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 Goaltender Carey Price made 33 saves for Montreal while Ben Bishop
stopped 43 shots for the Lightning, who opened the scoring through
Tyler Johnson early in the third period before Max Pacioretty
replied in the closing minutes for the Canadiens.
The Lightning thought they ended it early in the first overtime when
Kucherov took advantage of a bouncing puck to break in on Price but
officials ruled out the goal, deeming that the winger had pushed the
goalie into the net.
The Canadiens skated out to a strong start, controlling the play and
hitting a pair of posts early in the first but were unable to get
anything by Bishop.
Pacioretty was involved in two of Montreal's best chances in the
second, both short-handed, but could not break through until 14:47
in the third with a goal that sent the game into overtime.
Johnson had earlier scored his NHL-leading seventh goal of the
playoffs at 2:34 of the third period.
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After a penalty to Montreal expired, defenseman Matt Carle fired a
shot from the top of the left circle and Johnson, battling with
Canadiens blue-liner Tom Gilbert in front of Price, deflected it
just under the crossbar.
Game Two of the best-of-seven series is in Montreal on Sunday.
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