nhl Game Recap
Tampa Bay Falls 3-2 to Canadiens - Recap
The Canadiens earned a 3-2 victory over the Lightning on Tuesday at Bell Centre.
Montreal was an underdog by +122 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went UNDER the consensus closing total of 6.5.
Montreal got goals from Jake Evans, Juraj Slafkovsky, and Alex Newhook in the victory. Slafkovsky opened the scoring at 5:32 of the second period.
Sam Montembeault stopped 33 of 35 Tampa Bay shots in the victory.
Nikita Kucherov, and Jake Guentzel scored for the Lightning, finding the net behind Sam Montembeault.
Tampa Bay got a 19-stop effort from Andrei Vasilevskiy in the loss.
Montreal scored 1 times on 2 chances on the power play, while Tampa Bay went 0-for-4 with the man advantage.
Montreal lost the shots on goal battle to Tampa Bay by a margin of 35-22.
Next game, Montreal takes its act on the road to face Detroit looking for another win. For Tampa Bay, they head on the road to face Chicago.