After overtaking the Canadians in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final, Lightning is about to repeat itself
The Montreal Canadiens’ dream is to raise the Stanley Cup for the 25th time to end an impossible playoff game in a season without other life support.
The Tampa Bay Chargers are now sipping their victory from the hockey hockey holy grail for the second time in just 10 months.
Taylor Johnson scored twice, Nikita Kucherov and Victor Hedman each had a goal and an assist. Tampa defeated Montreal 6-3 on Friday and 3 in the final. -0 killed the opponent.
Jan Rutta and Blake Coleman also scored in the empty net, and Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 32 shots. Ondrej Palat added two assists. After missing the entire regular season due to hip surgery, Kucherov’s two points allowed him to score the league’s best 32 points in the playoffs.
MONTREAL The Montreal Canadiens dream of hoisting the Stanley Cup for a 25th time to close out an improbable playoff run in a season like no other is on life support.
And the Tampa Bay Lightning are now one victory from sipping out of hockey s holy grail for the second time in just over 10 months.
Tyler Johnson scored twice, Nikita Kucherov and Victor Hedman had a goal and an assist each, and Tampa defeated Montreal 6-3 on Friday to take a 3-0 stranglehold in the final.
Jan Rutta and Blake Coleman, into and empty net, also scored, while Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 32 shots. Ondrej Palat added two assists. After missing the entire regular season because of hip surgery, Kucherov s two points gives him a league-best 32 in these playoffs.
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‘It’s been a really long time’: Leafs and Habs ready to renew playoff rivalry
by Joshua Clipperton, The Canadian Press
Posted May 20, 2021 6:08 am EDT
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The wait is almost over.
It’s been more than 42 years since Canadiens great Larry Robinson scored in overtime to eliminate the Maple Leafs from the second round of the 1979 playoffs.
Now, this country’s Original Six franchises are primed finally, in the NHL’s pandemic-truncated campaign to meet again in the post-season.
“It’s very symbolic in terms of the history,” said Leafs head coach Sheldon Keefe, who was born 17 months after that Toronto-Montreal series ended. “But it’s been a really long time.”