MONTREAL -- It looked like it would be easy when Rene Bourque scored for the Montreal Canadiens only 11 seconds into the game. Olli Maatta Jersey . But the Canadiens needed a third-period goal from Tomas Plekanec and some fine saves from Carey Price to down the Tampa Bay Lightning 3-2 on Sunday night and take a choke hold on their NHL Eastern Conference playoff series. The victory gave Montreal a 3-0 lead in the best-of-seven set with a chance to sweep the Bolts on home ice in Game 4 on Tuesday night. "Weve seen many scenarios in the playoffs and we have to have the same approach for the next game as we had for the last three," said Montreal defenceman P.K. Subban, who had a pair of assists in a standout performance. "Theyre a good team. "They had a lot of opportunities to score. They fought their way back into the game. They put pucks on the net and came hard to the end. We know theyll fight until the final buzzer, so we have to be ready next game." Brendan Gallagher also scored for Montreal while Ondrej Palat, back after missing a game with an injury, and defenceman Matthew Carle replied for Tampa Bay. Montreal outshot the Lightning 31-29, but there were nervy moments and a disputed, disallowed goal as the visitors pushed back in the second and third frames. "We were determined, we played with passion, I thought we responded unreal," said Tampa Bay coach Jon Cooper. "Its tough to walk into that locker-room and look those guys in the eye. "Clearly, that was the best game weve played in this series. I though they deserved a better fate. Ultimately, its a loss and thats what hurts the most." The Canadiens have a chance to avenge their only previous playoff meeting with the Lightning, who swept them in 2004 before going on to win the Stanley Cup. After winning the first two games in Tampa, Fla., the Canadiens returned to a rousing welcome from their fans and a spectacular pre-game show. The crowd of 21,273 was still roaring after joining old-time Quebec pop singer Ginette Reno in the Canadian anthem when Subban bounced a pass up the middle of the ice and Bourque collected it behind the Lightning defence. The unexpected scoring hero put his third of the series past Anders Lindback at the 11-second mark -- and the noise got even louder. "I didnt really know who (Reno) was, but by the reaction I knew it was somebody popular," said Bourque. "She did a great job getting the fans fired up. "We didnt plan it at all. It was a lucky bounce." Lindback made up for it with some strong saves as the Lightning cancelled the Canadiens early emotion by killing off a four-minute high-sticking call on rearguard Mike Barberio. Palat tied it 8:39 into the second frame as he buried the ricochet of a Steven Stamkos shot off Mike Weavers skate on the Bolts first power play. Then the Lightning poured it on, and looked like they had the go-ahead goal, only to see Subban bat a flying puck out of the air behind Price. Seconds later, Ryan Callahan put the puck in at 15:38 only to see it waived off due to what was ruled as incidental contact on Price by Alex Killorn. The Bolts felt the goal was good. "I was (angry) then and Im (angry) now," said Cooper. "Thats just my opinion. Ill let the court of public opinion take care of the rest." Of course, the Canadiens thought the officials got the call right. "It was a pass across, it got deflected in the air," said Price. "Subban batted it out of the air and it wound up kind of a scramble. "I tried to come back across the net and tripped over their guy, who was right in the middle of the crease. At that point, I didnt know what was going on." Less than three minutes later, the teams were each down a man when Subban picked up the puck, skated through the defence and around the net to set up Gallagher for his second goal of the series at 18:10. "I just tried to create space," said Subban, who had a team-high 28:03 of ice time. "I took a penalty earlier in the period and I felt good when I came back on the ice and the guys had killed it off. "Larry (Lars Eller) made a great play behind the net to move it to open ice. I tried to draw the forechecker to me and see what happened. I went behind the net. Gally did a great job to get himself open. It makes it easy for me to get it to him." Plekanec scored what would be the game-winner when he threaded a shot through from the right circle 5:43 into the third period. But Carle made it close with a point shot that looked to deflect off a body in front at 11:36. The Canadiens held off a late charge to put the win away. The lightning got a scare at 16:09 of the second when Stamkos fell after jostling with Brandon Prust and got hit in the head by Alexei