December 11th, 1982
Tampa Bay Lightning (15-18-3) at
Montreal Canadiens (20-14-2)
Montreal are home for 3 starting with the Lightning at the Bell Center today. Montreal are on a modest 4 game win streak but are facing the Lightning that have beat us twice so far this season. Both games were in Tampa and in September, the last game was 4-1 for the Lightning. Montreal will welcome back C
Melvin Swiney to the line-up. He has been out since December 3rd.
Tampa Bay are currently 13th in the East with 33 points, they are currently 5 points out of the final playoff spot. Tampa has a 3-11-0 record on the road.
LW
Gene Schuler leads the team with 10 goals this year. With 10 assists for 20 points in 36 games. The 31 year old is a great hitter and puck handler. He played his 1st 2 seasons with the Kings before being traded to the Lightning on August 2nd, 1982. In 196 career NHL games, he has 40 goals, 63 assists for 103 points, 389 PIMs and a +4 rating.
C
Yann Boulanger leads the teams with 16 assists and 25 points in 36 games. The 19 year old is still just developing, but already shows good offensive read skills and checking the opposition. In his 2nd year in the NHL, he has 25 goals, 37 assists for 62 points with 86 PIMs and a +1 rating in 118 NHL games. After finishing his junior career with the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles of the QMJHL, he was drafted 37th overall by the Lightning in the 1981 NHL Entry Draft.
RD
Ben Stewart is 3rd on the team with 19 points, including 7 goals. The 30 year 1982 All-Star is a great playmaker and an outstanding skater. In his 3rd season with Tampa Bay, he has 30 goals with 61 assists and 91 points. He all has 254 PIMs with a -23 rating in 200 career NHL games.
The Lightning will start G
Guillaume Tremblay who has 12 wins in 30 starts with a .909 save %. The Habs will start G
Mike Blackshear. He has 17 wins in 30 starts with a .888 save %.
It took Tampa just 17 seconds to open the scoring, LW
Gene Schuler got his 11th to make it 1-0. Tampa makes it 2-0 at 16:12 when C
Paul Bleecker gets his 8th of the season. The period ends 2-0 in favour of the Lightning but Montreal out shoots them 14 to 6.
Montreal gets on the board at 8:25 of the 2nd when LW
Jiri Bohm gets his 2nd of the year on the PP. Its now 2-1 for Tampa. Thats how the period ends, the shots were 8 to 7 in the 2nd for Tampa.
The Habs and Lightning play it pretty tight in the 3rd but LD
Brian Robertson scores on the empty net at 19:31 to make it 3-1 for the Lightning. The shots were 10 to 8 for Tampa in the 3rd.
LD
Brian Robertson was named the 1st star. The Lightning player had a goal and 4 shots in 15:36 of ice time. The 29 year old Robertson now has 2 goals and 8 points in 37 games. In 80 career NHL games, he has 4 goals, 10 assists for 14 points with 26 PIMs and a +0 rating. He has also played 75 AHL games. He was traded by the Canucks on July 1st, 1982 to the Lightning.
Tampa Bay 3
Montreal 1
| PER | TEAM | GOAL | # | ASSIST | ASSIST |
| 1st | TBL | Gene Schuler | 11 | Rod Dow | Tony Jones |
| 1st | TBL | Paul Bleecker | 8 | Unassisted |
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| 2nd | MTL | Jiri Bohm (PP) | 2 | Matej Ouhrabka | Yevgeny Ronov |
| 3rd | TBL | Brian Robertson (EN) | 2 | Ernie MacIntrye | Camerson Janssens |
| MAJOR PENALTY's |
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| PER | TEAM | PLAYER | MIN | PENALTY |
| 3rd | MTL | Dave Wright | 5 | Fighting |
| 2nd | TBL | Gene Schuler | 5 | Fighting |
| TEAM | GOALIE | SA | GA |
| TBL | Guillaume Tremblay | 29 | 1 |
| MTL | Mike Blackshear | 23 | 2 |
Around the league............
Florida Panthers LD
Scott Weaver had 2 assists in a 8-3 win over the Red Wings. The 19 year old Weaver now has 5 goals and 23 points in 37 games. Weaver is in his 2nd season in the NHL, all 112 games with the Panthers. He has 12 career NHL goals, 42 assists for 54 points with 34 PIMs and a +21 rating. He was selected 42nd overall in the 1981 NHL Entry Draft after finishing his career with the Kingston Frontenacs of the OHL.
Nashville Predators C
Jeremy Longboat had 3 assists in a 4-2 win over the Avalanche. The 25 year old Longboat now has 16 goals and 43 points in 36 games. The 1982 All-Star is in his 3rd year with Nashville, in 200 career games he has 75 goals, 105 assists for 180 points with 196 PIMs and a +18 rating.
San Jose Sharks LW
Randy McMullen had an assist in a 3-2 win over the Ducks. The 27 year old McMullen now has 14 goals and 34 points in 38 games. McMullen is in his 3rd season with the Sharks, he has 67 goals with 76 assists for 143 points with 116 PIMs and a -2 rating in 182 career NHL games.