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Breakout Star Tyler Johnson Gives Lightning Scoring Montreal Desperately Lacks

The dagger has been inserted in the heart of the Montreal Canadiens.

Somehow, you just knew it would be breakout star Tyler Johnson to do it, too.

The Tampa Bay Lightning’s most impressive offensive weapon of these playoffs took a while to inflict his damage Wednesday night. Right down to the final seconds, in fact. But with a late goal—a quick redirection of a perfect cross-crease pass from defenseman Victor Hedman with just 1.1 seconds left on the clock—Johnson gave the host Lightning a 2-1 victory in Game 3 and put them in position to sweep the Canadiens Thursday night in Tampa.