Bruce Bennett/Getty ImagesTwo wins are all it takes for the Stanley Cup champion Tampa Bay Lightning to successfully defend their title.The Bolts won Game 2 of Stanley Cup Final, beating the Montreal Canadiens 3-1 despite missing forward Alex Killorn (lower back). The Lightning are now 6-2 in their eight playoff games and have outscored their opponents 27-11.Carey Price, Montreal's goalie, made 20 saves against Tampa. He was facing 27 shots in Game 1 and had to face 23 in Game 2.As the Lightning are now the second American team to compete north of the border, the series moves to the Bell Centre. Tampa leads the best seven series 2-0.Notable PerformersBlake Coleman, C Tampa Bay Lightning: 1 goal, 3 SOG and 3 hitsAndrei Vasilevskiy G, Tampa Bay Lightning: 42 saves, 1 goalNick Suzuki, C Montreal Canadiens: 1 goal, 9 SOG and 2 hitsJeff Petry, D Montreal Canadiens: 5 SOG. -2 Plus/Minus. 2 HitsBlake Coleman's BackbreakerOne of the biggest momentum-changers in hockey is giving up a goal within two minutes of a period. It is almost impossible to give up a goal in less than two minutes. This is due to how rare buzzer-beaters in the NHL and how many things must go right or wrong for them to occur.Blake Coleman, Tampa's goalie, defied all odds and scored what would eventually serve as the game-winning goal of Game 2. This gave his team a 90% chance of becoming Stanley Cup champions again.The NHL reports that teams with a 2-0 series advantage in the Stanley Cup Final have a record of 46-5 or a 90.2 win percentage.Coleman's goal was remarkable because he did it with one hand and then fell to the ice as the time expired. He's done it before. Actually, it was twice. Coleman was playing for the New Jersey Devils in October 2019, and Coleman was there against the Winnipeg Jets in the second. The second time was in the playoffs against the Boston Bruins last year with Tampa Bay.This might have been his most impressive version yet.With less than 10 seconds left in the game, the Bolts won a two-on-1 with Barclay Goodrow flipping Coleman the puck on his left wing. Coleman then put it behind Price.In the second period, the Habs outshot Tampa 16-6. Coleman then got his puck. He used an unassisted goal from Nick Suzuki to tie things up at 1. A tie on the road would have been a win in and of itself.Instead, the Canadiens were given nearly 20 minutes to go into the locker room and play the last 10 seconds of the period again.Habs Head Home Down, not OutThe Canadiens were not expecting this after only two games.It's hard enough to go down 0-2. Long-term consequences could be a result of batting 43 shots at the opposing goalie, which was done after the offense's second-best point-producer in Killorn.Montreal looked as good Wednesday night than it did at any other point in this postseason. The Habs beat Tampa 43-23. They stopped all three Lightning power plays, and only received two giveaways to the six of the Bolts. This was Montreal's most important game and Tampa did not have any trouble getting it out.Although there are some areas that the Canadiens want to improve, 1-of-3 on man-advantage and a four-on-3 is a good place for Montreal to start.Coleman's goal, like many others, was not the result of a Habs mistake but a fluky situation.Ondrej Palat's goal in the third period was the Canadiens' biggest error. A blind pass by Joel Edmundson, the defenseman behind the net, accidentally put the puck on Palat’s stick while Price looked the other way.The Habs couldn't do much at that point. The Habs were down to four minutes in regulation, and all the other things they had thrown at Tampa Bay were quickly forgotten. The Stanley Cup Final was over, and the Canadiens still have a chance to challenge the reigning champions.What's next?Montreal's Bell Centre hosts Games 3 and 4. Game 3 is scheduled for Friday at 8 p.m. ET on NBC.
