Lightning – Canadiens

Kirby Dach scored after missing 16 games with a lower-body injury. Jonathan Drouin and Mike Matheson added goals for Montreal. Nick Suzuki collected two assists ...

In the final seconds of the game, Mikhail Sergachev pushed Josh Anderson into Tampa’s empty net. The Habs netminder robbed Lightning defenceman Nick Perbix with the tip of his pad before making another save to ice the puck. Tampa cut Montreal’s lead to one goal at 14:54 of the third period thanks to Montreal defenceman Justin Barron’s failed clearance. Point accepted Steven Stamkos’ pass and stunned Montembeault with a one-timer from the left faceoff circle. Dach had enough time to circle the netminder and tap in the opening goal. The forward took a shot from the slot but Vasilevskiy mishandled the puck.

Goalie makes 31 saves to lead Montreal to a 3-2 victory at the Bell Centre, the team's first win over Tampa Bay in four tries this season.

Guhle was selected 16th overall by Montreal in 2020. “I think everybody played really well. “Sam played tremendous,” St. Both of the Lightning goals came over the final 40 minutes, when the visitors outshot Montreal, 23-10. Fellow defenceman David Savard blocked three shots, while bellicose winger Michael Pezzetta delivered eight hits. He also received a rousing ovation as part of the starting lineup. In the final minute of regulation time, and with the Lightning net empty, Anderson was pulled down by Mikhail Sergachev and went hard into the net, his right ankle turning awkwardly when he slid into the post. Veteran winger Josh Anderson suffered what appeared to be an ankle injury in the final minute of regulation time. I wanted to have a good game tonight and I thought the group had a good game as well.” Drouin was one of the Canadiens’ goal-scorers and, while it was only his second this season, he has continued to contribute of late and now has a pair of goals and 19 points in his last 22 games. Montreal ended a two-game losing streak with a 3-2 victory over the Stanley Cup finalists. Article content

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MONTREAL -- — Kirby Dach and Jonathan Drouin scored in the first period and the Montreal Canadiens beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 3-2 on Tuesday night.

[Brayden Point](http://www.espn.com/nhl/player/_/id/3151187/brayden-point) and [Pat Maroon](http://www.espn.com/nhl/player/_/id/3853/pat-maroon) had goals for Tampa Bay. [Andrei Vasilevskiy](http://www.espn.com/nhl/player/_/id/2976847/andrei-vasilevskiy) finished with 17 saves. [Nick Suzuki](http://www.espn.com/nhl/player/_/id/4233594/nick-suzuki) had two assists and Sam Montembault stopped 31 shots to improve to 14-14-3 on the season. Dach was originally diagnosed with a non-COVID illness that had him sidelined since Feb. Anderson collided with the post and was helped off the ice. [Mike Matheson](http://www.espn.com/nhl/player/_/id/2976851/mike-matheson) also scored for the Canadiens, who had lost six of their previous seven — including a 5-3 defeat at Tampa Bay on Saturday. [Mikhail Sergachev](http://www.espn.com/nhl/player/_/id/4024868/mikhail-sergachev) pushed Montreal's [Josh Anderson](http://www.espn.com/nhl/player/_/id/3069687/josh-anderson) into the Lightning empty net. “I thought (Montembeault) was their best player tonight.” “Everything they touched went in the net,” Cooper said. It was Dach's 13th of the season. We had a lot of examples and you can really show the aspects to work on and how we want to show up against them and the things that we want to do.” Montembault agreed, adding: “We did a lot of video.

Galvanisé par le retour au jeu de Kirby Dach et Brendan Gallagher, le Canadien de Montréal a battu le Lightning de Tampa Bay 3 à 2, mardi au Centre Bell.

Son deuxième de la saison donne une avance de 2-0 à Montréal. Son huitième de la saison permet à Montréal de reprendre une avance de deux buts. Son troisième de la saison permet à Tampa Bay de réduire l'écart. Il accepte la passe de Ross Colton et marque un but facile. Ce dernier marque à l'aide d'un tir sur réception. 16:58- BUT MTL 3-1 Mike Matheson profite de la circulation devant le filet pour décocher un tir qui bat Andrei Vasilevskiy. 08:58- BUT TB 2-1 Lors du jeu de puissance, Steven Stamkos repère Brayden Point. 14:00- BUT MTL 2-0 Jonathan Drouin décoche un tir vif qui a raison d'Andrei Vasilevskiy. Il a touché la cible après seulement 8 min 27 s. 20:00- Fin de la période. Disputant un premier match depuis la Saint-Valentin, Dach n’a pas tardé pour faire sentir sa présence. 00:00- Début de la période.

Guidé par les retours de Brendan Gallagher et de Kirby Dach, le Canadien l'a emporté 3-2 contre le Lightning de Tampa Bay, mardi, au Centre Bell.

Son contrat est de plus en plus lourd pour son rendement. Il ne manquait plus que Cole Caufield pour recréer le meilleur trio du Canadien cette saison. Il a battu Andrei Vasilevskiy avec un tir dans la lucarne. Par contre, je ne peux pas m’empêcher de penser à un duo improbable avec Kaiden Guhle et Mikhail Sergachev à la ligne bleue du Canadien. Il a été spectaculaire rien de moins. Voici le match en 5 constats:

On pourrait presque qualifier le match des Canadiens de Montréal disputé, mardi, au Centre Bell, comme étant touché par la grâce.

