nhl Game Recap
Lightning Down Montreal 4-3 - Match Report
The Canadiens came up short Saturday against the Lightning, falling 4-3 in a shootout.
Tampa Bay was favored by -263 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went OVER the consensus closing total of 6.5.
Tampa Bay got goals from Brayden Point, Anthony Cirelli, and Tyler Motte in the victory. Point opened the scoring at 7:44 of the second period.
Andrei Vasilevskiy turned in a 28-save effort for the Lightning.
Montreal got goals from Josh Anderson, Joel Armia, and Jake Evans in the loss, but it wasn't enough.
Montreal got a 28-stop effort from Cayden Primeau in the loss.
Tampa Bay scored 0 times on 2 chances on the power play, while Montreal went 0-for-2 with the man advantage.
Montreal lost the shots on goal battle to Tampa Bay by a margin of 31-31.
Next game, Tampa Bay takes its act home to face Calgary looking for another win. For Montreal, they head on the road to face Nashville.