Free-agent left wing Alex Tanguay officially became a member of the Tampa Bay Lightning Tuesday. The NHL club didn't reveal how much it will pay the 29-year-old winger or how long the deal is for. Tanguay scored 16 goals and had 25 assists in 50 games for Montreal last year before separating a shoulder in a Dec.

Alex Kovalev and Alex Tanguay each scored two goals Tuesday and the Montreal Canadiens skated to a 6-3 victory over the Atlanta Thrashers. Saku Koivu had a goal and two assists and Glen Metropolit also scored for Montreal, which ended a five-game winless streak.

A separated left shoulder will cause Montreal Canadiens forward Alex Tanguay to miss at least six weeks of NHL action. Tanguay was hurt in the first period of a 2-1 win over Tampa Bay Tuesday on a body check by 6-foot-5-inch, 260-pound Lightning forward Evgeny Artyukhin. The Montreal Gazette reported Friday that the hit was so violent that a pane of glass was dislodged from the corner boards at the St.

Alex Kovalev's goal with 25 seconds left in overtime Saturday night boosted the Montreal Canadiens to a come-from-behind 4-3 win over Buffalo. Regulation ended in a 3-3 tie after Montreal's Sergei Kostitsyn (power play) scored his sixth goal this season at 15:06 of the third period. Kostitsyn scored twice, Alex Tanguay once, Andrei Markov had two assists, and Jaroslav Halak surrendered three goals on 34 shots in the Canadiens' second straight victory following a three-game losing streak. Buffalo had taken a 2-1 second period lead on goals by Derek Roy in the first and Clarke MacArthur in the second.

Maxim Lapierre scored unassisted early in the second period Thursday to give Montreal a four-goal lead en route to a 6-2 win over the New York Rangers. Montreal won its third straight, equaling its longest winning streak of the season.