Tampa Bay 6, Montreal 2 (Tampa Bay leads series 2-0)
The Tampa Bay Lightning's power play unit torched the Montreal Canadiens for four goals on the way to a Game 2 victory at the Bell Centre on Sunday night.
Valtteri Filppula was the first Tampa Bay player to strike on the man advantage, as he put the first Lightning goal of the game past Carey Price in the waning moments of the first period. His goal also leveled the score after Jeff Petry opened the scoring for Montreal.
Before Tampa Bay strung together three straight goals on the power play, Steven Stamkos beat Price for his first goal of the 2015 postseason.
Nikita Kucherov sandwiched goals around Victor Hedman's second-period strike to extend the Tampa Bay lead to four in the third period.
The four power play goals on Sunday night came on four straight shots for a Lightning team who failed to convert on their previous 25 power plays. They entered Game 2 2-of-34 on the man advantage.
Tom Gilbert pulled one back for Montreal in the third, but J.T. Brown ensured the Lightning would leave Quebec with a four-goal victory afte ...
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