Habs players celebrate Alex Kovalev's first-period goal against the Lightning Thursday night at the Bell Centre. Photograph by: John Kenney, The GazetteHabs Edge Lightning 3-2 In OT -- The Montreal Gazette
The Tampa Bay Lightning came into the Bell Centre and looked like the team with the second-worst record in the NHL.
Except for goaltender Karri Ramo.
The 22-year-old Finn gave up a first-period goal to Alex Kovalev in the first period and a third-period wraparound to Guillaume Latendresse but he singlehandedly kept the Lightning in the game until they were able to rally in the third period of a game in which they were outplayed from start to almost finish.
But his storybook heroics came to an abupt finish when Saku Koivu beat him on a backhander at 2:45 of overtime to give the Canadiens a 3-2 win.
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Captain crunch time -- Canada.com
Canadiens Conquer Bolts In Overtime -- Tampa Bay Online
Habs score critical victory -- Globe And Mail
Koivu's OT goal salvages win for Habs -- AP
Koivu's OT tally rescues Habs in narrow win against Bolts -- TSN
Captain Koivu to the rescue -- Globe And Mail
Habs hoping they've righted ship -- NHL.com
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