Back when he was 7, Andre Burakovsky tagged along to watch his father play in a professional hockey game in Sweden. The opposing goalie was none other than Henrik Lundqvist.

Burakovsky, now barely 20 and an NHL rookie with the Washington Capitals, found himself facing Lundqvist, now the goalie for the New York Rangers, and the kid came through in a big way Wednesday night. Burakovsky scored his first two postseason goals and Braden Holtby saved a penalty shot, giving Washington a 2-1 victory over New York for a 3-1 lead in the Eastern Conference semifinals.

The Capitals can close out the Presidents’ Trophy-winning Rangers in the best-of-seven series and advance to the conference finals for the first time in Alex Ovechkin’s career by taking Game 5 in New York on Friday.

“There’s no shock. It’s disappointment,” said Lundqvist, who led the Rangers to the Stanley Cup finals last season. “They’re nothing really to figure out. We just need to score.”

Burakovsky tied Game 4 in the second period, then put Washington ahead to stay 24 seconds into the third.

“He’s been a favorite goalie of (mine) since I grew up,” Burakovsky said about his countryman Lundqvist. “I’ve been watching him my whole life. It’s a pretty special moment.”

Not bad for a guy who scored only nine goals in the regular season — and none since Feb. 15 — and was limited to 53 games with Washington.

Lightning 2, Canadiens 1: Time was running out and the sellout crowd of 19,204 grew impatient, urging the Lightning to take one more crack at Carey Price.

Good idea.

Tyler Johnson’s only shot of the night slipped past the Montreal goaltender with 1.1 seconds remaining Wednesday night, giving Tampa Bay a 3-0 lead in the Eastern Confernce semifinals.

“Honestly, I didn’t even know it was that close at the buzzer. … I wasn’t thinking about the time at all,” Johnson said after his third game-winning goal this postseason.

“It’s just a giant weight off the shoulders because overtime is fun,” Johnson added, “but nobody really wants to do it.”

The All-Star center scored his eighth goal of the postseason off a pass from Victor Hedman in a stunning finish for the Canadiens, who tied it midway through the third period on Brendan Gallagher’s goal.