Should Brendan Gallagher replace Kirby Dach in Canadiens’ Game 3 lineup? | HI/O Bonus

For the first time in his 14-year NHL career, Brendan Gallagher was a healthy playoff scratch for the opening two games of the Canadiens’ first-round series against the Tampa Bay Lightning.

Coming off a 3-2 overtime loss in Game 2 — after blowing a 2-1 third-period lead — Tuesday night in Tampa that evened the best-of-seven series 1-1, should Gallagher be in the lineup for Game 3 Friday night at the Bell Centre?

Canadiens forward Kirby Dach goes over the back of Lightning winger Nikita Kucherov during first period of Game 2 on Tuesday in Tampa, Fla. Luis Santana / Tampa Bay Times

If so, who should come out of the lineup?

Those are the questions answered in this Hockey Inside/Out Show bonus episode, as The Gazette’s Stu Cowan is joined by former Canadiens teammates and 1986 Stanley Cup champions Chris Nilan and Rick Green.

We’ll have one more bonus episode coming during the next few days and a new Hockey Inside/Out Show next Thursday after the Canadiens and Lightning meet in Game 5 the previous night in Tampa.

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