Tonight at 7 p.m. ET, the Tampa Bay Lightning and Montreal Canadiens face-off for Game 5 of their Eastern Conference Round 2 best-of-seven series live from the Bell Centre in Montreal as part of the 2015 Stanley Cup playoffs.
Tampa Bay looks to win the series on its second attempt at elimination while Montreal hopes a return to home ice will help it force a Game 6 back in Florida.
The Lightning took Games 1 and 2 in Montreal with a 2-1 overtime victory and a 6-2 win respectively. The Bolts then took Game 3 on home ice 2-1 while the Habs bounced back from a 3-0 series deficit with a 6-2 win of their own in Game 4.
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The Lightning will be looking to bounce back from Thursday's loss, which marked the first time all season the team lost to Montreal.
"That's definitely the hardest win to get," Tampa Bay forward Ryan Callahan said of trying to win the fourth game of the series, according to NHL.com. "The other team is very desperate; their season's on the line and it's key to match that desperation and make sure you come ready to play."
The Canadiens are hoping that a return to home ice could help them force a Game 6.
"I think it's definitely in our advantage going back to the Bell Centre," Jeff Petry told NHL.com. "The focus is one more game here and just take it one game at a time. We've just got to win one game and that was our focus [Thursday], and that's got to be our focus moving forward."
Petry was one of six different members of Montreal to find the twine in Game 5, a list that includes Andrei Markov, Max Pacioretty (shorthanded), David Desharnais, Brendan Gallagher and Brandon Prust.
Nikita Kucherov and Ondrej Palat both found the back of the net for the Lightning in the loss on the power play.
Tyler Johnson has paced the Lightning with eight goals and 12 points this postseason while Kucherov has four tallies and four helpers for eight points and Steven Stamkos has lit the lamp once and added seven assists for eight points.
P.K. Subban has led Montreal with seven points in the playoffs off of a goal and six assists while Pacioretty has four markers and two helpers for six points and Gallagher has three goals and four points.
In between the pipes, Montreal turns to Vezina and Hart Trophy finalist Carey Price and he is 5-5 with a 2.27 goals-against average and a .920 save percentage.
Tampa Bay counters with Ben Bishop in the blue paint and he is 7-4 with a 1.86 GAA and a .930 save percenage.
The Lightning looks to end the series while Montreal hopes to stay alive when the puck drops on Game 5 live tonight at the Bell Centre in Montreal.
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