The Montreal Canadiens have lived to play another day.
On Monday, the canadians secured his first victory Stanley Cup Finaldefeating 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 with 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 Canadian-based team to win the title since they did so in 1993. Game 5 is Wednesday at 8 p.m. ET on NBC.
These are the best moments from Game 4.
The Canadiens came out pumped up and ready to play, with a musical choice that was interesting considering their opponent.
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A moment of silence was observed for Columbus player Matiss Kivlenieks, 24, who died Sunday night in a fireworks accident.
The Canadiens brought in a few legends to help 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 early on.
That early dominance didn’t pay off, though, and Montreal took a 1-0 lead, for the first time in this series, with 4:21 left in the first period when Josh Anderson pummeled it on a beautiful Nick Suzuki setup. . .
The Lightning made another push on a power play late in the first period, bouncing a shot off the bar and dropping the puck over the net. But they couldn’t get it into the goal and trailed 1-0 at halftime.
Early in the second quarter, the Canadiens continued a strategy of being physical with Tampa Bay’s Brayden Point and Nikita Kucherov.
The Lightning came THIS close to tying with a Victor Hedman shot, but goalie Carey Price got enough of the puck to redirect it off the post.
Moments later, Tampa Bay tied it 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 the reins as Alexander Romanov, assisted by Jake Evans, made the go-ahead goal midway through the third to put Montreal up 2-1.
The Lightning didn’t let up, however, and exactly five minutes later Mathieu Joseph set up a Pat Maroon goal to earn the Bolts a 2-2 tie with 6:12 remaining.
At the end of regulation, Montreal’s Shea Weber received a four-minute penalty for a high stick on Ondrej Palat.
And that’s how things stood when regulation time ran out and the two teams headed into overtime.
Despite the Lightning having 2:59 of power play time to start overtime, the Habs emerged victorious thanks to a quick Anderson goal, their second of the night.
And it’s safe to say that Montreal was rocking!
The Canadiens now follow the series 3-1 against the Lightning, who will return home for Game 5 and have another chance to become the youngest team to win a Stanley Cup in consecutive years.
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