Tampa Bay had been 0-7 in its previous seven overtime games in the Stanley Cup Playoffs.<\/p>\n
“The guys played hard, they are a determined group,” Lightning coach Jon Cooper said. “When there are obstacles in the way, they’ll try and get through it any way possible.”<\/p>\n
Brandon Hagel<\/a> had a goal and an assist, and Nikita Kucherov<\/a> also scored for the Lightning, who are the No. 2 seed from the Atlantic Division. Cirelli had two assists, and Andrei Vasilevskiy<\/a> made 25 saves.<\/p>\n Lane Hutson<\/a> and Josh Anderson<\/a> scored for the\u00a0Canadiens, who are the No. 3 seed from the Atlantic. Dobes made 31 saves.<\/p>\n “I felt like every time we were jumping on the ice with a fresh line they always started defending,” Montreal coach Martin St. Louis said. “We defended in the whole third (period). I thought we did a really good job in the first two periods playing with the puck and having poise, and it just got away from us.”<\/p>\n The best-of-7 series is tied 1-1. Game 3 will be at Bell Centre in Montreal on Friday (7 p.m. ET; CBC, TVAS, SN, TNT, truTV, HBO MAX, The Spot).<\/p>\n “Let’s be honest, going up there and being down 0-2, your margin of error keeps getting smaller and smaller,” Cooper said. “At least we kept our margin of error the same, if not even given ourselves a little bit better of a chance.”<\/p>\n