MTL@TBL: Game recap

TAMPA – Cole Caufield and Mike Matheson each recorded their 300^th NHL points in the Canadiens 4-1 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning at Benchmark International Arena on Tuesday.

Caufield scored his 47^th goal of the season and 11^th game-winning tally in the second period, which Matheson assisted on.

Juraj Slafkovsky, Matheson and Nick Suzuki had the other Montreal markers.

Jakub Dobes, who was named the NHL’s first star of the week on Monday, made 36 saves against the Lightning.

For more stats, check out the NHL’s Gamecenter summary here.

Roster

Montreal goals 

P1 12:25 [1]-0 Slafkovsky (Demidov, Caufield) – PPG

P2 12:49 [2]-1 Caufield (Slafkovsky, Matheson)

P3 17:55 [3]-1 Matheson (Unassisted) – EN

P3 18:54 [4]-1 Suzuki (Unassisted) – EN

Tampa Bay goal

P1 13:41 1-[1] Guentzel (Girgensons, McDonagh)  

What’s next 

Montreal heads north to play the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden on Thursday. Game time is set for 7:00 p.m.