Jake Evans scores with 2:15 remaining as the Canadiens close the gap between the teams in the Atlantic Division.
Canadiens, Lightning and Jake Evans
The Tampa Bay Lightning's acquisition of star winger Jake Guentzel is paying off in spades, and the Bolts look like a team no one should want to face off against in the playoffs.
Jake Guentzel scored the only goal in the shootout and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Anaheim Ducks 4-3 on Tuesday night. Brayden Point, Anthony Cirelli and Guentzel scored for Tampa Bay during regulation while Andrei Vasilevskiy finished with 34 saves and stopped all three shots he faced in the shootout.
Third period MTL 3, TBL 2 17:44 Jake Evans (11) - Joel Armia, Alexandre Carrier Jake Evans secured Montreal’s first lead in the game’s closing minutes, sending his one-timer from the left circle into the top half of the Lightning net with just over two minutes remaining.
Jake Guentzel scored the only shootout goal as the Tampa Bay Lightning earned a 4-3 victory over the Anaheim Ducks on Tuesday night.
Robby Fabbri, Troy Terry and Leo Carlsson score for the Ducks, who fall to 1-3-1 on their six-game trip when Guentzel scores the only goal for either team in the shootout to hand them a 4-3 defeat.
The Montreal Canadiens completed another dramatic comeback with a 3-2 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Tuesday at the Bell Centre. Jake Evans broke a 2-2 tie late in the third to put the host Habs up for good,
Toronto Maple Leafs captain Auston Matthews has four goals in his last three games and nine goals in his last ten matchups versus the Tampa Bay Lightning
PIM, 111 shots on goal and a plus-8 rating through 43 appearances in his first campaign as a Bolt.
The Lightning will close out their first back-to-back of the week on Tuesday, before heading to Chicago and Detroit to complete one more. Tampa Bay is coming off a 5-3 loss on Monday to the Toronto Maple Leafs.