Thursday, 4 a.m.
From here, you can see the end.
From here if you are the Tampa Bay Lightning, you can see elimination. You can see the off-season. You can see ... nothingness.
After another close loss, the Tampa Bay Lightning is staring the end of their season, Montreal took a 3-2 edge in their NHL playoff series and now heads home on Friday night to try to close things out,
It was the second home loss in three tries for the Lightning.
The Bolts came back from 3-1 playoff deficits in 2004 (Calgary), 2011 (Pittsburgh), 2015 (Detroit) and 2022 (Toronto).
The Bolts got off 40 shots, but had trouble getting the puck past Jakub Dobes.
The Bolts trailed 1-0 when Dominic James scored to tied the game. Eleven seconds later, however, Montreal's Kirby Dach scored to give the Canadiens the lead back.
This time, it was Jake Guentzel who tied it late in the second period. But 66 seconds into the third period, Aexandre Texier scored the winner on a manageable shot.
Friday night's game will begin at 7 p.m.