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| Eastern Conference Semifinals - Best of 7 - Game 5 - TAM Leads 3-1 | |
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| 11 | TAMPA BAY | +100 | Ov 5,+130 | +105 | Ov 5,+120 | | 12 | MONTREAL | -120 | Un 5,-150 | -125 | Un 5,-140 |
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| All Games | 57-36-0 | +8.4 | 57-36 | +8.4 | 47-41 | 3.1 | 29.4 | 2.5 | 27.9 | | Team Stats (Road Games) | 22-24-0 | -6.6 | 22-24 | -6.6 | 26-18 | 3.0 | 28.4 | 2.9 | 27.1 | | Last 5 Games | 4-1-0 | +2.6 | 4-1 | +2.6 | 2-3 | 2.8 | 23.8 | 2.0 | 35.0 | | Playoff Games | 7-4-0 | +1 | 7-4 | +1 | 4-6 | 2.6 | 27.5 | 2.3 | 28.4 | | vs. Division | 28-13-0 | +9.4 | 28-13 | +9.4 | 18-19 | 3.1 | 30.6 | 2.1 | 26.6 |
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| Team Stats (All Games) | 93 | 291 | 79 | 91 | 112 | 9 | 17 | 2730 | 10.7% | 330 | 61 | 18.5% | 491 | | Team Stats (Road Games) | 46 | 137 | 35 | 45 | 52 | 5 | 9 | 1306 | 10.5% | 166 | 25 | 15.1% | 232 | | Team Stats (Last 5 Games) | 5 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 119 | 11.8% | 22 | 6 | 27.3% | 25 | | Team Stats (Playoffs) | 11 | 29 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 302 | 9.6% | 48 | 8 | 16.7% | 47 | | Team Stats (vs. Division) | 41 | 126 | 31 | 42 | 47 | 6 | 7 | 1253 | 10.1% | 157 | 33 | 21.0% | 206 | | Stats Against (All Games) | | 236 | 64 | 87 | 77 | 8 | 14 | 2599 | 9.1% | 297 | 48 | 16.2% | 386 | | Stats Against (Road Games) | | 132 | 33 | 51 | 41 | 7 | 10 | 1248 | 10.6% | 154 | 27 | 17.5% | 216 | | Stats Against (Last 5 Games) | | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 175 | 5.7% | 14 | 1 | 7.1% | 19 | | Stats Against (Playoffs) | | 25 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 312 | 8.0% | 40 | 6 | 15.0% | 44 | | Stats Against (vs. Division) | | 87 | 23 | 30 | 30 | 4 | 7 | 1092 | 8.0% | 129 | 17 | 13.2% | 141 |
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| BEN BISHOP (All Games) | 73 | 70 | 1904 | 1748 | 91.8% | 5 | 47-23 | +15 | 47-23-0 | +12 | 36-29 | | BEN BISHOP (Road Games) | 33 | 30 | 831 | 756 | 91.0% | 2 | 17-13 | +2 | 17-13-0 | +1 | 18-10 | | BEN BISHOP (vs. Division) | 36 | 36 | 937 | 868 | 92.6% | 4 | 25-11 | +10.2 | 25-11-0 | +10 | 16-16 | | BEN BISHOP (Last 4 Games) | 4 | 4 | 118 | 111 | 94.1% | 0 | 3-1 | +1.6 | 3-1-0 | +2 | 2-2 | | BEN BISHOP (Playoff Games) | 11 | 11 | 284 | 264 | 93.0% | 2 | 7-4 | +1 | 7-4-0 | 0 | 4-6 | | EVGENI NABOKOV (All Games) | 11 | 10 | 245 | 216 | 88.2% | 0 | 3-7 | -6 | 3-7-0 | -5 | 5-5 | | EVGENI NABOKOV (Road Games) | 9 | 8 | 190 | 164 | 86.3% | 0 | 2-6 | -5.9 | 2-6-0 | -5 | 5-3 | | EVGENI NABOKOV (vs. Division) | 1 | 1 | 22 | 21 | 95.5% | 0 | 0-1 | -2 | 0-1-0 | -2 | 0-1 | | EVGENI NABOKOV (Last 4 Games) | 4 | 3 | 70 | 59 | 84.3% | 0 | 0-3 | -3.9 | 