NHL Recaps: Friday, Jul 2, 2021

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Tampa Bay Lightning

Montreal Canadiens

Tampa Bay Lightning beat Montreal Canadiens 6–3

Tampa Bay Lightning beat Montreal Canadiens 6–3 at MTL. Tyler Johnson (TBL) led the scoring with 2G 0A. Andrei Vasilevskiy (TBL) faced 35 shots and stopped 32 (.914), +5 against a season average of 30.4; the win.

•Tyler Johnson had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 9:08.
•Nikita Kucherov had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 6 shots in 16:49.
•Victor Hedman had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 21:46.

Full report: shot map, shifts, lines, box score →

Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Tyler Johnson TBL	at MTL	2	0	2	4	1	0	9:08	—
Nikita Kucherov TBL	at MTL	1	1	2	6	1	0	16:49	—
Victor Hedman TBL	at MTL	1	1	2	2	1	2	21:46	—
Ondrej Palat TBL	at MTL	0	2	2	3	8	0	16:10	—

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Andrei Vasilevskiy TBL	at MTL	W	35	3	.914
Carey Price MTL	vs TBL	L	29	5	.828

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