Overview
- Tampa Bay routed Montreal 6–1 on the road on December 10, halting a four-game losing streak.
- The win lifted the Lightning to 36 points atop the Atlantic Division, with the Canadiens at 33 points in fourth.
- Nikita Kucherov logged a goal and an assist and leads Tampa Bay this season with 36 points in 27 games.
- His career total reached 1,030 points (370 goals, 660 assists) in 830 games, trailing only Mogilny, Fedorov, Malkin and Ovechkin among Russians.
- Brayden Point, Pontus Holmberg, Kucherov, Charles-Edouard D'Astous and Darren Raddysh (two) scored for Tampa Bay, while Oliver Kapanen netted Montreal’s lone goal off an Ivan Demidov feed.