“In any case, I don’t think this is a blowout,” Petrie said after the game.

Erik Cernak started scoring six minutes into the first quarter when his extended cue passed a pass from Ondrej Palat over the surprised Carey Price. ) Gloves.

Yanni Gourde lurked in the crease of Price, expanding the score to two, he caught a shot from Blake Coleman and redirected it to Montreal Behind the net.

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Ben Chiarot managed to get Habs within range because his desperate shot from the top of the faceoff circle bouncing the ball in traffic and ruining Andrei Vasilevskiy’s hopes of closing.

But thanks to two goals by Nikita Kucherov and another goal by superstar Steven Stammkos, the gate opened in the third quarter.

Habs winger Josh Anderson chose to view it as a learning experience.

“I think you have to move on from this game,” Anderson said.

“But I also think you have to watch the video to see the mistakes that cost us tonight-especially in the third quarter.”

Price stopped 14 of 19 shots, and on the other end of the ice, Vasilevsky performed well, allowing only goals on 26 shots.

Montreal led 0-2 in the strong offense, and Stammkos scored the only strong offensive goal of the Bolts in three chances.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau invited U.S. President Joe Biden to make a “friendly bet” on the finals, which is a common practice in cross-border competitions.

“You are here, man,” Biden’s account replied on Twitter. Details of the equity are not immediately available.

The Canadians do not have forward Joel Armia. After the COVID-19 agreement initially forced the team to leave him behind, he took a private jet to Florida on Monday to wait for the game time decision.

Given time constraints, Habers chose to join Jack Evans as his first starter since the first game of the second-round series with the Winnipeg Jets, when he was defeated by Jets forward Mark Evans. A controversial shot by Schaeffler equalized.

“I really don’t want to talk about so many blows now-I would rather just focus on the things in front of us,” Evans said, and he also thanked the team coach who helped him recover.

“I’m just focusing on not rushing for success-you know, brain injury is a very serious thing. You can’t rush for success. I just want to take it slow.”

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Few people expected the Canadians to come to this point, so it is not surprising that there was a dislocation in the finals.

Montreal trailed 3-1 in the first round of the series, beating the Toronto Maple Leafs in seven games, then swept the Jets in six games and defeated the most popular Las Vegas Golden Cavaliers.

“The positive is that we did not play the best game, so we know we can get better,” assistant coach Luke Richardson said.

“They are always a talented team. They play well and will definitely make the mistakes you make. So through us playing better and managing the hockey better, maybe limiting these mistakes and creating more of ourselves , I think we have a good way to go up.”

Montreal coach Dominique Ducharme has tested positive for COVID-19 and has been in isolation since the second game of the semifinals. He plans to return to the Habs bench in the third game.

At the same time, Tampa’s strong team is one of the best teams in the industry. So far in the playoffs, the home field shooting rate is 45.5 percent and the overall shooting rate is 37.7%.

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