If the rest of the Eastern Conference First Round series between the Tampa Bay Lightning and Montreal Canadiens is like Game 2 on Tuesday, fans in each city are in for a treat. And cardiologists in each city are in for a lot of business.

Tampa Bay Lightning head coach Jon Cooper had a trio of injury updates ahead of Game 3 of their series against the Montreal Canadiens.

Tampa Bay Lightning coach Jon Cooper shared a new Victor Hedman update before the road games against the Montreal Canadiens.

J.J. Moser scored 12:48 into overtime to give the Tampa Bay Lightning a 3-2 victory over the Montreal Canadiens on Tuesday night, tying the first-round playoff series at 1-1.

Lightning winger Brandon Hagel and Canadiens winger Juraj Slafkovsky got into a raucous fight in the 2nd period of Game 2.

SportsLine's model reveals its Montreal Canadiens vs. Tampa Bay Lightning picks for their 2026 Stanley Cup playoff first-round Game 2 matchup

The Lightning have embraced the bad-guys role. Tampa Bay’s best-of-7, first-round Stanley Cup playoff series heads to Montreal for Friday’s Game 3 with the series tied 1-1.