Emelins knee. But the Bolts scoring star was able to return for the third period and picked up his second assist of the night on Carles goal. Cooper made four lineup changes, bringing in forwards Palat, Tom Pyatt and B.J. Crombeen and defenceman Barberio and scratching Sami Salo, Michael Kostka, Richard Panik and Nikita Kucherov. Salo reportedly has an upper body injury. Montreal made no changes. Notes: The Canadiens called up a taxi squad from AHL Hamilton, including goalies Dustin Tokarski and Devan Dubnyk, defencemen Nathan Beaulieu, Davis Drewiske and Greg Pateryn and forwards Sven Andrighetto, Mike Blundin, Gabriel Dumont, Louis Leblanc and Christian Thomas. . . Bourques goal was not a team record for fastest to start a game. Bo Gainey scored seven seconds into a playoff game in 1977. 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Watch the action live on TSN1, TSN3, TSN4, TSN5 at 7pm et/4pm pt. The winner takes control of the division while the loser has a tough road to get into the playoffs. If we play like the team we are capable of, we shouldnt have any worries, Cowboys cornerback Orlando Scandrick said. Just 17 days earlier, the Eagles routed the Cowboys 33-10. But Dallas rebounded with a win at Chicago and has three extra days to prepare for the Eagles, who are coming off a loss to Seattle. We need to be the best version of ourselves this game, Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo said. I dont think our team played as well as were capable last time. The guys will be ready to go. Having a few more days off, I expect our team to be at our best. The Cowboys lost a winner-take-all game at home to the Eagles in the regular-season finale last year. So, they have extra motivation going for them, a factor that may be a bigger deal for oddsmakers than anyone else. Were not satisfied with the last game, Cowboys cornerback Brandon Carr said. Its out of character for us the way we played. Weve got an opportunity to go out there and prove ourselves one more time. The Eagles also have something to prove after the Seahawks snapped their 10-game home winning streak. Theyre only 2-4 against winning teams, including a blowout loss to Green Bay and a last-minute loss to Arizona. Mark Sanchez and the rest of the offence were shut down by Seattles Legion Of Doom defence, holding Philadelphia to just 139 total yards and 18:04 time of possession. Heres some things to watch for Sunday night: MURRAY VS. MCCOY: DeMarco Murray leads the NFL with 1,606 yards rushing while LeSean McCoy is fourth with 1,068. McCoy won the first matchup. He rushed for 159 yards and a TD in the first game and has 474 yards against the Cowboys in the past four meetings. The Eagles held Murray to a season-low 73 yards on Nov. 27. I think theyll come in trying to stop the run, McCoy said. Penguins Jerseys For Sale. Im sure theyre not happy about last game. I dont think itll be like that, that type of blowout. ROAD WARRIORS: The Cowboys are 6-0 on the road for the third time in franchise history. Theyve had their two best rushing games on the road and also beat the Seahawks in Seattle, handing Russell Wilson only his second home loss in three seasons. There arent a lot of the distractions that sometimes you have at home, Cowboys coach Jason Garrett said of the teams road success. And sometimes theres that warrior mentality where you go on the road and you kind of embrace all the challenges that come with it. I think our team has done a good job of that this year. UNDERRATED D-LINE: The Eagles defensive line set the tone for the win at Dallas by controlling the line of scrimmage against a talented offensive line. End Fletcher Cox is having an excellent season and Vinny Curry has a career-best eight sacks coming off the bench in passing downs. Fletcher Cox is a force in both the run and pass, defensive co-ordinator Billy Davis said. Were very happy with Vinny and the production hes given us. Cedric Thornton and Bennie Logan helped stuff Murray the first time around and kept Marshawn Lynch in check last week. FRUSTRATED DEZ: Dez Bryant had only four catches for 73 yards vs. the Eagles two weeks ago and called them cheap afterward. He was visibly frustrated during the game and was seen shouting on the sideline. I guess we got in his head a little bit, Eagles cornerback Bradley Fletcher said. Its not a bad thing at all. When were able to do that, thats a good thing for us. RESTED COWBOYS: While the Eagles played a tough, physical game against the Seahawks late Sunday afternoon, the Cowboys were sitting on their couches and relaxing after a win at Chicago on Thursday night. 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