0-3-0 | -3 | 2-1 | | EVGENI NABOKOV (Playoff Games) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | | ANDREI VASILEVSKIY (All Games) | 17 | 13 | 441 | 404 | 91.6% | 1 | 7-6 | -0.7 | 7-6-0 | -1 | 6-7 | | ANDREI VASILEVSKIY (Road Games) | 8 | 8 | 221 | 200 | 90.5% | 0 | 3-5 | -2.8 | 3-5-0 | -3 | 3-5 | | ANDREI VASILEVSKIY (vs. Division) | 5 | 4 | 129 | 119 | 92.2% | 1 | 3-1 | +1.2 | 3-1-0 | +1 | 2-2 | | ANDREI VASILEVSKIY (Last 4 Games) | 4 | 2 | 98 | 89 | 90.8% | 0 | 1-1 | -0.8 | 1-1-0 | -1 | 1-1 | | ANDREI VASILEVSKIY (Playoff Games) | 1 | 0 | 26 | 23 | 88.5% | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0-0 |
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| All Games | 55-37-0 | +5.1 | 55-37 | +5.1 | 33-44 | 2.6 | 29.4 | 2.3 | 30.1 | | Team Stats (Home Games) | 28-18-0 | -2.5 | 28-18 | -2.5 | 19-21 | 2.9 | 30.0 | 2.4 | 29.8 | | Last 5 Games | 2-3-0 | -1.2 | 2-3 | -1.2 | 2-3 | 2.4 | 32.8 | 2.4 | 29.0 | | Playoff Games | 5-5-0 | -0.9 | 5-5 | -0.9 | 4-5 | 2.2 | 36.8 | 2.4 | 30.0 | | vs. Division | 23-17-0 | -2.3 | 23-17 | -2.3 | 18-17 | 2.6 | 31.4 | 2.4 | 30.1 |
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| Team Stats (All Games) | 92 | 243 | 48 | 86 | 94 | 15 | 21 | 2702 | 9.0% | 273 | 42 | 15.4% | 405 | | Team Stats (Home Games) | 46 | 133 | 29 | 44 | 52 | 8 | 7 | 1380 | 9.6% | 138 | 28 | 20.3% | 235 | | Team Stats (Last 5 Games) | 5 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 164 | 7.3% | 12 | 1 | 8.3% | 22 | | Team Stats (Playoffs) | 10 | 22 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 368 | 6.0% | 31 | 2 | 6.5% | 41 | | Team Stats (vs. Division) | 40 | 103 | 21 | 38 | 35 | 9 | 9 | 1255 | 8.2% | 124 | 16 | 12.9% | 172 | | Stats Against (All Games) | | 213 | 62 | 70 | 70 | 11 | 13 | 2770 | 7.7% | 295 | 53 | 18.0% | 356 | | Stats Against (Home Games) | | 110 | 27 | 40 | 36 | 7 | 5 | 1372 | 8.0% | 147 | 28 | 19.0% | 183 | | Stats Against (Last 5 Games) | | 12 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 145 | 8.3% | 22 | 6 | 27.3% | 22 | | Stats Against (Playoffs) | | 24 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 300 | 8.0% | 38 | 11 | 28.9% | 39 | | Stats Against (vs. Division) | | 96 | 27 | 33 | 32 | 4 | 6 | 1204 | 8.0% | 137 | 28 | 20.4% | 160 |
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| CAREY PRICE (All Games) | 76 | 76 | 2253 | 2099 | 93.2% | 7 | 49-27 | +14.5 | 49-27-0 | +14 | 27-39 | | CAREY PRICE (Home Games) | 42 | 42 | 1243 | 1152 | 92.7% | 5 | 27-15 | +4.5 | 27-15-0 | +5 | 16-21 | | CAREY PRICE (vs. Division) | 33 | 33 | 943 | 870 | 92.3% | 2 | 19-14 | -1.4 | 19-14-0 | -1 | 16-14 | | CAREY PRICE (Last 4 Games) | 4 | 4 | 102 | 90 | 88.2% | 0 | 1-3 | -2.2 | 1-3-0 | -2 | 2-2 | | CAREY PRICE (Playoff Games) | 10 | 10 | 300 | 276 | 92.0% | 1 | 5-5 | -0.9 | 5-5-0 | -1 | 4-5 | | DUSTIN