Overview
- Tampa Bay prevailed 5-4 after a shootout in which Gage Goncalves and Brayden Point converted and Jonas Johansson denied Ivan Demidov and Cole Caufield.
- The Lightning led 4-1 in the third period before Montreal scored three straight, with Juraj Slafkovsky tying the game with four seconds remaining.
- Johansson made 32 saves in regulation and overtime to secure the result on the second night of Tampa Bay’s back-to-back.
- Nikita Kucherov scored twice for Tampa Bay, while Slafkovsky recorded two goals and an assist for Montreal.
- Cooper said the Canadiens were the better team, and MoneyPuck’s five-on-five model favored Montreal’s chances (3.58 xG to 2.55), as the win extended Tampa Bay’s streak to four.