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Another game, another page of the Canadiens' history book rewritten by Lane Hutson. Hutson has emerged this Saturday as one of the stories drawing attention in Canada.

Key facts

• Another game, another page of the Canadiens' history book rewritten by Lane Hutson.
• In the Montreal Canadiens’ 3-2 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning at the Benchmark International Arena, sophomore defenseman Lane Hutson rewrote another page of the storied franchise history book.
• In overtime, the Canadiens took the lead in the series with the winner scored by a man made for the moment, Lane Hutson.
• Scores at 2:09, Montreal takes series lead; Dach has 2 points in win.
• - Lane Hutson scored at 2:09 of overtime, giving the Montreal Canadiens a 3-2 victory against the Tampa Bay Lightning in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference First Round at Bell Centre on Friday.

What we know

Going deeper, In the Montreal Canadiens’ 3-2 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning at the Benchmark International Arena, sophomore defenseman Lane Hutson rewrote another page of the storied franchise history book.

On the substance, In overtime, the Canadiens took the lead in the series with the winner scored by a man made for the moment, Lane Hutson.

Beyond the headlines, Scores at 2:09, Montreal takes series lead; Dach has 2 points in win.

More precisely, - Lane Hutson scored at 2:09 of overtime, giving the Montreal Canadiens a 3-2 victory against the Tampa Bay Lightning in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference First Round at Bell Centre on Friday.

It is worth noting that TBL@MTL, Gm 3: Texier sets up Hutson for OT winner.

By the numbers

At this stage, Lane Hutson has regularly tagged his defensive partner with a superior Expected Goals all season of higher than 60 percent.

On a related note, However, according to Money Puck, Hutson and Kaiden Guhle are struggling five-on-five this series with a 39 share only.

Going deeper, With the primary assist on Alexandre Texier's game-winning goal, the 22-year-old blueliner picked up the 10th point of his career in the playoffs in just his 10th career game and became the fastest rearguard in Habs’ history to reach that milestone.

On the substance, Just two full seasons into his professional career, the blueliner is turning out to be the steal of the 2022 draft.

What they're saying

“That honestly might have been my first slap shot all year,” Hutson said. “I saw some space, lots of bodies, and just tried to shoot it as hard as I could, and luckily it went in.”

“(Hutson) plays some important minutes for us and I feel comfortable with him on the ice in any matchup,” Canadiens coach Martin St.

“I thought out of the three games this was our worst game, you know, for us, from start to finish,” Lightning coach Jon Cooper said. “It was fortunate for us that we took this to overtime.

The wider context

On a related note, Of course, the sequence ended with the Lightning’s first goal of the game on an odd-man rush on which only Hutson was back to defend.

Going deeper, it normally takes a long time for a defenseman to master their craft, but Hutson is already well on his way there, and sooner rather than later, he’ll be in the Norris Trophy conversation.

On the substance, the Canadiens grabbed him with the 62nd overall pick at the tail end of the second round.

Beyond the headlines, So far, in the regular season, he has put up 146 points in just 166 games, which works out to 0.88 points per game.

More precisely, In the Canadiens' all-important Game 5 win, he spent 23:31 on the ice and made quite a few heads-up plays.

The bottom line

• It normally takes a long time for a defenseman to master their craft, but Hutson is already well on his way there, and sooner rather than later, he’ll be in the Norris Trophy conversation.
• The Canadiens grabbed him with the 62nd overall pick at the tail end of the second round.
• Hutson won it with a slap shot through traffic from above the right face-off circle after taking a pass by Alexandre Texier out of the right corner.