Lightning Push the Avalanche to Game 6 in the Stanley Cup Finals
The Tampa Bay Lightning stymied the Colorado Avalanche in Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Finals to send the series back to Florida.
The Tampa Bay Lightning stymied the Colorado Avalanche in Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Finals to send the series back to Florida.
Players and officials needed an extra moment to realize Colorado had scored in overtime. Now, Tampa Bay trails 3-1 and needs to quickly move on from a goal it believes should not have counted.
Only five teams have overcome a 2-1 series deficit in the Stanley Cup finals, and Tampa Bay is trying to become the first to erase that lead in two seven-game series in a row.
In taking a 2-0 series lead against the two-time defending champion Tampa Bay Lightning in the Stanley Cup finals, Colorado’s complete ascension to the top of the league is within reach.
In taking a 2-0 series lead against the two-time defending champion Tampa Bay Lightning in the Stanley Cup finals, Colorado’s complete ascension to the top of the league is within reach.
“You think you’ve got him, but you don’t,” Lightning defenseman Mikhail Sergachev said. “He just uses you as bait and as a screen. He’s very, very dangerous.”
“You think you’ve got him, but you don’t,” Lightning defenseman Mikhail Sergachev said. “He just uses you as bait and as a screen. He’s very, very dangerous.”
The two-time N.H.L. defending champion Lightning faced elimination in the first round and fell behind, 2-0, in the Eastern Conference finals. Still, a deep Colorado team may be their biggest obstacle.
Only a few North American pro teams have won three straight championships. Can the Tampa Bay Lightning join them?
No team has been to three Stanley Cup Finals in a row since the Edmonton Oilers in the mid-1980s, and the Islanders were the last team to win three consecutive Cups 40 years ago.