Lightning Strike Canadiens in OT, Send Playoff Series to Tampa for Game 7
The first-round playoff series between the Tampa Bay Lightning and Montreal Canadiens has quickly become a classic. One which will […] This article: Lightning Strike Canadiens in OT, Send Playoff Series to Tampa for Game 7 originally appeared on Florida Hockey Now.
Eric Bolte-Imagn Images The first-round playoff series between the Tampa Bay Lightning and Montreal Canadiens has quickly become a classic. One which will end in a Game 7. We had yet another one-goal game in this series on Friday night, this time it was the Lightning scoring for a 1-0 win in overtime.
All six games have been decided by a single goal — with four going to overtime. “One more,’’ Jon Cooper mouthed to the crowd as he walked off the Bell Centre ice, wagging his index finger. On Friday, Gage Goncalves won it 9:03 into overtime when he got down low and swept in a loose puck off his own rebound.
Per ESPN, it was Goncalves’ first-ever goal in an overtime. “Happy with the way we kept trucking through,” Goncalves said. “Now, we look at this moment, jjst forced a Game 7, so we’re pretty fired up.
’’ Game 7 will be Sunday night in Tampa. The road team has won four of the first six games in this series. The winner gets the Buffalo Sabres in Round 2 after they knocked out the Bruins 4-1 on Friday night.