Montreal Canadiens 4, Tampa Bay Lightning 5 - NHL Box Score for December 28th 2025

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Final

Game Summary

Final SO	1^st	2^nd	3^rd	OT	SO	Score
Tampa Bay LightningLightning	0	3	1	0	1	5
Montreal CanadiensCanadiens	0	0	4	0	0	4

Scoring Summary

1^st Period
None

2^nd Period
02:28	Tampa Bay	Nikita Kucherov (Gage Goncalves)
12:11	Tampa Bay	Nikita Kucherov (Gage Goncalves, Brayden Point)
14:49	Tampa Bay	Nick Paul (Maxim Groshev, Oliver Bjorkstrand)

3^rd Period
01:06	Montreal	Ivan Demidov (Noah Dobson, Juraj Slafkovsky)
01:40	Tampa Bay	Pontus Holmberg (Charle-Edouard D'Astous, Oliver Bjorkstrand)
09:16	Montreal	Juraj Slafkovsky (Oliver Kapanen)
12:17	Montreal	Noah Dobson (Cole Caufield, Mike Matheson)
19:56	Montreal	Juraj Slafkovsky (Lane Hutson, Ivan Demidov)

Overtime
None

Shootout Summary

Shootout
1	Tampa Bay	Gage Goncalves (Scored)
2	Montreal	Ivan Demidov (Missed)
3	Montreal	Ivan Demidov (Missed)
4	Tampa Bay	Nick Paul (Scored)
5	Tampa Bay	Brayden Point (Scored)
6	Montreal	Cole Caufield (Missed)

Penalty Summary

1^st Period
03:50	Tampa Bay	Max Crozier: Holding - 2 minutes
12:15	Tampa Bay	Nick Paul: Delay of game - 2 minutes
16:46	Tampa Bay	Scott Sabourin: Fighting - 5 minutes
16:46	Montreal	Arber Xhekaj: Fighting - 5 minutes
18:07	Tampa Bay	Charle-Edouard D'Astous: Holding - 2 minutes

2^nd Period
03:54	Montreal	Alexandre Texier: Hooking - 2 minutes
12:19	Tampa Bay	Nikita Kucherov: Slashing - 2 minutes

3^rd Period
None

Overtime
None

Shots on Goal

Team	1^st	2^nd	3^rd	OT	Total
Tampa Bay	3	12	5	1	21
Montreal	11	6	16	2	35

Goalie Stats

Team	Goalie	SV	SA	SV %	TOI
Montreal	Jacob Fowler	17	21	0.810	63:43
Tampa Bay	Jonas Johansson	31	35	0.886	65:00

Tampa Bay Lightning

Players	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	EV	PP	SH	TOI
Nikita Kucherov	RW	2	0	2	+1	2	3	18:16	01:32	00:00	19:48
Oliver Bjorkstrand	RW	0	2	2	+2	0	1	12:14	01:13	00:00	13:27
Gage Goncalves	C	0	2	2	+2	0	3	13:12	00:39	00:00	13:51
Pontus Holmberg	RW	1	0	1	+0	0	2	12:24	00:01	00:00	12:25
Nick Paul	LW	1	0	1	+2	2	1	15:12	00:46	00:07	16:05
Charle-Edouard D'Astous	D	0	1	1	+2	2	2	16:25	00:34	00:39	17:38
Maxim Groshev	RW	0	1	1	+1	0	1	13:00	00:00	00:03	13:03
Brayden Point	C	0	1	1	+1	0	0	15:25	01:13	00:00	16:38
Declan Carlile	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	16:58	00:00	03:03	20:01
Anthony Cirelli	C	0	0	0	-2	0	3	13:07	00:33	04:26	18:06
Max Crozier	D	0	0	0	-1	2	1	21:07	00:00	02:34	23:41
Zemgus Girgensons	LW	0	0	0	-1	0	2	12:07	00:01	02:44	14:52
Yanni Gourde	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	12:48	00:01	02:57	15:46
Jake Guentzel	LW	0	0	0	-2	0	0	16:27	01:13	01:02	18:42
Brandon Hagel	LW	0	0	0	-2	0	1	15:56	00:46	04:43	21:25
J.J. Moser	D	0	0	0	+0	0	0	19:35	00:01	04:52	24:28
Darren Raddysh	D	0	0	0	+0	0	0	18:27	01:27	04:50	24:44
Scott Sabourin	RW	0	0	0	+0	5	0	02:20	00:00	00:00	02:20

Montreal Canadiens

Players	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	EV	PP	SH	TOI
Juraj Slafkovsky	LW	2	1	3	+1	0	5	16:18	04:09	00:00	20:27
Ivan Demidov	RW	1	1	2	+2	0	3	14:18	04:08	00:00	18:26
Noah Dobson	D	1	1	2	+0	0	5	22:59	03:47	00:43	27:29
Cole Caufield	RW	0	1	1	+1	0	2	18:34	04:08	00:00	22:42
Lane Hutson	D	0	1	1	+1	0	3	23:21	04:08	00:44	28:13
Oliver Kapanen	C	0	1	1	+1	0	5	12:20	03:24	00:36	16:20
Mike Matheson	D	0	1	1	+0	0	2	24:52	00:29	01:16	26:37
Josh Anderson	RW	0	0	0	-2	0	2	14:38	00:18	01:21	16:17
Sammy Blais	LW	0	0	0	+0	0	0	08:22	00:00	00:00	08:22
Zachary Bolduc	RW	0	0	0	+0	0	1	13:12	03:36	00:00	16:48
Alexandre Carrier	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	17:32	00:07	01:17	18:56
Phillip Danault	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	15:12	00:18	01:22	16:52
Brendan Gallagher	RW	0	0	0	+0	0	3	10:07	03:35	00:00	13:42
Jayden Struble	D	0	0	0	+0	0	0	08:51	00:00	00:00	08:51
Nick Suzuki	C	0	0	0	+1	0	0	18:38	04:04	00:01	22:43
Alexandre Texier	LW	0	0	0	+0	2	1	10:56	03:38	00:00	14:34
Joe Veleno	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	08:52	00:11	00:40	09:43
Arber Xhekaj	D	0	0	0	-1	5	0	07:15	00:00	00:00	07:15

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