Canadiens vs Lightning third period thread

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SCORING SUMMARY

1ST PERIOD
10:09	TBL	Nikita Kucherov (1) Wrist shot – ASST: J.T. Brown (1), Cedric Paquette (1)	1 – 0 TBL
10:28	MTL	Tomas Plekanec (1) Wrist shot – ASST: Alexei Emelin (1), Brendan Gallagher (1)	1 – 1 Tie
2ND PERIOD
13:24	TBL	Steven Stamkos (1) Wrist shot – ASST: Michael Kostka (1)	2 – 1 TBL
16:39	MTL	SHG – Brian Gionta (1) Wrist shot – ASST: Lars Eller (1), Mike Weaver (1)	2 – 2 Tie

PENALTY SUMMARY

1ST PERIOD
17:53	TBL	Richard Panik Tripping – 2 min against Mike Weaver
2ND PERIOD
03:40	TBL	Cedric Paquette Cross checking – 2 min against Daniel Brière
03:40	MTL	Daniel Brière Holding the stick – 2 min against Cedric Paquette
16:06	MTL	P.K. Subban Slashing – 2 min against Nikita Kucherov

SHOTS BY PERIOD

PERIOD	MTL	TBL
1st	14	4
2nd	8	7
Total	22	11

Well the Stamkos beast has scored, so there’s that, but the Lightning only held the lead for about 3 minutes, before Gionta tied up with a shorthanded marker. If you can’t score on the powerplay, you had better be scoring somewhere. You don’t really like to see your team needing bailouts in the second period of the first game, but I’ll take it.

Is it any surprise that the score in Lightning/Canadiens game is this close? Should have figured given the season series.

How do you feel about Therrien’s ice time? Is he trusting some players too much? Others not enough? Does playing Weise and Bournival 9 shifts over two periods make sense?

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