Overview
- Nikita Kucherov scored twice against Montreal, Gage Goncalves posted two assists and the shootout winner, and Pontus Holmberg scored for a fourth straight game in a 5-4 victory.
- Juraj Slafkovsky tied the game with 3.8 seconds left, but Jonas Johansson finished with 32 saves and stopped both shootout attempts to secure the extra point.
- Earlier Sunday, Tampa Bay activated Brandon Hagel from injured reserve and placed defenseman Ryan McDonagh on IR.
- A night earlier, the Lightning beat the Panthers 4-2 in a fight-filled game that featured 45 penalties, including a late multi-player scrum, with Andrei Vasilevskiy making 24 saves.
- Florida converted just once on a slew of power plays in that loss while Tampa Bay went 0-for-6, underscoring the outsized role of special teams in these rivalry and divisional games.