MONTREAL — Jake Evans scored the winning goal with 2:15 remaining to rally the Montreal Canadiens past the Tampa Bay Lightning 3-2 on Tuesday night. Evans finished a feed from Joel Armia to break the tie with his 11th goal. Juraj Slafkovsky and Alex ...

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

The Canadiens’ Lane Hutson extended his assist and point streaks (13 points; one goal, 12 assists) to nine games, tying the NHL record for the longest assist streak by a rookie defenseman, set by Shayne Gostisbehere of the Philadelphia Flyers in 2015-16.

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.

Tampa Bay isn’t piling up points, especially on the road, while other Atlantic Division teams are surging into the playoff picture.

MONTREAL (AP) — Jake Evans scored the winning goal with 2:15 remaining to rally the Montreal Canadiens past the Tampa Bay Lightning 3-2 on Tuesday night.

On Tuesday night at Bell Centre, the Montreal Canadians overcame a two-goal deficit to defeat the Tampa Bay Lightning 3-2 and improve to 24-19-4. Montreal center Jake Evans scored

Following a statement win against the Tampa Bay Lightning, Montreal Canadiens forward Jake Evans voiced a very strong message to every team in the NHL.

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.

MONTREAL (AP) — Jake Evans scored the winning goal with 2:15 remaining to rally the Montreal Canadiens past the Tampa Bay Lightning 3-2 on Tuesday night. Evans finished a feed from Joel Armia to ...

Lightning general manager Julian BriseBois believes that his team is playing better than last season despite their struggles.

The Lightning have so much talent, it’s easy to look past their weaknesses. They can dazzle you with skill, they have what might be the best scoring line in hockey and they’ve had few problems offensively,