Montreal 5, Tampa Bay 2
By Sportradar
| Montreal | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | 5 |
| Tampa Bay | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 2 |
First Period_1, Montreal, Newhook 7 (Laine, Matheson), 12:07. Penalties_Xhekaj, MTL (Hooking), 18:19.
Second Period_2, Tampa Bay, Hagel 17, 0:37. 3, Montreal, Dvorak 3 (Guhle, Carrier), 12:34. 4, Montreal, Evans 10 (Armia), 18:28. 5, Tampa Bay, Kucherov 17 (Raddysh, Point), 18:54. Penalties_Hutson, MTL (Hooking), 0:50; Cernak, TB (Tripping), 16:08.
Third Period_6, Montreal, Armia 7 (Heineman), 12:32. 7, Montreal, Gallagher 10 (Carrier, Anderson), 18:07 (en). Penalties_Newhook, MTL (Holding), 7:12; Kucherov, TB (Tripping), 14:41.
Shots on Goal_Montreal 9-14-13_36. Tampa Bay 10-8-5_23.
Power-play opportunities_Montreal 0 of 2; Tampa Bay 0 of 3.
Goalies_Montreal, Montembeault 13-14-2 (23 shots-21 saves). Tampa Bay, Johansson 4-2-1 (35-31).
A_19,092 (19,092). T_2:32.
Referees_Michael Markovic, Corey Syvret. Linesmen_Kilian McNamara, Ben O’Quinn.
