nhl Game Recap
Tampa Bay Ices Montreal 5-1 - Recap
Tampa Bay earned a 5-1 victory over Montreal behind a 2-goal performance from Nikita Kucherov on Monday at Amalie Arena.
Tampa Bay won as a -190 favorite, while Over-Under bettors who played OVER the total of 5.0 were rewarded at the payout window.
Nikita Kucherov(2), Steven Stamkos, Erik Cernak, and Yanni Gourde each scored for the Lightning in the victory. Cernak opened the scoring for Tampa Bay.
Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 18 of 19 Montreal shots in the victory.
Montreal got a goal from Ben Chiarot in the loss, but it wasn't enough.
Carey Price stopped 21 of 26 shots for the Canadiens, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.
Tampa Bay scored 1 times on 3 chances on the power play, while Montreal went 0-for-2 with the man advantage.
Tampa Bay outshot Montreal 26-19 in the game.