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Recap - Lightning Defeat Montreal 5-4

Brayden Point scored a pair of goals against the Canadiens as Tampa Bay handed Montreal a 5-4 defeat on Tuesday at Amalie Arena.

Tampa Bay won as a -278 favorite, while Over-Under bettors who played OVER the total of 6.0 were rewarded at the payout window.

Tampa Bay got goals from Brayden Point(2), Ondrej Palat, Ross Colton, and Corey Perry in the victory. Point opened the scoring at 11:38 of the first period.

Maxime Lagace turned in a 27-save effort for the Lightning.

Montreal got goals from Lukas Vejdemo, Kale Clague, David Savard, and Rafael Harvey-Pinard in the loss, but it wasn't enough.

Sam Montembeault stopped 32 of 37 shots for the Canadiens, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.

Tampa Bay scored 0 times on 4 chances on the power play, while Montreal went 0-for-4 with the man advantage.

Tampa Bay outshot Montreal 37-31 in the game.

Next game, Tampa Bay takes its act on the road to face Florida looking for another win. For Montreal, they head on the road to face Carolina.