The Tampa Bay Lightning lose Game 1 of their best-of-7 series vs. the Montreal Canadiens 4-3 in overtime. The Bolts give up 3 power play goals after being shorthanded 5 times. Nikita Kucherov moves into 19th place all-time in playoff scoring, Brandon Hagel has his second multi-goal postseason game and Jake Guentzel had 3 assists. Dominic James was activated off Injured Reserve after missing the last 24 games due to a lower-body injury and Charle-Édouard D'Astous left the game with an injury after taking a charging penalty from Josh Anderson. On this date in Lightning history, the Lightning win their first ever playoff series.