nhl Game Recap
Tampa Bay Skates Past Montreal 6-3 - Recap
Tampa Bay got a pair of goals from Tyler Johnson as the Lightning skated to a 6-3 victory over Montreal on Friday at Bell Centre.
Bettors who backed the Lightning were rewarded as -117 favorites at sportsbooks. Over-Under bettors saw the total score go OVER the closing total of 5.0.
Tampa Bay got goals from Tyler Johnson(2), Jan Rutta, Nikita Kucherov, Victor Hedman, and Blake Coleman in the victory. Rutta opened the scoring at 1:52 of the first period.
Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 32 of 35 Montreal shots in the victory.
Corey Perry, Nick Suzuki, and Phillip Danault scored for the Canadiens, finding the net behind Andrei Vasilevskiy.
Carey Price stopped 24 of 29 shots for the Canadiens, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.
Tampa Bay scored 1 times on 1 chances on the power play, while Montreal went 0-for-1 with the man advantage.
Tampa Bay lost the shots on goal battle to Montreal by a margin of 35-30.