Tonight at 7:00 p.m. ET, the Montreal Canadiens and Tampa Bay Lightning faceoff for Game 2 of their best-of-seven Stanley Cup Playoffs Round 1 series live from the Tampa Bay Times Forum. The game can be live streamed for free here. Montreal fans can hear all of the action on TSN 690 while Tampa Bay fans can do the same on WFLA 970.
Montreal will look to take a 2-0 series lead after earning a 5-4 overtime victory in Game 1 while Tampa Bay hopes to even things up before the series shifts to Canada.
Dale Weise was an unexpected hero in Game 1 on Wednesday when he notched the decisive tally in the extra frame to give the Canadiens the series lead with 1:52 left in overtime.
"You need contributions from everyone if you want to have success in the playoffs," coach Michel Therrien said Thursday, according to NHL.com.
The Lightning are looking to draw even before traveling to Montreal, and the team hopes to have rookie sensation Ondrej Palat in the lineup after he re-aggravated an upper-body injury in Game 1.
"He's been a part of some really physical hits last few games. In all seriousness, he'll be a game-time decision," coach Jon Cooper said via NHL.com.
Carey Price will return to the crease for the Canadiens after stopping 21 shots and allowing four goals in Game 1. Ben Bishop (elbow) isn't expected back for the Lightning so Anders Lindback will likely suit up again after yielding five goals while turning aside 39 shots Wednesday.
Tampa Bay will look for captain Steven Stamkos to continue to be a spark plug after he notched two goals in Game 1 while Nikita Kucherov, and Alex Killorn also found the twine for them.
Montreal had five different goal-scorers on Wednesday as aside from the game-winner by Weise, Tomas Plekanec, captain Brian Gionta, Lars Eller and Thomas Vanek each lit the lamp.
The Canadiens look to take a 2-0 series lead while the Lightning try and tie things up when the puck drops on Game 2 of their best-of-seven Stanley Cup Playoffs matchup tonight at the Tampa Bay Times Forum.
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