Goalie Ben Bishop assisted on two goals and Vladislav Namestnikov scored twice as the Tampa Bay Lightning downed Montreal 5-3 to complete a season series sweep of the Canadiens on Monday night.

Bishop started plays that set up breakaway goals by Namestnikov and Jonathan Drouin in the second period. Nikita Kucherov also scored for Tampa Bay (47-23-7), which moved to one point back of Montreal for top spot in the Atlantic Division.

The Lightning won all five games this season against the Canadiens, outscoring them 21-8. Montreal swept them in the first round of playoffs last spring.

Max Pacioretty, Jeff Petry and P.K. Subban scored for Montreal (47-22-8), which was outshot 31-13 through two one-sided periods and 44-28 overall but managed to keep it close until Anton Stralman's empty-net goal in the final minute.

Bishop was the first goalie to record two assists in a game since Ryan Miller did it for Buffalo on Feb. 25, 2014. The NHL record of three was set by Calgary's Jeff Reese against San Jose on Feb. 10, 1993.

Only 1:24 into the second, Bishop caught Montreal on a line change as he hit Steven Stamkos with a pass to the far blue-line to send Namestnikov in alone to score.

 

First Period

No Scoring.

Penalties -- Mitchell Mtl (hooking) 5:39, De La Rose Mtl (tripping) 10:16, Petry Mtl (tripping) 11:55, Witkowski TB (slashing) 16:45.

Second Period

1. Tampa Bay, Namestnikov 8 (Stamkos, Bishop) 1:24.

2. Montreal, Pacioretty 37 (Plekanec, Markov) 4:24 (sh).

3. Tampa Bay, Drouin 3 (Stralman, Bishop) 4:57 (pp).

4. Tampa Bay, Kucherov 28 (Namestnikov, Palat) 18:07.

Penalties -- Weise Mtl (slashing) 2:07, Weise Mtl (unsportsmanlike conduct) 2:07, Killorn TB (tripping) 14:13.

Third Period

5. Montreal, Petry 5 (Eller) :23.

6. Tampa Bay, Namestnikov 9 (Palat) 6:21.

7. Montreal, Subban 14 (Beaulieu) 16:10 (pp).

8. Tampa Bay, Stralman 9 (Boyle) 19:03 (en).

Penalties -- Stamkos TB (tripping) 14:32, Pacioretty Mtl (roughing) 16:48, Bishop TB (roughing) 16:48.

Shots on goal by

Tampa Bay 13 18 13 -- 44

Montreal 7 6 15 -- 28

Goal --

Power plays (goal-chances) -- Tampa Bay: 1-5; Montreal: 1-3.

at Montreal.