Recap: Tampa loses 5-4, shots 44-25 Montreal, Montreal now leads the series 1-0

3 Stars: 1. D. Weise 2. S. Stamkos 3. T. Vanek

FINAL: Montreal wins 5-4, takes 1-0 series lead

1:59: Daniel Briere wins it for Montreal. Lightning fail to have good clearing and it leads to their downfall

2:18: The clock is ticking as Tampa is called offside

UPDATE: Pacioretty hits it off the post on a wide open net

4:09: icing again on Tampa bay, Jon Cooper calls a time-out

5:06: Icing on tampa bay as a second OT draws near

Update: Tampa Bay has all the offense right now but Price is on top of his game

7:26: More saves from Price!

Update: Price robbed TB twice, score tied still 4-4 in the 1st OT

9:54: Great stops by Price!

11:58: Josh Gorges stops purcell from scoring on a wide open net

12:14: Another great stop by Lindback!

12:57: Great stop by Lindback on a 2 on 1

13:57: Lindback stops the puck again! All on his right side

14:44: Tampa is losing control in their zone

14:54: Lindback stops Montreal again

16:20: Killorn almost ends it but Price will have none of it

16:38: Battles won by Montreal along the boards

18:30: Lindback freezes it, Gudas has some words with Gionta

19:01: Lindback freezes the puck

Start of OT!

Update: Penguins lead Blue Jackets 4-3 in the 3rd.

Update: Palat did not return to Tampa's bench in the 3rd Period after taking a hit early on. Palat may have been playing while he was injured as he had been out for the last two games of the regular season.

Update: Lightning turnovers have lead to the massive amount of offense from Montreal. And the elder defenseman on Tampa's roster, Brewer and Salo showing their age tonight as they are considerbly slower than players like Hedman.

Update: Blue Jackets and Penguins still tied 3-3.

Update: Montreal leads shots 35-16. Game tied at 4.

Update: Tampa Bay has a successful clear and that ends the third. Game 1 is heading to Overtime.

End of the 3rd: Lightning and Canadiens heading to OT! 

2:10: Late powerplay for Montreal for high-sticking, despite the fact that Montreal did that three times but there were no calls.

2:52: off the post shot by Brewer!

3:17: Loose in front of Price but score is unchanged

4:00: Price with a save on Johnson, nearing the end of regulation time.

5:00: Recap: Montreal initially took the lead, Tampa tied it, Montreal took it again, Tampa tied it. Score is 4-4 but Montreal leads shots 35-14.

6:33: Killorn to Stamkos and the game is tied at 4

7:06: Johnson centers, nobody is home

Update: Blue Jackets and Penguins tied at 3 end of the 2nd.

8:11: Montreal leads shots by a wide margin, 35-12 and leads the game 4-3.

8:11: Icing on Montreal, Brewer almost able to stop Vanek before his goal but can't catch him in time.

8:30: Vanek gives Montreal a 4-3 lead of after a great rush.

9:20: Huge pressure by Tampa

10:10: Puck misses just wide of the Montreal net

11:29: Big hit by the benches.

Update: Lindback with a big save

Update: Alex killorn scored to even the game 3-3.

12:49: Lightning goal!

Note: Times indicate how much time is left in the period!

13:34: Lindback snatches the puck as the game goes to a TV timeout, Montreal leads in shots 29 to 11 and the game 3-2.

14:30: Lars eller gives Montreal a 3-2 lead.

14:45: Costly turnover by Tampa results in a goal by Montreal.

15:02: Icing on Montreal. Ondrej Palat has not returned to the TB bench after heading to the locker room a few moments ago.

16:34: Centering pass by Montreal taken by Tampa Bay, after a break Montreal comes back into the zone and Lindback stops Thomas Vanek.

17:08: Good pressure by Tampa Bay

Puck Drop in the 3rd

End of the 2nd: Score tied at 2, shots 22-11 favoring Montreal. The teams have combined for 43 hits (TB leads with 26)

0:56: Two consecutive clears by Montreal

1:30: Lightning powerplay

1:36: Dangerous turnover saved by a sprawling Lindback

1:51: Stamkos misses a prime scoring condition. Less than 10 seconds remain on Tampa's powerplay.

