Tatar leads Canadiens past Panthers 6-1; Florida eliminated from NHL playoffs Globe_Sports
The Canadiens are in the second wild-card spot, one point behind Carolina and two points ahead of Columbus. Both the Blue Jackets and Hurricanes have a game in hand on Montreal.Tatar got the ball rolling at 6:58 of the first period when he beat Reimer with a shot off the post and in on a feed from Andrew Shaw behind the net.The home team went up 2-0 through Kulak’s one-timer at 12:39 for the defenceman’s fifth goal of the season.
The Canadiens took a 4-0 lead when Lehkonen’s shot deflected slightly off Aleksander Barkov’s stick at 2:52 of the second. Domi made it 6-1 with a wrist shot from the faceoff dot to the left of Montembeault with 8:12 left in the game.
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