NHL action on Friday features a meeting between the Tampa Bay Lightning (50-26-6) and Montreal Canadiens (48-24-10) at Bell Centre, starting at 7 p.m. ET on TNT. The matchup is Game 3 of the NHL Playoffs First Round. The series is knotted up 1-1.
How to watch Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Montreal Canadiens
Tampa Bay vs. Montreal odds
Injury reports
Lightning
Charle-Edouard D’Astous: Day-To-Day (Undisclosed),
Victor Hedman: Out (Personal),
Pontus Holmberg: Out (Upper Body)
Canadiens
Noah Dobson: Out (Thumb),
Patrik Laine: Out (Abdomen)
Stats to know
- Nikita Kucherov has put up 130 points in 76 games (44 goals and 86 assists).
- Andrei Vasilevskiy has a 2.3 goals-against average, and 1,343 saves. His .912 save percentage is fourth-best in the league.
- Nicholas Suzuki has 101 points this season (1.2 per game), with 29 goals and 72 assists in 82 games (playing 20:49 per game).
- Jakub Dobes has allowed 117 goals (2.8 goals-against average) and collected 1,067 saves with a .901 save percentage (26th in the league).
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