TOKARSKI (All Games) | 17 | 16 | 509 | 463 | 91.0% | 2 | 6-10 | -9.4 | 6-10-0 | -9 | 6-5 | | DUSTIN TOKARSKI (Home Games) | 4 | 4 | 127 | 113 | 89.0% | 0 | 1-3 | -7 | 1-3-0 | -8 | 3-0 | | DUSTIN TOKARSKI (vs. Division) | 8 | 7 | 257 | 240 | 93.4% | 0 | 4-3 | -0.9 | 4-3-0 | -1 | 2-3 | | DUSTIN TOKARSKI (Last 4 Games) | 4 | 4 | 112 | 100 | 89.3% | 0 | 1-3 | -2.4 | 1-3-0 | -2 | 2-0 | | DUSTIN TOKARSKI (Playoff Games) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0-0 |
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| | Average power rating of opponents played: TAMPA BAY 3.05, MONTREAL 3.14 |
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| 4/16/2015 | DETROIT | 2-3 | L | 0, -165 | L | 5.5 un | U | | 4/18/2015 | DETROIT | 5-1 | W | 0, -205 | W | 5.5 un | O | | 4/21/2015 | at DETROIT | 0-3 | L | 0, -115 | L | 5.5 un | U | | 4/23/2015 | at DETROIT | 3-2 | W | 0, -115 | W | 5 ov | P | | 4/25/2015 | DETROIT | 0-4 | L | 0, -190 | L | 5 ov | U | | 4/27/2015 | at DETROIT | 5-2 | W | 0, +110 | W | 5 ov | O | | 4/29/2015 | DETROIT | 2-0 | W | 0, -190 | W | 5 ov | U | | 5/1/2015 | at MONTREAL | 2-1 | W | 0, -105 | W | 5 un | U | | 5/3/2015 | at MONTREAL | 6-2 | W | 0, +110 | W | 5 un | O | | 5/6/2015 | MONTREAL | 2-1 | W | 0, -150 | W | 5 un | U | | 5/7/2015 | MONTREAL | 2-6 | L | 0, -150 | L | 4.5 ov | O | | 5/9/2015 | at MONTREAL | |
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| 4/15/2015 | OTTAWA | 4-3 | W | 0, -140 | W | 5 un | O | | 4/17/2015 | OTTAWA | 3-2 | W | 0, -145 | W | 5 un | P | | 4/19/2015 | at OTTAWA | 2-1 | W | 0, +100 | W | 5 un | U | | 4/22/2015 | at OTTAWA | 0-1 | L | 0, -110 | L | 5 un | U | | 4/24/2015 | OTTAWA | 1-5 | L | 0, -160 | L | 5 un | O | | 4/26/2015 | at OTTAWA | 2-0 | W | 0, +100 | W | 5 un | U | | 5/1/2015 | TAMPA BAY | 1-2 | L | 0, -115 | L | 5 un | U | | 5/3/2015 | TAMPA BAY | 2-6 | L | 0, -130 | L | 5 un | O | | 5/6/2015 | at TAMPA BAY | 1-2 | L | 0, +130 | L | 5 un | U | | 5/7/2015 | at TAMPA BAY | 6-2 | W | 0, +130 | W | 4.5 ov | O | | 5/9/2015 | TAMPA BAY | |
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| |  | TAMPA BAY: LAST SEASON: 46-27-9, 101 points. Swept in first round of playoffs by Montreal.
COACH: Jon Cooper, second full season with Lighting, 51-35-12.
ADDED: F Brian Boyle, F Brenden Morrow, D Anton Stralman, D Jason Garrison, G Evgeni Nabokov, F Jonathan Drouin.
LOST: G Anders Lindback, F Ryan Malone, F Teddy Purcell, F Nate Thompson, D Sami Salo.
PLAYER TO WATCH: Ondrej Palat. One of the NHL's top rookies last season. With Steven Stamkos missing a significant portion of the year and Martin St. Louis departing in a late-season trade, Palat finished with team-leading 50 points, including 23 goals. Third among league rookies in goals and second in points, he led all rookies with 44 points after Jan. 1.
