NHL: Stanley Cup Finals: Lightning Defeat Canadiens in Game 2, Extend Lead

Blake Coleman broke a tie with 1.1 seconds left in the second period, and Andrei Vasilevskiy made 42 saves for the Tampa Bay Lightning in a 3-1 win against the Montreal Canadiens in Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final.

Anthony Cirelli and Ondrej Palat scored for the Lightning, who extended their lead in the series after a 5-1 victory in Game 1 on Monday.

Teams that win the first two games are 46-5 (.902) winning a best-of-7 Cup Final.

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Nick Suzuki scored, and Carey Price made 20 saves for the Canadiens.

Game 3 is at Montreal on Friday.

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