MONTREAL CANADIENS NOTES:
À SURVEILLER CE SOIR / KEEP AN EYE ON…
- Les Canadiens et le Lightning s’affrontent ce soir pour la 110e fois en saison régulière. En incluant les matchs de séries, il s’agira de la 128e confrontation entre ces deux clubs.
- The Canadiens and Lightning are facing each other for the 110th time in regular season. Including playoff contests, this will be the 128th match-up between those two opponents.
DERNIER MATCH / LAST GAME – DAL 4 VS. MTL 2 (@ AMERICAN AIRLINES CENTER)
Buts MTL Goals – Evans (AN/PP), Pezzetta
Buts DAL Goals – Hintz (AN/PP), Hintz (AN/PP), Johnston (AN/PP), Kiviranta
Gardien MTL Goalie – Allen (32-35)
Gardien DAL Goalie – Oettinger (22-24)
Avantage numérique MTL Powerplay – 1/2
Avantage numérique DAL Powerplay – 3/5
Meneurs MTL Leaders – TOI (Guhle – 24:49) ; S (Hoffman – 4) ; HT (Pezzetta – 4) ; BS (Wideman, Xhekaj – 3)
MATCHS À VENIR / UPCOMING GAMES
29 DÉC. @ FLORIDE 19 h / 7 p.m.
31 DÉC. @ WASHINGTON 16 h / 4 p.m.
3 JAN. @ NASHVILLE 20 h / 8 p.m.
5 JAN. VS. NY RANGERS 19 h / 7 p.m.
7 JAN. VS. ST. LOUIS 19 h / 7 p.m.
RAPPORT MÉDICAL DE LA SAISON / SEASON INJURY REPORT
Joueur
Player
Date Blessure
Injury
Matchs ratés
Games lost
Retour
Return
C. Price – Genou / Knee 34 –
P. Byron – Hanche / Hip 34 –
M. Matheson – Haut du corps / Upper-body 17 19/11/2022
B. Gallagher – Bas du corps / Lower-body 12 –
D. Savard – Haut du corps / Upper-body 10 –
S. Monahan – Bas du corps / Lower-body 9 –
RÉAFFECTATIONS, SIGNATURES ET TRANSACTIONS / ROSTER MOVES, SIGNINGS AND TRANSACTIONS
Les Canadiens ont rappelé le défenseur Justin Barron du Rocket de Laval (27/12)
The Canadiens have recalled defenseman Justin Barron from the Laval Rocket (12/27)
Les Canadiens ont cédé l’attaquant Rem Pitlick au Rocket de Laval et ont rappelé l’attaquant Anthony Richard (18/12)
The Canadiens have loaned forward Rem Pitlick to the Laval Rocket and recalled forward Anthony Richard (12/18)
Les Canadiens ont rappelé l’attaquant Rem Pitlick du Rocket de Laval (01/12)
The Canadiens have recalled forward Rem Pitlick from the Laval Rocket (12/01)
Les Canadiens ont cédé l’attaquant Rem Pitlick au Rocket de Laval (18/11)
The Canadiens have loaned forward Rem Pitlick to the Laval Rocket (11/18)
Les Canadiens ont rappelé l’attaquant Rem Pitlick du Rocket de Laval (16/11)
The Canadiens have recalled forward Rem Pitlick from the Laval Rocket (11/16)
NOTES DES CANADIENS / CANADIENS NOTES
STATISTIQUES D’ÉQUIPE / TEAM STATISTICS – AVANT LES MATCHS DU 27/12 – BEFORE GAMES ON 12/27
PTS (33 – 24e/24th)
V/W (15 – 23e/23rd)
BP/GF (91 – 26e/26th)
BC/GA (118 – 23e/23rd)
Tirs-PM/Shots-PG (28.3 – 30e/30th)
Tirs accordés-PM/Shots allowed-PG (33.1 – 26e/26th)
MÉ/Hits (609 – 30e/30th)
MP/PIM (411 – 4e/4th)
AN/PP (14.3% – 32e/32nd)
DN/PK (77.2% – 20e/20th)
LES CANADIENS CONTRE CHAQUE DIVISION L’AN DERNIER / THE HABS VS. EVERY DIVISION LAST SEASON
Adversaire
Opponent
Fiche
Record
PTS Buts pour
Goals for
Buts contre
Goals against
Atlantique 9-14-3 21 84 89
Centrale 3-9-4 10 39 65
Métropolitaine 6-17-1 13 55 103
Pacifique 4-9-3 11 43 62
Total 22-49-11 55 221 319
*Inclut les buts en fusillade / Includes the shootout goals
