Athletistic / Hockey. The Montreal Canadiens hosted the Tampa Bay Lighting in their NHL regular season home game. The match took place on the ice of the Bell Center and ended with the victory of the American team with a score of 7:4.
Nick Paul and Steven Stamkos scored doubles for the Lightning, and Mikey Eissimont, Brandon Hagel and Russian forward Nikita Kucherov also scored once. Yoel Armia scored twice for the Habs, and once again the guests were upset by the first pick of the 2022 NHL draft, Slovakian Juraj Slafkovski.
Nikita Kucherov scored 3 (1+2) points in 20:38 on the ice using the goal+ass system. In 75 games this season, the 30-year-old Russian has scored 133 goals (43+90) and is now the leader in the NHL scoring race.
Tampa has scored 93 points in 76 games and ranks sixth in the Eastern Conference standings. “Montreal” after 75 matches has 70 points and occupies the penultimate, 15th place in the East.
Source: Sport
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