Late-game collapse in game four

Published on: 27 4 月, 2026 by admin

The Montreal Canadiens host the Tampa Bay Lightning on Sunday night, looking to clinch their first-round series.

Legendary defenseman Serge Savard followed in the footsteps of his longtime teammate Yvan Cournoyer and turned the ball around at the Bell Center on Friday evening.

It was another tight contest between two evenly matched teams, with the Lightning ultimately emerging with a 3–2 victory, tying the series at two games apiece in the process.

Let's look at the highlights!

All eyes on Dobbs

Unlike previous games, the Lightning quickly created several high-danger scoring chances, forcing Canadiens netminder Jacob Dobbs to make some tough saves in the first period.

The rookie netminder was far from calm, but that's par for the course when discussing Dobbs' playing style, which is clearly chaotic good. What matters most is that he responded well to the Lightning's increased scoring opportunities.

make your own luck

Even though the Canadiens trailed in the first period, they did a great job of capitalizing on their first high-danger scoring opportunity of the game, which occurred midway through the second frame.

It was Zachary Bolduc who opened the scoring, and although the goal could be described as relatively fluke, as it bounced off him before it even reached the back of the net, good things happen when you run the slot.

Alexandre Texier and Caden Guhle both provided excellent assists in the scoring game.

the monkey dug a ditch

Even though Cole Caufield scored 51 goals during the regular season, you can be sure he was uncomfortable not scoring a goal in three playoff games, as evidenced by his celebration after the power play goal at the end of the second period.

Few players around the NHL enjoy playing hockey as much as Caufield, but that's because he's only happy when he's scoring. Fortunately, few players around the NHL score as much as Caufield.

His first goal in the series was also the first time the Canadiens managed to establish a two-goal lead against the Lightning.

insult to injury

A big, clean bodycheck by Maxwell Crozier on Juraj Slafkowski derailed what was otherwise an excellent period for the Canadiens. The heavy blow forced the 22-year-old Slovak to retreat to the locker room in the final minutes of the second frame.

The Lightning scored their first goal of the game shortly thereafter when veteran Jake Guentzel scored his goal of the series, but thankfully Slafkowski eventually returned to the ice for the third period.

lightning strikes twice

With Oliver Kapanen in the box for a questionable high-sticking penalty, the Lightning tied the game, although it must be said that the Habs made life much easier for their opponents.

Regardless of whether the call was legitimate or not, talented players like Nikita Kucherov and Brandon Hagel will always make you pay if you give them too much time in the offensive zone.

luck changes

The Canadians were ready to take advantage of the change in momentum after an impressive 5-on-3 penalty kill, but the surge that had given the Habs the opening goal of the game came back to haunt them when Hagel scored his second goal of the match-up.

This gave the Lightning a 3-2 lead with a little less than five minutes remaining in the third period.

Women give destiny, women take away destiny.

The Montreal Canadiens will be back in action on Wednesday when they face the Lightning in Tampa Bay. Puck drop has not been scheduled yet.

All Montreal Canadiens stats are 5v5, via Natural Stat Trick, unless otherwise noted.

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