The Montreal Canadiens continued their hunt for the final wild-card spot in their game against the first-place Tampa Bay Lightning on Tuesday night. The Canadiens put 45 shots on goal at the Bell Centre to defeat their opponents by a score of 4-2.
Lightning struck fast for the visitors and gave them what could have been a momentum-stealing goal just 2:28 into the game, but the Canadiens brought the game back to square one 10 minutes later. Steven Stamkos got credit for the early goal that got by Carey Price, since his backhand from behind the goal line went off the leg of Max Domi in the crease and then into the net, giving the Tampa Bay captain his 43rd of the season.