2:37: Carle has a great scoring chance but can't get the puck off his stick quick enough.

3:21: Brian Gionta ties the game at 2. He gets a rebound after an initial save and has a shorthanded goal.

3:45: Tampa with a powerplay, Subban goes of for slashing.

4:31: Icing on Montreal, checks are being followed through, this game is heating up.

5:17: Lindback with a save, scrum at the lightning net

6:13: Crowd goes crazy for Stamkos' goal and Lindback's save on a Montreal breakaway.

6:36: Stamkos riffles one past Price (Vavel editor Ben Anderson called that). 2-1 Tampa Bay!

Update: Briere's line is logging large amounts of ice time. Tampa's fourth line isn't playing as much as they did in the first.

7:57: Crowd is going wild with cheers for Tampa

8:34: Tampa almost converges

9:49: Lots of physicality

10:20: Scrum in the Tampa Bay zone, Gudas knocks Briere to the boards

Update: Blue Jackets lead Penguins 2-1 End of the 1st

11:20: Scrum in the Montreal zone, Palat knocked down, Stamkos moves in on Markov and everybody else joins in.

11:50: Gallagher stopped by Lindback

Player to Watch: Daniel Briere, he's eating up time and has several good scoring chances

Update: Tampa Bay with all the shots in the third but Montreal still leads shots 14-7

13:27: Panik with a nice entry into the Canadien goal but the score is unchanged.

14:00: Extended pressure by Montreal

16:01: Good chance for Filppula but the score stays tied at 1

16:19: Price and Lindback stay on their toes, two penalties being called on Briere and Paquette

18:00: Palat with a great chance but had trouble with the pass. Hedman attacks as well

Puck Drop in the Second!

End of the 1st: Tied 1-1. Shots 14-4 Montreal. Richard Panik picked up Tampa's late penalty.

1:39: Lindback with a save!

Note: Tyler Johnson had 5 shorthanded goals for Tampa in the regular season

Update: Tampa Bay takes a Penalty

4:07: Kick save by Lindback

Note: Game between Pittsburgh and Columbus has started

Update: Shots 10-4 favoring Montreal

Note: Times featured before descriptions indicate how much time is left in the period rather than how much has passed.

7:10: Daniel Briere line has a lot of action

7:20: Daniel Wies fires it wide

8:30: Lindback a double save, a drop and a cover.

Update: Montreal goal assisted by Gallagher and Emelin

Update: Kucherov's goal from Brown and Paquette results in the first ever NHL Playoff Points for all three players.

9:00: Thomas Plekanec scores for Montreal, 1-1

9:32: Montreal responds just 19 seconds later and evens the score. Gudas fell down and allowed attacking room for Montreal

9:51: Kucherov scores! First goal of the Stanley Cup Playoffs and first NHL Playoff goal for Nikita Kucherov

11 Minutes Left: Lindback robs Briere!

12:30 left and Palat with a centering feed; nobody there to recieve

12 Minutes Left: Lindback with another save

13 Minutes Left: Canadiens keeping the puck in for extended time, Tampa breaks out though

15 Minutes left: Price with a big save

15:24 left: Lindback with a big save.

15:27 left in the 1st: Icing on Tampa Bay, good pressure by both sides.

17 Mionutes Left: Montreal has a break but it's disrupted.

18 Minutes left in the 1st: Croud shows their support for the Lightning by chanting "Let's go Lightning!"

About 18:50 in: Price makes a big stop.

Puck Drop!

Pre-Game: Tampa Bay has 13 players who have never been in an NHL playoff game before tonight.

Pre-Game: Tampa Bay's Valterri Filppula and Ondrej palat both practiced today and are expected to play tonight. Brandon prust also returned for Montreal

Pre-Game: Starting goaltenders are Carey price and anders Lindback (Ben Bishop is still out with an upper body injury).