Four. That’s the most important number to keep in mind. Montreal now needs four wins in a row to take this series. Coming back from 0-3 has only happened four times in the history of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Only one of those times was it the Stanley Cup Final. It may be a bad sign that it was the Toronto Maple Leafs who did it in 1942.
Last night, Montreal looked a lot more like the Claude Julien teams of old. They dominated the shot attempts but had a lot of trouble getting high-danger chances.