GAME RECAP | Montreal Canadiens vs Tampa Bay Lightning: Habs, Line-up, Score, Statistics, Highlights, Post-game, Interviews, NHL, Three-Stars
| FINAL | Game 70, Away Game 36 | Saturday March 18, 2023 |
| Amalie Arena, Tampa, FL |
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CANADIENS Montreal |
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3-5 |
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LIGHTNING Tampa Bay |
Canadiens LineupForward linesHarvey-Pinard – Nick Suzuki – Jesse Ylonen Denis Gurianov – Chris Tierney – Josh Anderson Rem Pitlick – Alex Belzile – Mike Hoffman Jonathan Drouin – Anthony Richard – Michael Pezzetta Defence pairingsMike Matheson – David Savard Joel Edmundson – Justin Barron Johnathan Kovacevic – Chris Wideman GoaltendersSam Montembeault – Jake Allen Scratchesnone InjuriesCarey Price (knee), Paul Byron (hip), Sean Monahan (lower-body), Brendan Gallagher (lower-body), Jake Evans (lower-body), Juraj Slafkovsky (lower-body), Cole Caufield (shoulder), Arber Xhekaj (upper-body), Kirby Dach (lower-body), Joel Armia (illness), Christian Dvorak (lower-body), Jordan Harris (lower-body), Kaiden Guhle (lower-body) Game ReportSadly, blanks across the stat sheet – 0 goals, 0 assists, 0 points, 0 hits, 0 blocked shots – are not unusual for Jonathan Drouin this season. What was odd? Zero was also Drouin’s total for time on ice in this game. Marty St. Louis inserted Drouin in the lineup, but stapled him to the bench for the entire game, his punishment for skipping out on a team meeting. Drouin was given a front row seat to watch his team be dominated, and a second star performance from Mikhail Sergachev, who earned two assists in almost 22 minutes of ice time. Sergachev is tied with Cale Makar for the most assists of any player in the league in the month of March. The contrast between the players couldn’t have been any more stark. It’s been almost six years since Steve Yzerman unloaded a perennial problem and secured a top-four defenceman. It was undoubtedly the worst trade of the Marc Bergevin regime, setting the franchise back many years. Sergachev has 53 points this season, which is tied with the Canadiens top scorer, Nick Suzuki. The score in this game flattered the Canadiens. They were dominated throughout. Tampa gained the Montreal blue line with ease and occupied the offensive zone for extended periods of time. Shot attempts were 70-29 for the Lightning. Tampa has won all three games between these two teams by a combined margin of 14-5. Up NextThe Canadiens return home to Montreal to face the Lightning in the back half of the home-and-home series.Plus▲ Mike Hoffman, Chris WidemanMinus▼ Jonathan Drouin, Rafael Harvey-Pinard, David Savard, Denis Gurianov, Alex Belzile, Joel Edmundson, Jonathan Kovacevic, Nick Suzuki, Josh Anderson, Sam Montembeault Game PreviewCheck out the game preview here: Drouin to Face Bolts | PREVIEW: MTL @ TBL |
The Numbers
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| CANADIENS | LIGHTNING | |
| 21 | Shots | 41 |
| 38 | Face-off % | 62 |
| 1-for-2 | Power Play | 1-for-2 |
| 4 | Penalty Minutes | 4 |
| 37 | Hits | 20 |
| 29 | Corsi For | 70 |
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Stars of the Game
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What Did They Say?
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Marty St. Louis
Nick Suzuki
Quotes courtesy of NHL.com |
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