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Canadiens Down Tampa Bay 3-2 - Match Report

Josh Anderson scored twice to lead the Canadiens over Tampa Bay 3-2 on Monday at Bell Centre.

Montreal won as a +130 underdog, while Over-Under bettors who played PUSH the total of 5.0 were rewarded at the payout window.

Montreal got goals from Josh Anderson(2), and Alexander Romanov in the victory. Anderson opened the scoring at 15:39 of the first period.

Carey Price turned in a 32-save effort for the Canadiens.

Pat Maroon, and Barclay Goodrow scored for the Lightning, finding the net behind Carey Price.

Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 18 of 21 shots for the Lightning, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.

On the power play, Montreal went 0-for-1, while the Lightning were 0-for-5 with the man advantage.

Montreal lost the shots on goal battle to Tampa Bay by a margin of 34-21.