Down 2-0 in the Stanley Cup finals, the Montreal Canadiens are basically in do or die territory from here on out. Taking to home ice for the first time against the Tampa Bay Lightning, a win was virtually mandatory to keep alive their hopes of bringing Stanley home for the first time since 1993.
They didn’t get it, and now they’ll need four straight to make it happen. Welcome to your Bottom Six Minutes.
It’s a hard game to recap. To come this far and watch the team perform like that is completely disheartening.