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Habs dominate Lightning

MONTREAL -- Scott Gomez scored a goal and set up two others as Montreal downed the Tampa Bay Lightning 5-3 on Tuesday night for their fourth win in five games since the break.

The victory solidified the Canadiens' hold on seventh place and opened a gap of seven points over the Lightning, one of the teams chasing them for a playoff spot in the NHL Eastern Conference. The Bolts have three games in hand.

It is perhaps the healthiest the Canadiens have been since the season opened in October.

And perhaps the team is starting to find some of the chemistry it has been seeking after wholesale roster changes were made last summer by former general manager Bob Gainey and his staff.

"We're starting to get a sense of what it might have been like earlier if we hadn't had the injuries," said Gomez, one of the key off-season acquisitions along with linemate Brian Gionta and Cammalleri. "But a lot of teams have had injuries. We put ourselves in the situation we're in, so we can't worry about that."

The situation is that while they are currently in a playoff spot, every team chasing them has at least one game in hand and some, like Boston and Florida, have three. The remedy for that is to keep winning games and so far Montreal has done that. SOURCE: TSN.ca

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