Lightning wins, forces Game Seven

by Gary Shelton on May 2, 2026

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Goncalves finally found the net./TIM WIRT

Saturday, 4 a.m.

They live.

At times, it looked shaky. At times, they looked as if they were staring into the off-season.

And still, they survived.

The Tampa Bay Lightning staved off elimination from the NHL playoffs Friday night, taking a 1-0 victory over Montreal in the Bell Centre.

Gage Concalves tapped in a close goal with 9:03 left in the extra period to tie the series at 3-3. Four of the six games have finished in overtime.

Vasilevskiy won his 70th playoff game./TIM WIRT

The game was a duel between the Bolts' Andrei Vasilevskiy (who stoppped all 30 Montreal shots) and Montreal's Jakub Dobes (who stopped 32 of 33).

It was Vasilevskiy's eighth career shutout and his 70th victory.

Neither team could score, even those Nikita Kucherov logged six shots and Montreal's Ivan Demidov had five.

Goncalves jabbed in his shots on a two pokes after getting a nice pass from Dominic James.

Sunday's game has not announced a starting time at Benchmark International Arena.

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