OUTLOOK: With Bishop healthy again after missing the playoffs with a dislocated elbow, many expect the Lightning to prosper in the relatively weak Eastern Conference and make a deep run in the playoffs. Stamkos has scored more goals (210) than any player in the league since the start of the 2009-10 season and Bishop is coming off a season in which he set franchise season records for wins (37), save percentage (.924) and goals-against average (2.23). | | MONTREAL: LAST SEASON: 46-28-8, 100 points; lost to New York Rangers in Eastern Conference final.
COACH: Michel Therrien, seventh season with Canadiens, 287-224-23-58.
ADDED: D Tom Gilbert, C Manny Malhotra, RW P.A. Parenteau, RW Jiri Sekac.
LOST: C Daniel Briere, RW Brian Gionta, D Josh Gorges, LW Thomas Vanek.
PLAYER TO WATCH: P.K. Subban: The 43rd overall pick in the 2007 draft solidified his status as a top-five defenseman in the NHL following a 2013-14 regular season in which he recorded 53 points (10 goals, 43 assists) in 82 games, and added another 11 (five goals and six assists) in 17 playoff games. And he isn't going anywhere. The Canadiens and Subban agreed to an eight-year, $72 million contract in the offseason.
OUTLOOK: The Canadiens earned the ire of playoff foes Boston and New York for on-ice antics and their off-ice loquaciousness. But teams don't dislike opponents who aren't good. The Canadiens are just that, and should find themselves in the playoffs come April. |
| | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PA SPORTSTICKER NHL PLAYOFF PREVIEW (TAMPA BAY-MONTREAL) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
*Lightning-Canadiens Preview* =============================
Tampa Bay At Montreal, Game Five, 7:00 p.m. EDT
The Tampa Bay Lightning are 5 for 5 this year in Montreal. Now they need one more road win against the Canadiens.
The Lightning had a chance to sweep the Canadiens on Thursday night, but goaltender Ben Bishop was pulled in the second period of Montreal's 6-2 victory. Now the second-round series is headed back to Canada for Game 5 on Saturday night.
Tampa Bay has won each of its five games in Montreal in 2015, outscoring the Canadiens 18-8 in Bell Centre. It scored eight of the 11 goals in the first two games of the series at Montreal.
"We've had some success in their building and we played well there in the regular season, too," Lightning forward Ryan Callahan said Friday. "I think we're comfortable going in there."
Montreal had six different goal scorers in its first win in nine games this season against Tampa Bay. It had struggled to score against the 6-foot-7 Bishop, who stopped 100 of 104 shots through the first three games of the series.
"We get as much pressure as we can on him and go to the net, score some goals, shoot a lot of pucks at him and it will pay off eventually," center Tomas Plekanec said.
Tampa Bay coach Jon Cooper lifted Bishop after David Desharnais' shot skipped off the goaltender's glove and into the net for the 5-7 forward's first goal of the playoffs. Bishop finished with 11 saves.
The Lightning still have a commanding 3-1 lead in the series, but a couple of the games could have gone either way. They won 2-1 in double-overtime in Game 1, and grabbed another 2-1 victory on Tyler Johnson's goal with 1.1 seconds remaining Wednesday night.
"We have to get back to our speed game, our transition game," Callahan said. "I think we're at our best when we move the puck up the ice and attack the other team. There hasn't been enough of that the last couple games."
Cooper said he is confident his team will bounce back from the Game 4 loss.
"We have to put our best foot forward," he said. "Both teams know each other well, we just have to execute. We are a confident group. We have proven we can rebound from disappointing games."
The Canadiens won their first three games of the playoffs against Ottawa, and then dropped their next two before eliminating the Senators with a 2-0 victory in Game 6 on April 26.
"It's always a comfortable lead when you're up by three, but on the other hand you've got to understand momentum can change quick," Montreal coach Michel Therrien said. "Momentum in hockey changes quick and breaks change quick."
Max Pacioretty hopes to have found some momentum after getting a short-handed goal and two assists Thursday. The club's scoring leader during the regular season had only one point through the first three games of this series.
Defenseman Andrei Markov also registered just his second point of the playoffs after having 50 this season.
Tampa Bay had only allowed four goals over its previous 14 periods before Markov and Pacioretty scored in the first period Thursday. The loss ended the Lightning's five-game playoff winning streak during which Bishop allowed six goals.
Bishop is 13-2-2 lifetime against the Canadiens, including playoffs.
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| | Last Updated: 5/7/2024 1:00:06 PM EST. |
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