The Tampa Bay Lightning and Montreal Canadiens are headed to overtime for a second consecutive game, as the sides are tied 2-2 after regulation.
Nikita Kucherov scored the equalizer for Tampa Bay at the 12:33 mark of the third period, when a Canadiens turnover in their own zone found Kucherov’s stick behind the net and he was able to beat Dobes on a wrap around, evening the score at 2-2.
Josh Anderson gave Montreal its first lead of the game late in the second period when he chipped a bouncing puck just outside the crease over Andrei Vasilevskiy’s pad.
Lane Hutson found the opening marker for the Canadiens late in a power play in the first period on a shot from the point that fooled Vasilevskiy to even the score at 1-1.
Brandon Hagel continued his torrid start to the series with the game’s opening goal at the 8:40 mark in the opening frame - also on Tampa Bay’s first shot on goal of the contest.
A broken stick for a Habs player left the team undermanned on an even-strength play, and Hagel found a good spot to unleash a shot that banked in off the post to beat Jakub Dobes.
Montreal owns a 1-0 series lead thanks to a Slafkovsky hat trick in Game 1 - which included the overtime winner.
