Montreal Canadiens @ Tampa Bay Lightning

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7-21-4, 2-11-3 Away

Final/OT

	1	2	3	OT	T
Canadiens MTL	1	1	2	0	4
Lightning TB	2	1	1	1	5

Tampa Bay LightningLightningTB

21-6-4, 11-3-2 Home

Palat scores in OT, Lightning rally past Habs in NHL return

— Ondrej Palat scored 36 seconds into overtime after Tampa Bay teammate Corey Perry tied it late in the third period, and the Lightning beat the Montreal Canadiens 5-4 on Tuesday night in the first NHL game following an extended holiday break.

Dec 29, 2021, 04:30 am - AP

		1	2	3	OT	T
	Canadiens	1	1	2	0	4
	Lightning	2	1	1	1	5

1st Period		MTL	TB
10:46	Lukas Vejdemo (1) Assists: Cedric Paquette (1), Michael Pezzetta (2)	1	0
11:38	Brayden Point (8) Assists: Victor Hedman (25), Mathieu Joseph (6)	1	1
14:10	Brayden Point (9) Assists: Alex Killorn (17)	1	2

2nd Period			MTL	TB
2:05		Rafael Harvey-Pinard (1) Assists: Sami Niku (4), Corey Schueneman (1)	2	2
8:11		Ross Colton (3) Assists: Steven Stamkos (22), Corey Perry (7)	2	3

3rd Period		MTL	TB
6:11	Kale Clague (1) Assists: Ryan Poehling (2), Cole Caufield (6)	3	3
13:09	David Savard (1) Unassisted	4	3
19:40	Corey Perry (7) Assists: Alex Killorn (18), Brayden Point (7)	4	4

OT Summary			MTL	TB
0:36		Ondrej Palat (10) Assists: Victor Hedman (26)	4	5

CANADIENS

LIGHTNING

Regular Season Series

TB leads 2-0

Lightning
3
Canadiens
2

Game 1

8/12

Canadiens
4
Lightning
5

Game 2

29/12

Canadiens
5
Lightning
4

Game 3

3/4

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Detroit	16	11	3	35
Tampa Bay	16	11	2	34
Boston	17	13	0	34
Montreal	15	10	3	33
Toronto	14	11	4	32
Florida	14	12	2	30
Ottawa	13	11	4	30
Buffalo	11	14	4	26

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Montreal Canadiens @ Tampa Bay Lightning

Stars of the Game

Brayden PointC - TB

Ondrej PalatLW - TB

Maxime LagaceG - TB

Game Information

Palat scores in OT, Lightning rally past Habs in NHL return

Shot Chart

Regular Season Series

TB leads 2-0

2025-26 Atlantic Division Standings

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