It would not be accurate to describe Game 5 as a must-win.
Your Montreal Canadiens hold a 3-1 lead in their Eastern Conference quarter-final playoff series. And the fifth game will be played at the Bell Centre.
Right up there with “We gotta play this one game at a time” and “Never sit behind the coach after the team bus stops for Mexican food” is the hallowed hockey truism that you’re never in trouble in a playoff series until you’ve lost a game on home ice.
If the Canadiens lose game 5 Friday night, they are officially in trouble.
Ottawa would remain one loss away from elimination.