Le Lightning a retiré son gardien dans les derniers instants de la rencontre. Jonathan Drouin a marqué son deuxième but de la saison à la suite d'un tir parfait après avoir été cloué au banc par mesure disciplinaire par Martin St-Louis, samedi. Mike Matheson (8e) a complété la marque pour les Canadiens (28-37-6, 62 points). Blessé, il a quitté avec l'aide de ses coéquipiers sans pouvoir mettre de poids sur sa jambe droite. Une pénalité en zone offensive décernée à Denis Gurianov a permis un jeu de puissance du Lightning et Brayden Point a inscrit son 44e but de la saison à 8:58 de la période médiane. Les Canadiens sont revenus à la charge à la suite d'une bourde défensive du Lightning dans sa zone, erreur qui a mené au but de Kirby Dach à 8:27 qui a ainsi salué son retour au jeu.

Défaits à Tampa Bay, samedi, les Montréalais l'emportent cette fois à domicile, mardi.

Surtout lors des quatre dernières minutes, nous avons été en possession de la rondelle et nous l'avons bien gérée, a dit Montembeault. Montembeault a permis au Canadien de survivre aux assauts du Lightning. Le premier avait raté les 16 derniers matchs de son équipe, tandis que le second avait manqué à l'appel dans 45 des 48 dernières rencontres. Le Canadien a apporté les ajustements nécessaires pour vaincre l'une de ses bêtes noires mardi au Centre Bell. Le gardien Andrei Vasilevskiy avait pour sa part triomphé à ses 11 sorties précédentes face au CH. Je regarde souvent pour la passe, mais cette fois, il n'y avait personne.

The Tampa Bay Lightning failed to gain ground in the Atlantic Division with a 3-2 loss to the Montreal Canadiens at Bell Centre on Tuesday.

… Montreal forward Brendan Gallagher had one shot on goal, one hit and one blocked shot in 13:58 of ice time after missing 32 games with a lower-body injury. … Montreal defenseman Kaiden Guhle will miss the rest of the season after sustaining a high ankle sprain. Maroon cut it to 3-2 at 14:54 of the third period with his first goal in 34 games. "This team has played a lot of hockey over the course of three years. "Obviously sitting on the bench and watching the game was not fun, but I've owned my mistake," Drouin said. "It's fun because you played the same team last game so you have a lot of examples, you can really show the things you need to improve and the way you want to show up against them, the things you want to do.

First period goals by Kirby Dach and Jonathan Drouin built a lead the Lightning could not overcome. Brayden Point made it close in the second before Mike ...

A strong forecheck at the end of the game kept Vasilevskiy in the net longer than the Lightning would have wanted, and by the time they were able to get him out, there wasn’t much time left. Corey Perry and Ross Colton made a nice keep in the zone and slid the puck through the crease right to Pat Maroon. First it was Kucherov from close who was stopped and then, a few minutes later Steven Stamkos was all by his lonesome in the slot and his shot went over the net. The Lightning also realized that it was harder to turn the puck over in their own zone if they never let Montreal into the zone. Montreal didn’t score, but Victor Hedman was whistled for holding at the buzzer, giving Montreal a full two-minute penalty to start the third. With both booked for roughing, the Lightning controlled the 4-on-4, which they ran with the mindset of an overtime 3-on-3 - lots of cycling and pulling the puck out of the offensive zone if they didn’t like the look. First he planted Nikita Kucherov into the boards at the end of a shift, then on his next spin around the ice, threw a check into Corey Perry. If Alex Killorn was looking for the puck to go to the left, it went to the right. After being forced to watch all of the last meeting from the bench, that had to have felt good for the former Lightning first round pick. If I needed a visual representation of how I felt, it was the way the Lightning played the first period. Brandon Gallagher, who hasn’t played since January, was a bit stunned by the move and tripped him up for the penalty. Suzuki zipped it to Kirby Dach (who missed their last meeting due to an injury) put it on net and the puck leaked through Vasilevskiy and moseyed across the goal line.

C'était la soirée des grands retours au Centre Bell. Kirby Dach et Brendan Gallagher revenaient dans l'action après avoir raté plusieurs matchs.

Au terme de la rencontre, il a été aperçu se déplaçant en béquilles, Il avait le pied gauche dans une botte orthopédique. Le Canadien a annoncé que la saison de Kaiden Guhle était terminée. « Sam nous a tenus dans le match tout au long de la rencontre, a reconnu Drouin. Ce dernier a reçu le disque sur la main droite, celle avec laquelle il a bloqué un tir samedi. Il a fait ça tout au long de l’année. À chaque occasion, son positionnement lui a permis d’intercepter une sortie de zone du Lightning. Son travail en territoire ennemi a été à l’origine du premier et du troisième but du Canadien. Son arrêt du bout de la jambière, aux dépens de Nick Perbix, alors qu’il était à la renverse, lui aurait certainement valu, à tout le moins, une audition pour les grands ballets canadiens. D’ailleurs, le défenseur fut l’auteur du but gagnant grâce à un tir précis de la pointe. Quand on le voit décocher un boulet de la sorte, on se demande pourquoi il ne fait pas plus confiance à cette arme. Il a repoussé 31 tirs, réalisant, au passage, quelques larcins de grand chemin. Si on fait exception de sa mésaventure du week-end, le Québécois traverse une heureuse séquence.