The Tampa Bay Lightning opened the Stanley Cup Final with a brilliant 5-1 victory over the Montreal Canadiens at home. Brayden Point and Nikita Kucherov each had three-point nights, with Kucherov scoring twice in the third period to bring the game home. Erik Cernak opened the scoring, Yanni Gourde got the game winner, and Steven Stamkos finished the game on the power play at the end.
Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 18 of only 19 shots that came his way, while Carey Price let in five goals on 26 shots. The Lightning did a great job of blocking shots, first and foremost from Alex Killorn, but the Habs also missed on a lot of their attempts.