Lightning 4-2 Canadiens (Apr 7, 2017) Final Score

Tampa Bay Lightning

41-30-10, 19-16-6 away

	1	2	3	T
TB	2	1	1	4
MTL	0	1	1	2

Gourde, Kucherov help Lightning beat Canadiens 4-2

Rookie Yanni Gourde scored twice, Nikita Kucherov got his 40th of the season and the Tampa Bay Lightning kept their playoff hopes alive with a 4-2 victory over the Montreal Canadiens on Friday ni

Apr 7, 2017, 11:39 pm - Associated Press

NBCSN		1	2	3	T
	Lightning	2	1	1	4
	Canadiens	0	1	1	2

1st Period			TB	MTL
11:42		Yanni Gourde (5) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Nikita Kucherov (44), Luke Witkowski (4)	1	0
19:50		Nikita Kucherov (40) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Ondrej Palat (35), Brayden Point (21)	2	0

2nd Period			TB	MTL
9:59		Dwight King (9) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Artturi Lehkonen (10), Nikita Nesterov (11)	2	1
14:19		Alex Killorn (19) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Cory Conacher (2)	3	1

3rd Period			TB	MTL
4:36		Artturi Lehkonen (17) (Shorthanded Shorthanded Goal) Unassisted	3	2
4:57		Yanni Gourde (6) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Cory Conacher (3), Jake Dotchin (10)	4	2

LIGHTNING

CANADIENS

Regular Season Series

Series tied 2-2

Lightning
1
Canadiens
3

Game 1

10/27

Canadiens
3
Lightning
4

Game 2

12/28

Canadiens
2
Lightning
1

Game 3

4/1

Lightning
4
Canadiens
2

Game 4

4/7

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Florida	52	24	6	110
Boston	47	20	15	109
Toronto	46	26	10	102
Tampa Bay	45	29	8	98
Detroit	41	32	9	91
Buffalo	39	37	6	84
Ottawa	37	41	4	78
Montreal	30	36	16	76

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Tampa Bay Lightning

Montreal Canadiens

Stars of the Game

Yanni GourdeC - TB

Nikita KucherovRW - TB

Artturi LehkonenLW - MTL

Game Information

Gourde, Kucherov help Lightning beat Canadiens 4-2

Shot Chart

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Series tied 2-2

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