DENVER — From 3,000 kilometers away, not even I could shake the funny feeling that, despite having to overcome a three-goal deficit with 20 minutes to play, the Montreal Canadiens would be just fine against the Tampa Bay Lightning if they could somehow manage not to allow one more shot on net.

I somehow doubt Jeff Gorton and Kent Hughes were laughing as they watched the very next one come from a terrible angle to cleanly beat Samuel Montembeault just 1:22 into the third period.

If it wasn’t right then and there that they decided to call up Jacob Fowler to the Canadiens, I’d be shocked.

The president of hockey operations and the general manager were probably thinking about it after Jakub Dobes was beat for a third time on Tampa’s first 14 shots. And if they weren’t sure before Montembeau

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