The Montreal Canadiens scored three straight goals to defeat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-3 in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Qualifiers at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto on Wednesday.
Shea Weber had one goal and two assists, and Carey Price made 30 saves for the Canadiens, the No. 12 seed in the Eastern Conference.
Matt Murray made 27 saves for Pittsburgh, the No. 5 seed.
Montreal leads the best-of-5 series with Game 4 in Toronto, the Eastern Conference hub city, on Friday (4 p.m. ET; NBCSN, NHL.TV, SN, TVAS, ATTSN-PT). The series winner advances to the Stanley Cup Playoffs. The loser will have a 12.5% chance at the No. 1 pick in the 2020 NHL Draft in the Second Phase of the NHL Draft Lottery, to be held Monday.
Teams that win Game 3 after a series is tied 1-1 are 21-7 (75 percent) winning a best-of-5 NHL series (14-2 when last used from 1980-86).
Jonathan Drouin deflected a shot from Ben Chiarot, cutting it to 3-2 at 10:13 of the second, and Paul Byron tied it 3-3 on a wrap-around at 15:50 of that period.
Jeff Petry, who scored in overtime to win Game 1, gave the Canadiens a 4-3 lead with a sharp-angle shot at 5:33 of the third period.
The Penguins scored three straight goals after Weber put the Canadiens ahead 1-0 on a wrist shot at 4:57 of the first period.
Patric Hornqvist tied it 1-1 on a power play at 8:40 of the first before Jason Zucker scored another power-play goal, giving the Penguins a 2-1 lead at 9:39 of that period.
Teddy Blueger made it 3-1 at 5:34 of the second period on a rebound.
Sidney Crosby had an assist on Hornqvist's goal, moving him past Doug Gilmour and Joe Sakic into sole possession of eighth all-time in NHL postseason points with 189 (68 goals, 121 assists) in 167 games.
Canadiens rookie forward Jake Evans left his NHL postseason debut with 7:18 remaining in the second period after Tanev hit him into the boards.
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