Lightning 5-3 Canadiens (31 Mar, 2015) Play-by-Play

Tampa Bay Lightning

47-23-7, 17-15-6 away

	1	2	3	T
TB	0	3	2	5
MTL	0	1	2	3

Montreal Canadiens

47-22-8, 25-9-5 home

LIGHTNING

CANADIENS

TIME	TB	MTL
0:00
0:00
0:09
0:17
0:28
0:52
1:23
2:09
2:29	0	0
2:33	0	0
2:36	0	0
3:05
3:13
3:13
3:18
3:23
3:24
3:26	0	0
3:27
3:27
4:36
4:57	0	0
5:09
5:39
5:39
6:55	0	0
6:58
7:34
8:10
8:20
8:31
8:50
8:53	0	0
8:54
8:54
10:03
10:11	0	0
10:16
10:16
10:16
10:58
11:12	0	0
11:17
11:17
11:27	0	0
11:28
11:28
11:49	0	0
11:55
11:55
12:19	0	0
12:22	0	0
12:23
12:23
13:03	0	0
13:03
13:03
13:22
13:30
13:31
13:31
13:36	0	0
13:50
13:54
14:09
14:19
14:23
14:31
14:57
14:57	0	0
14:58
14:58
15:00	0	0
15:02	0	0
15:05
15:05
15:13	0	0
15:14
15:14
15:27
15:32
15:32
15:49	0	0
16:06
16:18
16:30	0	0
16:45
16:45
16:57	0	0
17:02	0	0
17:08
17:42
17:47	0	0
18:10	0	0
18:15
18:25	0	0
18:26
18:26
19:21
19:47
19:51
19:52
20:00

Regular Season Series

TB wins 5-0

Canadiens
1
Lightning
7

Game 1

14/10

Lightning
4
Canadiens
2

Game 2

7/1

Lightning
1
Canadiens
0

Game 3

10/3

Canadiens
2
Lightning
4

Game 4

16/3

Lightning
5
Canadiens
3

Game 5

31/3

Bell Centre

12:30 AM, 31 March 2015

Montreal, QC

Attendance: 21,286

Referees:
Graham Skilliter

Linesmen:
Bryan Pancich

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Florida	52	24	6	110
Boston	47	20	15	109
Toronto	46	26	10	102
Tampa Bay	45	29	8	98
Detroit	41	32	9	91
Buffalo	39	37	6	84
Ottawa	37	41	4	78
Montreal	30	36	16	76

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