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By\u00a0\u00a0ERIK ERLENDSSON<\/a><\/p>\n

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) \u2014\u00a0J.J. Moser scored 12:48 into overtime<\/a>\u00a0to give the Tampa Bay Lightning a 3-2 victory over the Montreal Canadiens on Tuesday night, tying the first-round playoff series at 1-1.<\/p>\n

The series shifts to Montreal for two games, with Game 3 set for Friday night. Game 4 is Sunday.<\/p>\n

Brandon Hagel had a Gordie Howe hat trick with a goal, assist and a fight, and teammate Nikita Kucherov also scored for Tampa Bay. Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 25 shots.<\/p>\n

The Lightning had lost four consecutive home playoff games and 10 of the past 11, dating to Game 4 against Colorado in the 2022 Stanley Cup Final and 11 of the previous 12 playoff games that went to overtime.<\/p>\n

Lane Hutson and Josh Anderson scored for the Canadiens. Jakub Dobes finished with 31 saves.<\/p>\n

Moser scored his first career playoff goal following an icing call, taking the puck off a faceoff win by Anthony Cirelli, skating around a stick check attempt by Kirby Dach and beating Dobes with a wrist shot from inside the left faceoff circle.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe worked on faceoff plays and the puck kind of squirts out,\u2019\u2019 Moser said. \u201cI tried to keep it in, skate with it and all of a sudden it opens up. I took it down and take a shot.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

Kucherov forced overtime at 12:33 of the third period, collecting a deflected puck off the stick of Hagel and scoring on a wrap-around. The goal was the first playoff goal for Kucherov since April 19, 2023, a span of 17 postseason games.<\/p>\n

\u201c(Hagel) had a puck, shot the puck on the net,\u2019\u2019 Kucherov said. \u201cI picked it up behind the net and put it in.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

Hagel sparked the Lightning, scoring the opening goal 8:40 into the first period, assisting on the tying goal and fighting Montreal\u2019s Juraj Slafkovsky \u2014 who had a hat trick in first game of the series \u2014 in the second period.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhatever it takes to win,\u2019\u2019 Hagel said. \u201cSometimes it\u2019s going to take fighting, and sometimes it\u2019s going to take scoring goals. I was lucky enough to squeak one by and then (Kucherov) made a good play. Obviously a good feeling just that we won tonight.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

After taking the first game in overtime<\/a>, Montreal took a lead into the third period, getting a power-play goal from Hutson \u2013 the fourth power-play goal of the series for the Canadiens \u2013 at 16:11 of the first period and a go-ahead goal from Anderson with 1:24 left in the second.<\/p>\n

But the Canadiens were unable to capitalize on a power play chance with 2:15 left in regulation and Tampa Bay carried that momentum into overtime where the Lightning outshot Montreal 9-0.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt would have been nice to get two (wins),\u2019\u2019 Montreal head coach Martin St. Louis said. \u201cI felt like, after two periods, I felt we were so close of getting two (wins), especially the way we were playing. It just kind of got away from us a little bit. We didn\u2019t play with the puck a lot. And I feel we carried that into overtime, too. When you keep giving them the puck, you\u2019re just rolling the dice a little bit.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

___<\/p>\n

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