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Lightning Force Game 7 with OT Win

Gage Goncalves scored in overtime to give the Lightning a 1-0 victory over the Canadiens, forcing a seventh game in their Eastern Conference First Round series.

The Tampa Bay Lightning defeated the Montreal Canadiens 1-0 in overtime on Friday night, pushing their Eastern Conference First Round series to a decisive seventh game. Gage Goncalves scored the game-winning goal at 9:03 of overtime, poking in a loose puck after Brandon Hagel passed to Dominic James, whose initial shot was stopped by Jakub Dobes.

Goaltenders Andrei Vasilevskiy and Jakub Dobes each delivered strong performances, with Vasilevskiy making 30 saves and Dobes stopping 32 shots. The series, which has featured four overtime games and six one-goal contests, will return to Tampa for Game 7 on Sunday, though the home team has lost four of the six games thus far. chincha.pl