MONTREAL — The big guns began to fire as Mats Zuccarello and Rick Nash scored in Game 2 on Friday and Michael Grabner scored his second in two games, but the defense cracked as Henrik Lundqvist was forced to play the savior again. He made 54 saves in the 4-3 overtime loss.
Grabner, who was snakebit in the last 22 games of the season, beat Carey Price on a breakaway in the first period. Canadiens defenseman Nikita Nesterov fumbled the puck near the red line, and it was scooped up by Grabner. Carey Price came out to challenge, and as he was backing up, Grabner went right and flipped a high backhand in at 13:48 of the first period to tie it 2-2.