Tampa Bay Lightning vs Montreal Canadiens: Live Stream, Start Time, Watch NHL Stanley Cup Online
Hoping to extend their lead in the series, the Tampa Bay Lightning host the Montreal Canadiens at Amelie Arena in the NHL Stanley Cup. The Game 3 match will be on May 6, 2015 at 7 p.m. ET.
Tampa Bay currently lead the series 2-0, winning both games away from home to the surprise of the Montreal faithful.
They opened the series up with a tough 2-1 double overtime win, with Nikita Kucherov scoring the winning goal inside the third minute of the fifth period. Tyler Johnson scored early in the third after a blank first two periods for both teams, but Max Pacioretty found the equalizing goal that forced the game to extra time. However, Tampa Bay looked to be the fresher of the two teams until Kucherov eventually found the winner to shock the home crowd.
In the second game, Montreal started off well with Jeff Petry scoring his first goal of the playoffs in only the 7:20 mark of the first period. However, it was leveled with a Valtteri Filppula power-play goal at the dying seconds of the period. From there, the Lightning grabbed hold of the game with three goals in the second period, two of those were power-play goals with Steven Stamkos, Kucherov and Victor Hedman beating Carey Price.
Kucherov continued his scoring onslaught with another power-play goal in the third to give t hem a 5-1 lead, before Tom Gilbert stopped Monteral's bleeding with a consolation goal. J.T. Brown put the finishing touches in the 17th minute of the last period to eventually help with the game for Tampa Bay 6-2.
Another win for Tampa Bay places them in a dominating position where they will only need one more win out of the last four games to move on, while Montreal will need to win four straight to continue their season.
So this is a must-win for Montreal, and to get scores and highlights go to NHL.com. For live streaming, click here.
