Tim Thomas made 14 saves in the third period, and appeared to be the regular season version of himself for the first time in the playoffs. Thomas showed off a clinic of show-stopping saves in the third while getting big and aggressive on a tasty Andrei Kostitsyn bid from the left face-off dot, smothering a shot by Scott Gomez right on the doorstep of the net, knocking a James Wisniewski scorched blast with his blocker and kicking away a P.K. Subban shot from the high point all with six minutes to go in a one-goal game. As small as Thomas came up in Game 2 at TD Garden, he was that good when it really mattered in the final 15 minutes of the third period at the Bell Centre on Monday night. If Thomas plays at that level on a consistent basis for the next week then the Canadiens are in trouble.