The second half of a back-to-back is never easy, especially after a physical contest the previous night. Tomas Tatar paced the offence on Friday, while the defence stayed solid in front of Antti Niemi against the Panthers.
The Montreal Canadiens were certainly the underdogs heading into Tampa Bay to square off with the Lightning. Tampa is a different animal, however. Since returning from injury, Andrei Vasilevskiy is undefeated, and captain Steven Stamkos had 14 goals in the month of December at the start of the game.