LES CANADIENS CONTRE CHAQUE DIVISION CETTE SAISON / THE HABS VS. EVERY DIVISION THIS SEASON
Division Fiche
Record
PTS Buts pour
Goals for
Buts contre
Goals against
Atlantique 3-4-0 6 15 25
Centrale 4-4-2 10 28 31
Métropolitaine 4-3-0 8 22 25
Pacifique 4-5-1 9 30 37
Total 15-16-3 33 95 118
*Inclut les buts en fusillade / Includes the shootout goals
MARTIN ST-LOUIS EN CHIFFRES / MARTIN ST. LOUIS’ NUMBERS…
Matchs/Games : 71
Victoires/Wins : 29
Fiche : 29-35-7
Points de classement/Standing points : 65
CANADIENS VS. TAMPA BAY
À vie / All-Time
CANADIENS vs. TBL 49-45-6-9 (109 PJ / GP)
Dom. / Home 26-21-1-6 (54 PJ / GP)
Étr. / Away 23-24-5-2 (55 PJ / GP)
Dern. Match / Last game:
D 5-1 L @ MTL (17/12/22)
J. Allen 5-27 | A. Vasilevskiy 1-23
BG / WG: N. Paul
10 DERNIERS MATCHS CONTRE TAMPA BAY / LAST 10 GAMES VS. TAMPA BAY:
17/12/22 – TBL 5 @ MTL 1
02/04/22 – MTL 5 @ TBL 4 (TB/SO)
28/12/21 – MTL 4 @ TBL 5 (P/OT)
07/12/21 – TBL 3 @ MTL 2
05/03/20 – MTL 0 @ TBL 4
02/01/20 – TBL 2 @ MTL 1
28/12/19 – MTL 4 @ TBL 5
15/10/19 – TBL 3 @ MTL 1
02/04/19 – TBL 2 @ MTL 4
16/02/19 – MTL 0 @ TBL 3
CETTE SAISON CONTRE TAMPA BAY / THIS SEASON VS. TAMPA BAY
Match #1: 17/12/2022 @ MTL – D/L 5-1
Match #2: 28/12/2022 @ TBL
Match #3: 18/03/2023 @ TBL
Match #4: 21/03/2023 @ MTL
MEILLEURS BUTEURS CONTRE TAMPA BAY / LEADING GOAL SCORERS VS. TAMPA BAY:
1) Mike Hoffman (8-8-16, 30 pj/gp)
2) Sean Monahan (7-3-10, 15 pj/gp)
3) Josh Anderson (5-2-7, 11 pj/gp)
MEILLEURS POINTEURS CONTRE TAMPA BAY / LEADING SCORERS VS. TAMPA BAY:
1) Mike Hoffman (8-8-16, 30 pj/gp)
2) Evgenii Dadonov (4-9-13, 19 pj/gp)
3) Brendan Gallagher (5-8-13, 29 pj/gp)
MENEURS MINUTES DE PÉNALITÉ CONTRE TAMPA BAY / MOST PENALTY MINUTES VS. TAMPA BAY:
1) Mike Hoffman (16, 30 pj/gp)
2) Josh Anderson (15, 11 pj/gp)
3) David Savard (12, 25 pj/gp)
TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING NOTES:
LAST GAME
Lightning 4 at Detroit 7
The Tampa Bay Lightning surrendered a season-high seven goals against and dropped a second-straight contest in a 7-4 loss to the Detroit Red Wings last Wednesday at Little Caesars Arena…The Bolts fell to 20-11-1 on the season with a road record of 8-7-0…The Lightning have lost both games vs. DET this season with two matchups remaining…Tampa Bay got off to a quick start when Brayden Point scored the game-opening goal 1:29 into the contest with a shot off the left post as Nikita Kucherov and Erik Cernak picked up the assists…Olli Maatta tied the game at one with 4:26 left in the first before Alex Killorn restored the Lightning’s one-goal lead 3:04 later when he cleaned up a rebound in front off assists from Ross Colton and Nick Perbix…Michael Rasmussen scored just 54 seconds after Killorn to make it a 2-2 game heading into the first intermission…Dylan Larkin gave DET a 3-2 lead at the 11:08 mark of the second period before Colton tied the game for the Bolts 2:07 later when he jumped on a turnover in the offensive zone and beat Ville Husso over the blocker…DET got back-to-back goals from Elmer Soderblom and Larkin at the 3:48 and 9:46 marks of the third period to go up 5-3…With Brian Elliott pulled for a sixth attacker, Kucherov snuck a wrist shot over the left pad of Husso with 3:47 remaining to pull Tampa Bay within one as Victor Hedman and Steven Stamkos collected the helpers…David Perron and Rasmussen scored back-to-back, empty-net goals 1:32 apart to wrap up the 7-4 win for DET…Elliott had his seven-game win streak snapped, making 24 saves on 29 shots against in the loss…Point recorded his 400th career point with the game-opening goal.
