Stanley Cup Final: Top moments from Lightning-Canadiens Game 4
The Montreal Canadiens have lived to play another day.
On Monday, the Canadiens secured their first win of the Stanley Cup Final, defeating the Tampa Bay Lightning 3-2 in overtime at home in Game 4.
The defending champion Lightning dominated Montreal in the best-of-seven series thus far, winning the first three games by an average score of 4.7-1.7.
But the Bolts' winning streak has come to an end, and the Habs now continue their quest to become the first Canada-based team to win the title since they did it in 1993. Game 5 is on Wednesday at 8 p.m. ET on NBC.
Here are the top moments from Game 4.
The Canadiens came out pumped up and ready to go, with a music choice that was interesting considering their opponent.
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A moment of silence was held for Columbus player Matiss Kivlenieks, 24, who died Sunday night in a fireworks accident.
The Canadiens brought it some legends to help lend support – Yvan Cournoyer, Guy Lafleur and Patrick Roy. Too bad they can't play!
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Tampa Bay came out strong, however, pressing the action in the early going.
That early dominance didn't pay off, however, and Montreal took a 1-0 lead – for the first time this series – with 4:21 to go in the first period when Josh Anderson knocked it home on a beautiful setup from Nick Suzuki.
The Lightning made another push on a power play at the end of the first period, bouncing one shot off the bar and dropping the puck on top of the net. But they couldn't put it in the goal and trailed 1-0 at the break.
Early in the second period, the Canadiens continued a strategy of being physical with Tampa Bay's Brayden Point and Nikita Kucherov.
The Lightning came THIS close to tying it on a blast by Victor Hedman, but goalie Carey Price got just enough of the puck to redirect it off the post.
Moments later, Tampa Bay did tie it up 1-1 when Ryan McDonagh set up a waiting Barclay Goodrow.
Both teams came out strong to start the final period, but it was the Canadiens who took charge when Alexander Romanov, assisted by Jake Evans, made the go-ahead goal midway through the third to put Montreal up 2-1.
However, the Lightning didn't let off the gas, and exactly five minutes later Mathieu Joseph set up Pat Maroon for a goal as the Bolts tied it 2-2 with 6:12 remaining.
Late in regulation, Montreal's Shea Weber drew a four-minute penalty for a high stick on Ondrej Palat.
And that's where things stood as time ran out on regulation and the two teams headed to overtime.
Despite the Lightning having 2:59 of power-play time to start OT, the Habs came out victorious thanks to a quick goal from Anderson, his second of the night.
And it's safe to say Montreal was rocking!
The Canadiens now trail the series 3-1 to the Lightning, who will return home for Game 5 and have another chance to become the youngest team to win a Stanley Cup in back-to-back years.
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