Author: Mike Brehm, USA TODAY

The Montreal Canadiens have been making too many mistakes, and the defending Stanley Cup champion Tampa Bay Lightning are disrupting Carey Price.

A highlight-reel goal by Blake Coleman held up as the game-winner as the Lightning took a 2-0 lead on the Canadiens in the Stanley Cup Final.

Connor McDavid hit the 100-point mark in his 53rd game and finished with 105 points in 56 games, 21 points ahead of No. 2 scorer Leon Draisaitl.

The Tampa Bay Lightning downed the Montreal Canadiens 5-1 to take a 1-0 lead in the Stanley Cup Final.

No Canadian team has won the Stanley Cup since the 1993 Montreal Canadiens. The 2021 version of the team has a shot at ending that drought.

Tampa Bay Lightning forward Nikita Kucherov was cross-checked by New York Islanders’ Scott Mayfield after left after trying to check Mathew Barzal.

New York Islanders star Mathew Barzal felled Lightning defenseman Jan Rutta with a cross-check to the face in Tampa Bay’s blowout victory in Game 5.

Robin Lehner, who started in place of Marc-Andre Fleury, made 27 saves as the Vegas Golden Knights defeated the Montreal Canadiens in Game 4.

Montreal’s Josh Anderson scored on Vegas goalie Marc-Andre Fleury’s misplay, then gets the overtime winner as the Canadiens top the Golden Knights.

Montreal Canadiens interim coach Dominique Ducharme is isolating after a positive COVID-19 test was confirmed. No one else has tested positive.