NHL Recaps: Monday, Jul 5, 2021

1 game: what happened that matters for your fantasy team, built from the play-by-play and shift charts.

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Tampa Bay Lightning

Montreal Canadiens

Montreal Canadiens edge Tampa Bay Lightning 3–2 (OT)

Montreal Canadiens beat Tampa Bay Lightning 3–2 in overtime at home. Josh Anderson (MTL) led the scoring with 2G 0A. New look for MTL: Toffoli–Gallagher–Danault skated 10:02 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (17.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

•Josh Anderson had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 13:16.
•Cole Caufield had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 12:59.
•New look for MTL: Toffoli–Gallagher–Danault skated 10:02 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (17.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

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

Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Josh Anderson MTL	vs TBL	2	0	2	3	1	0	13:16	—
Cole Caufield MTL	vs TBL	0	2	2	1	0	0	12:59	—
Ben Chiarot MTL	vs TBL	0	0	0	0	9	3	25:36	—
Shea Weber MTL	vs TBL	0	0	0	0	4	5	23:51	—

Line changes

New look for MTL: Toffoli–Gallagher–Danault skated 10:02 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (17.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for MTL: Byron–Lehkonen–Evans skated 9:29 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (61.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for MTL: Anderson–Suzuki–Caufield skated 9:01 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (20% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Carey Price MTL	vs TBL	W	34	2	.941
Andrei Vasilevskiy TBL	at MTL	L	21	3	.857

Next up: tonight's starting goalies, today's line combinations and today's games. Takeaways are generated from the numbers with fixed rules; nothing is written by a language model.