PP: TBL – 0-4 DET – 0-2
SOG: TBL – 38 DET – 31
Attendance: 19,515
TONIGHT’S MATCHUP
The Lightning and the Canadiens are playing the second of four matchups this season and the first of two meetings at AMALIE Arena…The Bolts won the first matchup of the season with a 5-1 victory Dec. 17 at Bell Centre…Brandon Hagel opened the scoring for Tampa Bay just 2:57 into the contest before Nick Paul doubled the lead with 8:21 left in the first…The Bolts continued to push forward in the second period with a pair of power-play goals from Anthony Cirelli at the 9:26 mark and Hagel with 2:13 left in the frame…MTL got on the board 16 seconds into the third period off the stick of Nick Suzuki…Nikita Kucherov put a bow on the 5-1 win with his 12th goal of the year with 1:59 remaining in regulation…Andrei Vasilevskiy earned his 13th win of the season with 23 saves on 24 shots against…The Bolts have won seven of their last eight home games vs. MTL and are 8-1-1 in the last 10 meetings at AMALIE Arena…Overall, the Lightning are 12-1-2 in their last 15 games vs. MTL…Steven Stamkos has recorded points in nine straight games vs. MTL (5-8—13) and 14 of his last 15 contests vs. the Habs (9-11—20)…Stamkos has pointed in four straight home games vs. MTL (2-4—6)…Kucherov has posted three straight multi-point games vs. MTL (3-4—7) and scored a goal in four consecutive contests against the Canadiens (4-4—8)…Kucherov has points in 13 of his last 15 games vs. MTL (10-13—23) with nine multi-point performances during that span (7-12—19)…Kucherov has recorded multi-point games in four of his last five home games vs. MTL (4-5—9)…Victor Hedman has pointed in five straight games vs. MTL (2-6—8) and eight of his last 10 contests against the Habs (2-13—15)…Hedman has recorded four straight multi-point games vs. MTL at AMALIE Arena (2-8—10)…Cirelli has picked up points in six straight games vs. MTL (3-4—7)…Brayden Point has points in five of his last six home games vs. MTL (3-4—7)…Corey Perry has pointed in three of four games vs. MTL since joining Tampa Bay (2-2—4)…Andrei Vasilevskiy has won 10 straight games vs. MTL with two shutouts, a .944 save percentage, a 1.79 goals against average and one assist…Vasilevskiy is 6-0-1 in seven career home starts vs. MTL with two shutouts, a .933 SV%, a 2.13 GAA and two assists…Vasilevskiy is just the third goaltender in NHL history, and the first since 1940, to earn a victory in 10 consecutive reg. season games vs. MTL (also: Alec Connell, SEN, 12 GP, Feb. 28, 1925-Feb. 22, 1927; Turk Broda, TOR, 12 GP, Dec. 9, 1939- Jan. 23, 1941)…Vincent Lecavalier (19-23—42) and Hedman (8-34—42) are tied for the Lightning franchise record for career points vs. MTL.
