Hagel tied it 2-2 on a power play at 1:40 of the third period. He set up at the edge of crease and escaped coverage to finish a backdoor pass from\u00a0Kucherov across the blue paint.<\/p>\n
Hagel then teamed up with\u00a0Kucherov again to give Tampa Bay its first lead at 15:07. Shortly after Montreal killed off a 5-on-3 power play that lasted for 1:11,\u00a0Hagel planted himself at the front of the net and had Kucherov’s shot from the right circle deflect in off his chest.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s the best player in the world,\u201d Hagel said of Kucherov. \u201cHe\u2019s been doing it continuously every single year. Yeah, I got the opportunity to play with him for many years, so maybe you can say I gained a little bit of chemistry with him. But at the same time, you put that guy out with any five guys, he\u2019s going to make five guys around him better.\u201d<\/p>\n
Bolduc put Montreal up 1-0 at 10:06 of the second period. Vasilevskiy poked the puck away from Bolduc\u00a0on a drive to the net, but the puck deflected in off the Canadiens forward.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Caufield, who scored 51 goals in the regular season, pushed it to 2-0 at 13:29 with his first of the postseason. He set up at the edge of the crease and tapped in\u00a0Nick Suzuki<\/a>\u2019s backdoor pass from the left corner.<\/p>\n