Canadiens Lineup

Cole Caufield – Nick Suzuki – Rem Pitlick

Mike Hoffman – Jake Evans – Josh Anderson

Paul Byron – Christian Dvorak – Joel Armia

Jesse Ylonen – Ryan Poehling – Tyler Pitlick

Alexander Romanov – Corey Schueneman

Joel Edmundson – Justin Barron

Jordan Harris – David Savard

Jake Allen – Sam Montembeault

William Lagesson, Mathieu Perreault, Chris Wideman, Laurent Dauphin

Michael Pezzetta (upper-body), Jeff Petry (lower-body), Jonathan Drouin (upper-body), Brendan Gallagher (lower-body), Kale Clague (upper-body), Carey Price (knee), Shea Weber (multiple injuries)

Luke Richardson

Game Report

On the final leg of a four-game road trip, the Canadiens played their match against the defending Stanley Cup champions. Tampa Bay looked disinterested and sloppy in the first period but still had a 2-0 lead by intermission.

Yes, they are that good. They can turn their talent on and off at will. 

By contrast, the Canadiens worked their tales off just to compete. They won a lot of the races to loose pucks on this night. And Montreal was the much better team at 5-on-5 play.

The Habs outscored the Bolts 4-1 at even strength. The Lightning relied on their special team’s play scoring a shorthanded goal and twice on the power-play. 

Canadiens fans not only were pleased with the win but had to be celebrating the performances of their young players.

Jordan Harris, in his first NHL game, looked poised and played a solid 15:55. Harris made smart decisions, had a good stick and showed off his excellent skating stride.

Cole Caufield scored his 15th goal of the season to open the scoring for the Canadiens midway through the second period.

Ryan Poehling made a beautiful backhand pass to set up a one-timer by Jesse Ylonen for the Canadiens tying goal. Ylonen also used his speed to make key defensive plays.

And Nick Suzuki, still just 22-years-old, was the shootout hero beating Brian Elliott for the win.

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