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TAMPA, Fla. (AP) – Martin Rucinsky was the latest to ruin a
Tampa Bay Lightning home game.
Rucinsky scored on a penalty shot and Patrice Brisebois had the
winning goal for the second time in three games as Montreal beat
Tampa Bay 6-2 on Thursday night.
The Canadiens are 3-0-1-1 in their last five road games, while
the Lightning have lost four straight at home following a 6-0-0-1
run at the Ice Palace.
Brisebois gave Montreal a 3-2 lead with a power-play goal with
1:59 left in the second period. Oleg Petrov added two goals in the
third period and Chad Kilger also scored.
Brisebois, who came in with the worst plus-minus rating in the
NHL at minus-29, has six goals in eight games against Tampa Bay
since last season.
Lightning forward Ben Clymer had the only goal of the first
period, scoring on a power play at 11:17. Rucinsky tied it with his
fourth goal in as many games, beating Kevin Weekes on a penalty
shot at 4:11 of the second.
"It's nice to get a goal that way," said Rucinsky, who also
had two assists. "I'm just happy to be successful. I'll take
that."
Weekes thought he would stop Rucinsky's try.
"I usually make the save on a breakaway, not to discredit him
in any way," Weekes said. "He made a good move."
Nils Ekman restored the Lightning lead at the 10:57 mark, but
Richard Zednik tied it again just under two minutes later.
"I didn't make the save on either (breakaway)," Weekes said.
"If I at least made one of them, then I still would have been in
pretty good position."
Game notes
Tampa Bay centers Vincent Lecavalier and Brad Richards were
selected to represent Canada in the world championships April
28 through May 13 in Germany. ... Lightning defenseman Andrei Zyuzin returned after
missing three games with a concussion. ... Montreal center Jan Bullis
injured a knee in a collision with Lightning left wing Gordie Dwyer, who
received a five-minute kneeing penalty and a game misconduct.
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