The Montreal Canadiens pulled to within two points of the Tampa Bay Lightning in the Atlantic Division by beating them 4-1 on Tuesday night at Benchmark International Arena.
Goaltender Jakub Dobes, the current NHL First Star of the week, continued his dominant stretch with a 36-save performance.
Forward Cole Caufield inched closer to 50 with his 47th goal of the season. He and Nick Suzuki also became the first pair of Habs to reach 80 points in a season since 1996-97.
The officials handed out 62 total penalty minutes on the night, but the Habs didn’t back down from the more playoff-weathered Bolts. The teams are on a collision course for a first-round playoff match up, and the bad blood is already…