TBL ALL-TIME POINT LEADERS VS. MTL
T1. Victor Hedman – 42 pts. (8-34—42, 41 GP)
T1. Vincent Lecavalier – 42 pts. (19-23—42, 53 GP)
- Steven Stamkos – 41 pts. (22-19—41, 44 GP)
- Martin St. Louis – 40 pts. (18-22—40, 48 GP)
- Nikita Kucherov – 31 pts. (12-19—31, 29 GP)
TONIGHT’S STORYLINES
Tampa Bay is playing the first game of a three-game homestand tonight…The Bolts will play nine of their 13 games in December on home ice…The Lightning are 7-5-0 against Atlantic Division opponents this season…Tampa Bay is 12-4-1 at home this season and have won four straight games at AMALIE Arena…The Lightning are playing for the first time since Dec. 21 at DET after the game scheduled for Dec. 23 at BUF was re-scheduled to March 4 due to a severe winter storm…The Bolts are playing the first game of a back-to-back set and will face the New York Rangers on Thursday…Tampa Bay is 3-2-0 in the first game of a back-to-back this season…Tonight’s contest will feature all five of the Lightning’s all-time leading scorers with Victor Hedman, Nikita Kucherov and Steven Stamkos playing in the game, Martin St. Louis serving as head coach for MTL and Vincent Lecavalier serving as a special advisor for MTL.
INJURIES
2022-23 Regular Season Man Games Lost: 77
Current Injuries:
Rudolfs Balcers (Upper-body injury; Out indefinitely) 12 Games
TRANSACTIONS
Dec. 3 – Re-assigned D Philippe Myers to AHL Syracuse
Dec. 3 – Assigned F Cole Koepke to AHL Syracuse
KLUTCHEROV
Tampa Bay forward Nikita Kucherov scored a goal and added an assist Dec. 21 at DET for his 15th multi-point game of the season…Kucherov has posted a multi-point game in four of his last five contests (2-8—10)…Kucherov has pointed in eight of his last nine games (3-11—14)…Kucherov (13-36—49) is tied with Connor McDavid for the NHL lead in assists and ranks fifth in the league in points…Kucherov leads all Lightning skaters in points, assists, even-strength points (29), power-play points (20) and shots (113)…Kucherov recorded his 400th career assist Dec. 13 vs. SEA in his 590th career game, the sixth-fewest games needed to reach the mark among active players…Kucherov is the fifth player in Bolts franchise history to hit the 400-assist mark with the club…Kucherov’s 20 power-play points are tied with Rasmus Dahlin for the sixth-most in the NHL, while his 29 even-strength points are tied with Leon Draisaitl for the fifth-most in the league…Kucherov’s 1.53 points per game rank fourth in the NHL…Kucherov has recorded points in 15 of 17 home games this season (7-22—29) and 26 of 32 games overall…Since the start of the 2017-18 season, Kucherov’s 1.39 points per game trails only McDavid’s 1.56 for the highest among NHL skaters.
