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© St. Petersburg Times, published December 12, 2002
WHEN/WHERE: 7:30; Molson Centre, Montreal.
TV/RADIO: Sunshine; WDAE-AM 620.
THE LOWDOWN: Lightning D Pavel Kubina (right foot contusion) is day to day. ... Since play resumed after last season's Olympic break, F Vinny Prospal led the league, entering Wednesday, with 40 assists. C Brad Richards has 39, as do Pittsburgh's Mario Lemieux and Alexei Kovalev. ... Richards has a goal and five assists in his past five games. ... Montreal C Doug Gilmour has two goals, three assists in his past five games. ... Center and leading scorer Saku Koivu has one goal, four assists in his past 10. ... The Lightning is winless in its past five road games (0-3-0-2), is 0-2-0-1 in its past three, and is 2-6-1-2 in its past games 11 overall. ... The Canadiens are 3-4-0-2 in their past nine games and 3-1-0-1 in their past five at home. ... Tampa Bay is 5-7-3-2 on the road. Montreal is 6-5-3-1 at home. ... Tampa Bay's Dan Boyle had 23 points entering Wednesday, two off the league lead for defensemen. ... Montreal had the worst home penalty kill at 74.3 percent and the second worst overall at 78 percent. ... The Lightning is 10-7-2-2 against the East. The Canadiens are 9-7-3-1. ... Tampa Bay trails the series 14-18-5-1 and is 7-10-1 at Montreal.
-- Compiled by Damian Cristodero.