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04/26 21:02 CDT Hagel scores twice in 3rd, Lightning beat Canadiens 3-2 in Game
4 to tie series
Hagel scores twice in 3rd, Lightning beat Canadiens 3-2 in Game 4 to tie series
MONTREAL (AP) --- Brandon Hagel scored his NHL playoffs-leading fifth and sixth
goals in the third period and the Tampa Bay Lightning rallied to beat the
Montreal Canadiens 3-2 on Sunday night in Game 4 to tie the series.
After the first three games in the first-round series went to overtime, Tampa
Bay overcame a two-goal deficit to end it in regulation.
Hagel gave the Lightning the lead with 4:43 left, deflecting Nikita Kucherov's
shot past Jakub Dobes.
Jake Guentzel had a goal and assist, and Kucherov added two assists on the top
line with Hagel. Andrei Vasilevskiy made 16 saves.
Game 5 is Wednesday night in Tampa.
The Lightning rebounded after falling 3-2 on Friday night on defenseman Lane
Hutson's OT slap shot.
Hagel tied it on a power play at 1:40 off a centering pass from Kucherov. The
Lightning got the man advantage when Oliver Kapanen was sent off for
high-sticking Dominic James.
Guentzel cut it to 2-1 with 54 seconds to go the second, beating Dobes from the
left side off a feed from defenseman J.J. Moser.
Zachary Bolduc and Cole Caufield scored for Montreal in 3:23 span in the
second. Caufield scored for the first time in the series after having 51 goals
in the regular season. Dobes made 17 saves.
Bolduc opened the scoring with 9:54 left in the second. He took a long pass
from defenseman Kaiden Guhle, held off Lightning defenseman Darren Raddysh and
had the puck deflect in off his body as he cut across the front of the goal.
Caufield struck on a power play with 6:31 left in the period, with Guentzel off
for slashing Dobes' glove. Caufield took Nick Suzuki's centering pass in the
slot and redirected the puck in.
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