NHL POINT PER GAME LEADERS SINCE 2017-18
- Connor McDavid – 1.56 P/GP (224-392—616, 396 GP)
- Nikita Kucherov – 1.39 P/GP (151-280—431, 309 GP)
- Leon Draisaitl – 1.33 P/GP (225-311—536, 403 GP)
- Nathan MacKinnon – 1.32 P/GP (175-301—476, 361 GP)
- Brad Marchand – 1.23 P/GP (168-280—448, 365 GP)
GAME POINT
Bolts forward Brayden Point scored his team-leading 17th goal of the season for his 400th career point Dec. 21 at DET…Point became the first member of the 2014 NHL Draft Class drafted outside of the first round to record 400 career points…Point has scored a goal in six of his last eight games (7-1—8)…Point tied the fifth-longest goal streak in the NHL this season with goals in five straight games from Dec. 6-15…Point was the third Tampa Bay skater to record a five-game goal streak this season (also: Nikita Kucherov, 6 GP, Oct. 25 – Nov. 5; Steven Stamkos, 5 GP, Oct. 11-21)…Point (17-15—32) leads all Lightning skaters in goals and game-winning goals (5)…Point ranks third on the team in points, fifth in assists, fourth in power-play points (10) and tied for second in power-play goals (5, also: Kucherov)…Point has recorded at least one shot on goal in every game this season…With his goal Dec. 15 vs. CBJ, Point became the fifth player in Tampa Bay franchise history to score 40 career game-winning goals, joining Stamkos (75), Martin St. Louis (64), Vincent Lecavalier (60) and Kucherov (41)…Point’s five game-winning goals this season are tied for the third-most among all NHL skaters…Since the start of the 2017-18 season, Point’s 38 game-winning goals are tied with Kyle Connor for the fourth-most among all NHL skaters during that span.
NHL GAME-WINNING GOAL LEADERS SINCE 2017-18
- Connor McDavid – 46 GWG (224-392—616, 396 GP)
- Leon Draisaitl – 43 GWG (225-311—536, 403 GP)
- Auston Matthews – 40 GWG (236-192—428, 360 GP)
T4. Brayden Point – 38 GWG (166-194—360, 381 GP)
T4. Kyle Connor – 38 GWG (191-187—378, 399 GP)
HED RUSH
Lightning defenseman Victor Hedman recorded his 17th assist of the season Dec. 21 at DET…Hedman has picked up assists in four of his last five games (0-6—6) and six of his last eight (0-8—8)…Hedman (1-17—18) ranks fourth in assists among all Tampa Bay skaters…Hedman’s 61 shots on goal lead all Bolts defensemen and are good for fourth on the team overall…Since the start of the 2016-17 season, Hedman leads NHL defensemen with 392 points (86-306—392).
NHL POINT LEADERS SINCE 2016-17, DEFENSEMEN
- Victor Hedman – 392 pts. (86-306—392, 458 GP)
- John Carlson – 386 pts. (87-299—386, 463 GP)
T3. Roman Josi – 378 pts. (95-283—378, 459 GP)
T3. Brent Burns – 378 pts. (90-288—378, 489 GP) - Erik Karlsson – 323 pts. (66-257—323, 395 GP)
STAMMER TIME
Tampa Bay captain Steven Stamkos recorded one assist Dec. 21 at DET and has pointed in seven consecutive games against the Red Wings (5-7—12)…Stamkos has recorded at least one point in 17 of his last 18 games (9-16—25)…Stamkos went on a 14-game point streak Nov. 13 – Dec. 13 (9-12—21), the second-longest point streak in Lightning franchise history, trailing only his 18-game point streak in 2009-10 (17-16—33)…The 14-game point streak is tied for the fourth-longest point streak in the NHL this season…Stamkos (16-22—38) ranks second in goals and points among all Bolts skaters and is tied with Mikhail Sergachev (5-22—27) for the second-most assists on the team…Stamkos leads the Lightning with seven power-play goals…Since Nov. 13, only three skaters in the NHL have recorded more even-strength points than Stamkos’s 18 (more: Matthews – 21; Crosby, Ovechkin – 20 each)…Stamkos is three goals away from his 500th career goal…Stamkos ranks 48th all-time in NHL history with 497 career goals…Since entering the league in 2008-09, only Alex Ovechkin (639) has scored more goals than Stamkos…Stamkos has recorded more career goals and points than any player in Tampa Bay franchise history.
