D	0	1	1	+2	0	0	1	2		25:06	26
21	Kaiden Guhle	D	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0	0		20:34	26
92	Patrik Laine	L	0	1	1	+1	0	3	0	1		15:29	18
15	Alex Newhook	C	1	0	1	+1	2	2	1	0	25.0	14:50	21
28	Christian Dvorak	C	1	0	1	+1	0	3	0	2	66.7	14:00	18
17	Josh Anderson	R	0	1	1	+2	0	1	2	2		13:43	19
71	Jake Evans	C	1	0	1	+2	0	1	2	1	46.2	13:12	19
11	Brendan Gallagher	R	1	0	1	+1	0	4	1	1		12:00	17
51	Emil Heineman	L	0	1	1	+1	0	2	2	1		10:52	14
48	Lane Hutson	D	0	0	0	+2	2	0	2	0		20:56	20
14	Nick Suzuki	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	3	2	57.1	18:28	20
20	Juraj Slafkovský	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	0		17:55	19
58	David Savard	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2		17:27	21
13	Cole Caufield	R	0	0	0	-1	0	4	0	0		17:10	20
77	Kirby Dach	C	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	2	37.5	15:17	21
72	Arber Xhekaj	D	0	0	0	0	2	5	1	1		11:57	17

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35	Samuel Montembeault	W	23	21	2	.913	60:00

Tampa Bay Lightning

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
38	Brandon Hagel	L	1	0	1	-1	0	4	0	1	100.0	26:05	24
86	Nikita Kucherov	R	1	0	1	-1	2	2	0	0		22:22	23
21	Brayden Point	C	0	1	1	-1	0	4	0	0	54.5	21:44	21
43	Darren Raddysh	D	0	1	1	+1	0	2	1	1		17:40	22
77	Victor Hedman	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	2		23:18	26
27	Ryan McDonagh	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	2		21:28	21
71	Anthony Cirelli	C	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	0	18.8	21:08	24
81	Erik Cernak	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	1		19:14	22
48	Nick Perbix	D	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	2		16:52	20
20	Nick Paul	L	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	1	66.7	15:34	20
41	Mitchell Chaffee	R	0	0	0	-2	0	1	3	0		15:25	15
78	Emil Lilleberg	D	0	0	0	-3	0	2	0	0		14:42	19
14	Conor Geekie	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	50.0	13:32	19
11	Luke Glendening	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	56.5	12:53	24
28	Zemgus Girgensons	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	2		11:40	17
23	Michael Eyssimont	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0		9:57	15
93	Gage Goncalves	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0		6:57	13
13	Cam Atkinson	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0		6:27	10

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31	Jonas Johansson	L	36	32	4	.889	59:02