Montreal, which did not have a lead until Josh Anderson scored his second goal of the game at 12:53 of overtime, has won eight of its past nine and two straight in the series.
New York scored each of its goals during the second period of a 3-2 win against the Tampa Bay Lightning in Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Semifinals on Saturday and has outscored opponents 23-10 in the second period in the playoffs.
Brayden Point didn’t have his best game of the Stanley Cup Playoffs on Saturday, but the Tampa Bay Lightning forward nevertheless scored another goal.
New York Islanders 3, Tampa Bay Lightning 2: The Islanders got second-period goals from Josh Bailey, Mathew Barzal and Matt Martin to take a 3-0 lead and held on to even the best-of-7 Stanley Cup Semifinals with their win in Game 4.
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