Bolts come back to beat Montreal

by Gary Shelton on April 27, 2026

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Hagel scored two more goals./TIM WIRT

Monday, 4 a.m.

They are a hard team to kill, these Tampa Bay Lightning.

You can be at home. You can be ahead. You can be a physical opponent.

And still, the Bolts can hurt you.

The Lightning rallied from a 2-0 deficit to tie their NHL playoff series Sunday night with a 3-2 win at the Bell Centre. That squared the series at two games apiece going into Wednesday night's Game Five at Benchmark International Arena.

Vasilevskiy anchored the Bolts' win./TIM WIRT

Brendan Hagel continued his sensational series, scoring two goals. He now has six for the series.

Jake Guentzel scored the Bolts' third goal.

That came after a frustrating start. Montreal took a 1-0 lead on a goal by Zack Bolduc. Shortly afterward, Cole Caufield scored to go up 2-0.

Nikita Kucherov had two assists to help the comeback.

Goalie Andrei Vasileveskiy stopped 16 of 18 shots. Counting regular-season and post-season, Vasilevskiy has 40 wins on the season.

Gametime for Wednesday night has not been announced yet.

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