Overview
- Juraj Slafkovsky completed a power-play hat trick with the winner 1:22 into overtime Sunday to give Montreal a 4-3 Game 1 win in Tampa.
- All three goals came on the power play, a first in Canadiens playoff history, and at 22 he is the club’s third-youngest with a postseason hat trick.
- Montreal capitalized on special teams by going 3-for-5, while Tampa Bay finished 2-for-5 after taking multiple offensive-zone minors.
- Lightning coach Jon Cooper blasted his team’s discipline, calling several penalties “stupidity” and saying they gave Montreal the chance to win.
- Rookie Jakub Dobes made 20 saves for the Canadiens, Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 15 of 19 for the Lightning, and Game 2 is Tuesday in Tampa.