Goncalves slapped in a unfastened puck within the crease for the successful objective off his personal rebound after the Lightning killed off a tripping penalty to Nikita Kucherov at 5:30 of the additional interval.
One of the best-of-7 collection is tied 3-3. Recreation 7 might be at Benchmark Worldwide Enviornment in Tampa on Sunday.
Andrei Vasilevskiy made 30 saves for his eighth profession Stanley Cup Playoff shutout for Tampa Bay, the No. 2 seed within the Atlantic Division, which evened the collection for a 3rd time.
Jakub Dobes made 32 saves for Montreal, the No. 3 seed within the Atlantic.
The tightly contested collection had 4 video games go to extra time, included every of the primary three. All six video games had been determined by one objective.
Ivan Demidov’s penalty for goalie interference with 3:18 remaining within the third practically proved expensive to the Canadiens however Dobes made a proper pad save on Brayden Level’s one-timer from the slot on the following energy play.
Jake Guentzel drove a shot off the left publish on Tampa Bay’s third energy play of the sport at 6:22 of the third, moments after Kucherov hit the left publish.
Dobes gave the Lightning an early scoring alternative when he mishandled the puck behind the online. Yanni Gourde stripped the puck however fell as he got here out entrance and his backhand utterly missed a wide-open internet at 2:25 of the primary interval.
Tampa Bay got here near scoring at 5:40 of the second when the puck slid between Dobes’ pads and was heading into the online earlier than Phillip Danault cleared it off the objective line.
Vasilevskiy made a pair of saves on Ivan Demidov on a Montreal energy play at 18:35 of the second interval. He caught out his left pad to disclaim the Canadiens ahead’s one-timer earlier than making a glove save on Demidov’s backhand off the rebound.
Cole Caufield hit the publish within the first and the second, and Alexandre Texier put a shot off the left publish at 2:58 of the third.