Jake Evans scores with 2:15 remaining as the Canadiens close the gap between the teams in the Atlantic Division.

Third period MTL 3, TBL 2 17:44 Jake Evans (11) - Joel Armia, Alexandre Carrier Jake Evans secured Montreal’s first lead in the game’s closing minutes, sending his one-timer from the left circle into the top half of the Lightning net with just over two minutes remaining.

Jake Evans scored the go-ahead goal with 2:15 left in regulation, rookie Lane Hutson matched an NHL record and the Montreal Canadiens stayed hot with a 3-2 win over the visiting Tampa Bay Lightning on Tuesday night.

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The Canadiens will have cap space, and there's a player who has recently shown interest in joining Montreal via free agency.

It wasn't called initially, but Dave Jackson, the former NHL referee (now an analyst for ESPN), has just confirmed that a penalty should definitely have been called on this sequence. We've received a lot of questions about this, and here's the answer.

Prediction for the NHL-1 match between Montreal vs Tampa Bay, which will take place on January 22nd. Who will turn out to be stronger? Check the teams' conditions! Several betting options are available.

Game time is 7 p.m. ET and you can watch it on NHL Network or live stream it on ESPN+, fubo TV (FREE trial, add-on), Sling TV (discount, add-on) or DirecTV Stream (FREE trial and discount, add-on).

The Montreal Canadiens have a great history of rookie goaltenders changing their franchise's fortunes. Could Jakub Dobes be next in line?

I feel like the Montreal Canadiens need to get more defensemen in their system. The upcoming draft has a fair amount but very few stars. Many of them are good and have specific talents; one is Charlie Tretheway.

Also in this week's notebook, a gaffe early against the Rangers, St. Louis on the early season negativity, Suzuki on Slafkovský's progress.