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Was Wednesday night's game a must-win for the Canadiens?
Some would say no, but considering how dominant the Lightning were in Game 1 (a lopsided 5-1 win on the scoresheet and the ice), the Canadiens couldnt afford to head back to Montreal down 2-0 in the Stanley Cup Final.Butwhile they played their game and dictated the style, as Brendan Gallagher stre sed they needed to do before puck drop, they still David Freese Jersey could not skate away with the win. Tampa Bay stole Game 2 with a 3-1 victory.
The game-winner by Blake Coleman, after goals by Anthony Cirelli and Nick Suzuki made it 1-1, . Coleman dove for a Barclay Goodrow pa s and swatted it past Carey Price with under a second left in the second period.
"Its just kind of a reflex, really," said Coleman rather humbly despite the fact he has a penchant for scoring these kinds of stunning markers.He scored an eerily similar goal (pa sed by then-teammate Zach Bogosian) in last years bubble, too. "I knew they had a backchecker there and I just tried to beat him to the puck. I dont think anybody is planning to dive on the ice, but that was all I had and (Barclay Goodrow)put it in a good spot.
"I dont know why these goals happen, but it was a big win for our team. I dont think anybody was really happy with our second period up to that point, so it gave us a little bit of a boost going into the third period."
Maybe the reaction by his coach, Jon Cooper, was a bit more fitting:
"It's one of those where the announcer says: 'You'll see that on "SportsCenter" tonight.' That's what that was."
Certainly.
It was a huge momentum-shifter asTampa Bay was thoroughly outplayed for most of the game; Montreal poured on 43 shots and67 shot attempts (53 at 5v5 alone) and controlled play Andre Ethier Jersey with a 59.29Corsi For percentage (per Natural Stat Trick). Suzuki was by far the best Canadiens player Wednesday night with his goal, nine shots and winning 60 percent of faceoffs.
Postgame, both sides of the aisle credited the play of Lightning netminder Andrei Vasilevskiy.
"Just the absolute competitive gamer that we know he is, night in, night out, backbone of this team," said Ryan McDonagh. "I cant say enough good things about him and, you know, we certainly want to make it a little bit easier Kirk Gibson Jersey of a night than we had to for him. But, man, hes an absolute warrior and competitor and, obviously, was the biggest piece of our win here tonight."
"Their goaltender played extremely well," noted Canadiens a sistant coach Luke Richardson."We didn't get some bounces that way ... but I thought the guys had a lot of character. They came out and played hard in the third. And unfortunately, it didn't go our way. But I was confident our guys would bounce back and play our style of game, and play it hard. And we did.
"So we're getting better. And we just plan on getting better the next game and winning that Game 3."
Richardson continued to a sume head coaching duties . The Canadiens' bench bo s is expected back for Game 3 in Montreal on Friday. Whether the Lightning will get back second-line winger and key special teams player. He mi sed Game 2 and Cooper said earlier in the day he was "day to day."
Sporting News hadall the action as the Lightning took a commanding 2-0 series lead over the Canadiens(all times Eastern).
Canadiens vs. Lightning score, highlights from Game 2Third period: Lightning 3, Canadiens 110:55 p.m. Some pleasantries as the horn sounds. Lightning take a 2-0 series lead.
10:54 p.m. Cole Caufield with the Canadiens 42nd of the night.
10:51 p.m. Shot mi ses and comes in front to Corey Perry who is stopped by Vasilevskiy.
10:50 p.m. Under two minutes to go and Carey Price is pulled.
10:46 p.m Jackie Robinson Jersey . GOAL. Joel Edmundson with a reverse that went a little to close to the net and Ondrej Palat banks it in for the insurance goal. Tampa Bay leads 3-1.
<p dir="ltr" lang="pl" xml:lang="pl"> Ondrej Palat3-1
Here's Your Replay (@TheReplayGuy) 10:34 p.m. Canadiens have 34 shots,47 shot attempts, 58.02 Corsi For percentage( ) and one goal.
10:24 p.m. A big stop by Price on Coleman who was looking for his second.
10:18 p.m. Third period begins.
Second period: Lightning 2, Canadiens 110:02 p.m. Coleman pulled off an eerily against the Bruins.
9:59 p.m. GOAL. My goodne s. WHAT. A. GOAL. With under asecondleft, a diving Blake Coleman knocks the puck past Carey Price. Unreal. Tampa Bay leads 2-1.
<p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en">Unreal buzzer beater from Blake Coleman
Pete Blackburn (@PeteBlackburn) 9:55 p.m. Johnson is back, by the way, and almost scored on a loose puck after the power play had ended.
9:54 p.m Hyun-Jin Ryu Jersey . Good chance by Point from the slot.
9:53 p.m. Joel Armia cro s-checks Blake Coleman to the face and gets two. Lightning are 0-for-2 on the power play so far.
9:51 p.m. With under four minutes to go:
Nick Suzuki has eight shots on goal and a goal.The Lightning have eight shots on goal and a goal.9:50 p.m. John Travolta is at the game.
<p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en">John Travolta in the house
Joe Smith (@JoeSmithTB) 9:40 p.m. PP GOAL. Well, that was quick. Po sibly a few deflections on Nick Suzuki's throw-on-net shot. Game tied 1-1.
<p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en">NICK SUZUKI TIES IT UP! |
Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) 9:39 pm. Lehkonen goes to the locker room after that hard hit. Tyler Johnson who got the primary on Cirelli's goal heads to the locker room after blocking that shot.
9:37 p.m. Sergachev takes down Lehkonen hard, nowhere near the puck and Canadiens head to the power play.
<p dir="ltr" lang="fi" xml:lang="fi">Dangerous play from Mikhail Sergachev here on Artturi Lehkonen
Here's Your Replay (@TheReplayGuy) 9:33 p.m. Tyler Johnson with a big block on Logan Forsythe Jersey Jesperi Kotkaniemi and he comes up limping. Reminder: he took Killorn's spot on the second line. Johnson is shown on the bench a little uncomfortable.
9:27 p.m. GOAL. Anthony Cirelli covers the point, throws the puck on net and itgets past Carey Price. It's the Lightning's eighth shot on goal in the game. Tampa Bay leads 1-0.
<p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en">The Lightning strike first in Game 2! |
Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) 9:24 p.m. Lightning get their first shot on net in the last 13 minutes.
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