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Lightning lose in overtime, 3-2 as Montreal avoids the sweep

For most of the playoffs the Tampa Bay Lightning’s power play has been dominant, scoring at a 40% rate through the first three rounds. Against the Montreal Canadiens, it’s been powered down. They’ve yet to score with the extra skater, and on Monday, it cost them a chance to end the Stanley Cup Final. The Canadiens defended a four-minute Lightning power play at the end of regulation and into overtime before Josh Anderson slid a puck past Andrei Vasilevskiy to give Montreal a 3-2 victory and send the series back to Tampa,

The Lightning battled back from two one-goal deficits as Barclay Goodrow and Patrick Maroon scored, but thanks to a strong game by Carey Price (32 saves) and the posts (the Lightning had three pucks bounce off the iron), the Canadiens emerged victorious in front of their home crowd.