Wednesday, 3 a.m.
These days, the Lightning seem to be focused on Buffalo, the team in front of them in the standings.
Perhaps they should pay a little more attention to Montreal, the just behind them.
The Canadiens won their sixth straight game Tuesday night, beating the Lighning 4-1 at Benchmark International Arena.
That allowed Montreal to come within two points of the Lightning.
The Lightning struggled against goalie Jakub Dobes for most of the nihgt, scoring just once on 37 shots. Dobes made that stand up until Montreal scored two empty-net goals late.
The Lightning's only goal came from Jake Guentzel, his 36th of the season.
The Bolts, however, had 17 giveaways.
Nikita Kucherov had six shots for the Bolts while Brayden Point and Brandon Hagel each had five. None of them scored.
The Bolts play Pittsburgh at 7 p.m. Thursday night at Benchmark International.