TAMPA, Fla. — Following Tuesday’s 3-2 overtime win, the Lightning improved to 14-8 all-time in Game 2s on home ice and 25-15 in Game 2s overall.
Tampa Bay is 10-1 in series that start at home and are tied 1-1. The Bolts are 14-7 all-time in road Game 3s.
Lightning forward Brandon Hagel has three goals in the first two games of the series. Nikita Kucherov snapped his 16-game playoff goal drought by tallying the game-tying score in game two.
Tampa Bay Lightning
vs.
Montreal Canadiens
Eastern Conference Playoffs – Game 3
When: Friday, April 24 at 7 p.m.
Where: Bell Centre, Montreal, Canada
Watch Round 1 of the Stanley Cup Playoffs on The Spot - Tampa Bay 66. Game 3 coverage starts at 6:30 p.m.
Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Montreal Canadiens
Round 1 Stanley Cup Playoffs Schedule
| GAME 1 | April 19 | F/OT | GAME 2 | April 21 | F/OT |
| Montreal | 4 | Montreal | 2 |
| Tampa Bay | 3 | Tampa Bay | 3 |
| GAME 3 | April 24 | F/OT | GAME 4 | April 26 | F |
| Tampa Bay | 2 | Tampa Bay | 3 |
| Montreal | 3 | Montreal | 2 |
| GAME 5 | April 29 | F | GAME 6 | May 1 | F/OT |
| Montreal | 3 | Tampa Bay | 1 |
| Tampa Bay | 2 | Montreal | 0 |
| Game 7 | May 3 | F | ||
| Montreal | 2 | ||
| Tampa Bay | 1 |

Family charged hundreds for car towed from paid lot during downtown Tampa event
A family claims a 17-year-old was waved into a parking spot by an attendant, paid $45 to park, and still had her grandfather's truck towed during a Lightning playoff game.