Carolina – Buffalo 3:2 (after OT) | Montreal – Tampa 3:5 (end) | NY Islanders – Minnesota 2:4 (end)
Rangers – Detroit 5:3 (end) | St. Louis – Winnipeg 2:5 (end) | Arizona – Seattle 4:3 (1:0 after SO)
Calgary – Nashville 4:2 (end) | Anaheim – Pittsburgh 0:2 (end) | Colorado – New Jersey 6:3 (end)
San Jose – Philadelphia 2:1 (end)
final
Montreal Canadiens
3:5 (0:4, 0:0, 3:1)
Tampa Bay Lightning
Wednesday 08.11.2023, 01:00 • Bell Centre, Montreal • NHL
     
    Game over. (03:43:11)
    59:42 Christian Dvorak (MTL) - 3:5
     
    59:42
    Team Montreal with just scored a goal!
    Scorer is CHRISTIAN DVORAK. Assisted by Jordan Harris, Justin Barron.
    57:40 Nick Paul (TBL) - 2:5
     
    57:40
    Team Tampa with just scored a goal!
    Scorer is NICK PAUL. Assisted by Nikita Kucherov, Steven Stamkos.
     
    56:51
    Penalty for Montreal Canadiens:
    Jake Evans – 2 min., holding.
     
    48:02
    Penalty for Montreal Canadiens:
    Arber Xhekaj – 2+2, roughing.

    Penalty for Tampa Bay Lightning:
    Tanner Jeannot – 2 min., roughing.
    47:24 Michael Pezzetta (MTL) - 2:4
     
    47:24
    Team Montreal with just scored a goal!
    Scorer is MICHAEL PEZZETTA. Assisted by Jake Evans, Kaiden Guhle.
    46:50 Nick Suzuki (MTL) - 1:4
     
    46:50
    Team Montreal with just scored a goal!
    Scorer is NICK SUZUKI. Assisted by Cole Caufield, Sean Monahan.
     
    45:14
    Penalty for Tampa Bay Lightning:
    Brandon Hagel – 2 min., tripping.
     
    43:13
    Penalty for Tampa Bay Lightning:
    Luke Glendening – 2 min., tripping.
     
    41:01
    Penalty for Montreal Canadiens:
    Alex Newhook – 2 min., roughing.

    Penalty for Tampa Bay Lightning:
    Anthony Cirelli – 2 min., cross-checking.
     
    40:01
    Start of 3rd period.
     
    40:00
    2nd period finished.
     
    33:22
    Penalty for Montreal Canadiens:
    Arber Xhekaj – 5 min., fighting,
    Cole Caufield – 2 min., tripping.

    Penalty for Tampa Bay Lightning:
    Tanner Jeannot – 5 min., fighting.
     
    28:44
    Penalty for Tampa Bay Lightning:
    Alex Barré-Boulet – 2 min., hooking.
     
    24:30
    Penalty for Tampa Bay Lightning:
    Mikhail Sergachyov – 2 min., interference.
     
    20:01
    Start of 2nd period.
    Goals and assists: 47. Suzuki (Caufield, Monahan), 48. Pezzetta (Evans, Guhle), 60. Dvorak (Harris, J. Barron) – 1. Kucherov (Hagel, Point), 8. Paul (Stamkos, Hedman), 10. Barré-Boulet (Hagel, Sergachyov), 14. Eyssimont (Hedman, Cernak), 58. Paul (Kucherov, Stamkos)


    Montreal Canadiens: Allen (14. Montembeault) – Matheson, Harris, Guhle, J. Barron, Xhekaj, Kovacevic – Slafkovský, Suzuki, Caufield – Newhook, Dvorak, J. Anderson – Pearson, Monahan, Gallagher – Pezzetta, Evans, Armia.
    Coach: Martin St. Louis

    Tampa Bay Lightning: Tomkins (J. Johansson) – Hedman, Cernak, Sergachyov, D. Raddysh, de Haan, Perbix – Hagel, Point, Kucherov – Stamkos, Paul, Sheary – Motte, Cirelli, Barré-Boulet – Jeannot, Glendening, Watson – Eyssimont.
    Coach: Jon Cooper

    Referees: Rooney, Dwyer – Deschamps, Baker

    Attendance: 21 105