TBL ALL-TIME POINT LEADERS
- Steven Stamkos – 1,010 pts. (497-513—1,010, 954 GP)
- Martin St. Louis – 953 pts. (365-588—953, 972 GP)
- Vincent Lecavalier – 874 pts. (383-491—874, 1,037 GP)
- Nikita Kucherov – 665 pts. (259-406—665, 594 GP)
- Victor Hedman – 621 pts. (135-486—621, 928 GP)
KILLER INSTINCT
Bolts forward Alex Killorn scored his ninth goal of the season Dec. 21 at DET…Killorn has recorded 10 points over his last 15 contests (4-6—10)…Killorn (9-14—23) ranks sixth in goals and points, and is tied with Brandon Hagel (12-14—26) for the sixth-most assists among all Lightning skaters…Killorn has skated in 755 career games with Tampa Bay, the fifth-most in franchise history.
TBL ALL-TIME GAMES PLAYED LEADERS
- Vincent Lecavalier – 1,037 GP
- Martin St. Louis – 972 GP
- Steven Stamkos – 954 GP
- Victor Hedman – 928 GP
- Alex Killorn – 755 GP
ROSS THE BOSS
Lightning forward Ross Colton scored a goal and added an assist Dec. 21 at DET for his fourth multi-point game of the season…Colton has four points over his last five games (2-2—4)…Colton has scored four goals over his last 10 contests (4-2—6)…Colton (8-7—15) ranks seventh in goals and ninth in points among all Tampa Bay skaters.
WEEKEND AT CERNY’S
Bolts defenseman Erik Cernak recorded one assist Dec. 21 at DET…Cernak has posted two assists over his last three games…Through the first 10 games of December, Cernak (1-5—6) ranks second in assists and is tied with Ian Cole (2-4—6) for the second-most points among all Tampa Bay defensemen…Cernak has recorded at least one hit in 27 of his 28 games this season…Cernak leads all Lightning skaters with 93 hits and his 55 blocked shots trail only Mikhail Sergachev (62) for the team lead…Cernak leads all Bolts skaters in shorthanded time on ice per game (3:03).
TBL SHORTHANDED TIME ON ICE PER GAME LEADERS
- Erik Cernak – 3:03 SH TOI/GP
- Mikhail Sergachev – 2:46 SH TOI/GP
- Pierre-Edouard Bellemare – 2:36 SH TOI/GP
- Ian Cole – 2:34 SH TOI/GP
- Alex Killorn – 2:13 SH TOI/GP
PERBIX: WHERE SCORING IS A PLEASURE
Tampa Bay defenseman Nick Perbix collected one assist Dec. 21 at DET…Perbix has picked up two assists over his last three contests…Perbix (plus-eight) ranks fourth in plus/minus among all Lightning skaters…Perbix (3-5—8) is tied for the second-most goals among all NHL rookie defensemen, while his plus-eight rating is the third-best…Perbix ranks fourth in points and is tied with Ian Cole (3-9—12) for the second-most goals among all Bolts defensemen.
HOW ABOUT HAGEL?
Lightning forward Brandon Hagel has recorded points in five of his last seven contests (5-4—9)…Hagel has 13 points over his last 13 games (7-6—13)…Hagel (12-14—26) ranks fifth in goals and points, and is tied with Alex Killorn (9-14—23) for the sixth-most assists among all Tampa Bay skaters…Hagel leads all NHL forwards with 44 takeaways and his 4.4 takeaways per 60 is the highest among all NHL skaters with 30 or more games played.
