MONTREAL (AP) — The Tampa Bay Lightning and the Montreal Canadiens went to overtime for the third straight game Friday night, tied 2-2 after they split the first two games of the series in Florida.
Kirby Dach tied it for Montreal with 7:17 left in the second period. He fired a snap shot through traffic from the top of the right circle that got behind goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy on the short side.
Game 4 is Sunday night in Montreal. The Canadiens took
the opener 4-3 on Sunday and the Lightning countered 3-2 on Tuesday night, both in the first extra period.
Dach assisted on Alexandre Texier's opening goal at 4:53 of the first period. Jakub Dobes stopped 15 shots through regulation.
Brayden Point and Brandon Hagel scored for Tampa Bay, and Vasilevskiy made 26 saves. In the third, Vasilevskiy stymied Cole Caufield and Josh Anderson on breakaways.
Point tied it on a power play at 7:42 of the first. After Dobes was penalized for tripping Yanni Gourde, Point took Jake Guentzel’s centering pass and ripped a shot past Dobes’ blocker from the high slot.
Hagel gave Tampa Bay the lead at 4:47 of the second with his fourth goal of the series. After a Montreal turnover at its own the blue line, Hagel beat Dobes with a snap shot to the short side from the top of the left circle.
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