Lightning prevails in 2 OTs

Nikita Kucherov scored at 2:06 of the second overtime to give the Tampa Bay Lightning a 2-1 victory against the Montreal Canadiens in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference semifinal series.

Kucherov took a pass from Valtteri Filppula and beat goalie Carey Price with a wrist shot on the first shot of the period.

“Boyle made a good play and Filppula got it through the D’s legs. He put it right in my wheelhouse. I just had to shoot,” Kucherov said.

Kucherov was involved in a controversial call 3 minutes into the first overtime. His shot on a breakaway was stopped and he bumped into Price as the puck went into the net, although it appeared Price dragged the puck in. After review, it was ruled Kucherov interfered with Price.

“I’m not going to complain about it,” Kucherov said. “I don’t think about it.”

Tyler Johnson opened the scoring for Tampa Bay early in the third with his playoffsleading seventh goal. Ben Bishop made 43 saves for the Lightning, coming off a Game 7 victory against Detroit on Wednesday night.

“It’s nice but it doesn’t mean much,” Bishop said. “You’ve got to put it out of your mind pretty quickly. We have to get ready for the next one.”

The Canadiens wasted a chance to get an early lead with Bishop clearly nervous, misplaying pucks around the crease. But David Desharnais and Pacioretty hit goalposts and another chance was ruled no-goal after a video review.

Other game

Blackhawks 4, Wild 3: Teuvo Teravainen scored a goal late in the second period and goalie Corey Crawford made it stand up as Chicago beat visiting Minnesota to take a 1-0 lead in the second-round series.