Nikita Kucherov and Brayden Point each had a goal and an assist for Tampa Bay (17-11-2), which had been shut out in its previous two games, including a 2-0 loss at the Toronto Maple Leafs on Monday. Jonas Johansson made 26 saves in his fourth straight start.
Oliver Kapanen scored a power-play goal late in the second for Montreal (15-11-3), which has lost four of six. Jakub Dobes, making his fourth start in a row, allowed three goals on 14 shots before he was replaced after the first period. Sam Montembeault allowed three goals on 12 shots in relief.
Montreal forward Cole Caufield’s point streak ended at 11 games, which had been the longest active run in the NHL. He had 13 points (four goals, nine assists) during the streak, which tied the longest of his career.
Lightning defenseman Victor Hedman left the game after the first period because of an undisclosed injury and did not return.
Point put Tampa Bay up 1-0 at 2:27 of the first period, ending the Lightning’s goal drought at 130:43. He drove around Canadiens defenseman Jayden Struble inside the blue line before skating in alone to score on a wrist shot over Dobes’ right shoulder from the right face-off circle.
Jake Guentzel assisted on the goal for his 600th NHL point.
Pontus Holmberg made it 2-0 at 6:03 when he came out of the penalty box and jumped on a loose puck before putting a backhand between Dobes’ pads on a breakaway.
Kucherov pushed it to 3-0 at 17:12 when he one-timed a shot into an open right side from the right face-off circle.
Charle-Edouard D’Astous made it 4-0 at 2:43 of the second. D’Astous finished the game plus-5.
Kapanen cut it to 4-1 at 19:06. He batted the puck into an open net after Nick Suzuki’s shot from the left circle hit both posts.
Raddysh extended it to 5-1 at 1:22 of the third period when he scored on a wrist shot over Montembeault’s right shoulder from a sharp angle on the right side.
Raddysh then pushed it to 6-1 with a power-play goal at 8:41. He scored from the point off a face-off win for his second NHL multigoal game in his 200th game.
