Canadiens stave off elimination in the Stanley Cup Final after Josh Anderson’s gutsy overtime goal
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The Montreal Canadiens will live to play another day of hockey thanks to Josh Anderson. With their backs against the wall in Game 4 against the Tampa Bay Lightning facing down a potential sweep, Anderson had not one but two huge goals for Montreal to kick the series back to Florida.
Anderson’s second came in a pivotal moment in overtime, just mere minutes after the Canadiens killed a double minor Lightning power play. Less than four minutes into the extra frame, Anderson beat the Lightning to the puck in the offensive zone and muscled a pass over to Cole Caufield in front of the net.
When Caufield couldn’t get it done on the backhand, Anderson got back in the play and scored the game winner while falling over at the side of the net, beating Andrei Vasilevskiy to keep the series alive.
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Here’s how Canadiens fans reacted to the season-saving goal from Anderson outside at the Bell Centre.
What a gutsy sequence from Anderson to keep Montreal in the series for at least another game. The Canadiens finally looked to be playing their style of hockey in Game 4, even scoring the opening goal for the first time in the series thanks to Anderson’s first.
Montreal still has a long way to go to get back in this series, but thanks to Anderson they’ll be playing at least one more game.
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