Andrei Vasilevskiy continues to show that he is one of the best goalies in the NHL as he earned his second straight shutout Saturday night when his Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Montreal Canadiens 3-0 at Amalie Arena in Tampa Bay, Fla.

The Lightning goaltender stopped all 20 shots he faced for his sixth shutout of the season, improving his record to 25-7-4. Habs’ netminder Carey Price stopped 34 of 37 shots in the loss.

There were no goals in the opening period. Montreal had thought they scored in the second period, but Tampa Bay challenged the play for being offside and it was, as the goal was taken back. The Lightning’s offence woke up in the third period, as they scored two goals in the opening 3:41. Nikita Kucherov scored his 27^th goal of the season on a one-timer on the power-play, and Yanni Gourde scored just over a minute later, as Kucherov also got an assist on that goal.

Tampa Bay also had a goal taken back from them. When Victor Hedman appeared to score, the Habs challenged the play for goaltender interference, and were successful as the score remained 2-0. But, Tyler Johnson later sealed the deal for Tampa Bay, scoring his 21st goal of the season late in the third period to make it 3-0.

The Lightning’s league-best power-play scored again, when Kucherov opened the scoring. Tampa went 1-for-4 and Montreal went 0-for-2.

Kucherov extended his point streak to four games, with one goal and one assist. The Russian native has five goals and eight assists during the streak and leads the league with 94 points.

Tampa Bay (44-11-4) won their fifth straight game and are now 7-0-2 in their past nine games, outscoring their opponents 25-9 during that span.

Up Next:

MTL: The Canadiens (31-20-7) travel to Sunrise, Fla. to face the Florida Panthers (24-24-8) on Sunday night as part of a back-to-back.

TB: The Lightning will face the Blue Jackets (32-21-3) in Columbus, Ohio on Monday night.

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-All stats and info courtesy of NHL.com