Darren Raddysh scored two goals and the Tampa Bay Lightning offense erupted in a 6-1 win against the Canadiens in Montreal to snap a four-game losing streak.
Nikita Kucherov and Brayden Point each had a goal and an assist for the Lightning, who had been shut out in consecutive games. Jonas Johansson, playing for the second straight night after a 2-0 loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs on Monday, made 26 saves.
Oliver Kapanen scored for the Canadiens, who have lost two straight and four of six. Jakub Dobes was lifted after allowing three goals on 14 shots in the first period. Sam Montembeault allowed three goals on 13 shots in relief.
Lightning defenseman Victor Hedman left with an injury in the first period.
Tampa Bay pulled away with a three-goal first period.
Point ended the scoreless skid and gave the Lightning a 1-0 lead at 2:27. Jake Guentzel flipped a long pass to Point at center ice, and he muscled around a defenseman before lifting a shot over Dobes’ right shoulder.
The assist was Guentzel’s 600th point (282 goals, 318 assists) in 630 NHL games.
Pontus Holmberg made it 2-0 at 6:03 when he came out of the penalty box, controlled a loose puck and came in alone to score on a snap shot from the slot.
Kucherov increased the lead to 3-0 at 17:12, scoring on a one-timer from the right circle off a pass from Max Crozier.
Charle-Edouard D’Astous made it 4-0, converting a pass across the slot from Kucherov at 2:43 of the second period.
Kapanen pulled the Canadiens within 4-1 with 54 seconds left in the period when he knocked home the rebound after Nick Suzuki’s shot hit the post during a power play.
Raddysh increased the Tampa Bay lead to 5-1 at 1:22 of the third period when he entered the zone along the right boards and scored over Montembeault’s shoulder.
Raddysh made it 6-1 at 8:41, scoring a power-play goal on a wrist shot from the point through traffic to cap his second career multi-goal game.
–Field Level Media
