Lightning reach Stanley Cup Final with Game 7 win, The Tampa Bay Lightning progressed to the 2015 Stanley Cup Final on Friday night by turning into the first group ever to win a Game 7 against the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden.
Tampa Bay's 2-0 triumph closes a dash of seven straight Game 7 wins for the Rangers on home ice and keeps New York from coming back to the Cup Final, where it lost to the Los Angeles Kings in five diversions last season.
The Lightning will play the Chicago Blackhawks or Anaheim Ducks in the Cup Final. The Western Conference Final will end Saturday with a Game 7 in Anaheim.
Ben Bishop was Tampa Bay's best player Friday night with a 22-spare shutout. He joins Patrick Roy and Tim Thomas as the main goaltenders in NHL history with different Game 7 shutouts in the same postseason. Priest likewise close out the Rangers in Game 5 last week.
Officers netminder Henrik Lundqvist made a few noteworthy spares before surrendering a to some degree delicate objective to Lightning focus Alex Killorn 1:54 into the third period. The Rangers made an in number surge all through the period looking for the tying objective, however the Lightning included a protection count from Ondrej Palat at 11:17.
Palat and linemates Tyler Johnson and Nikita Kucherov joined for 24 focuses (11 objectives, 13 helps) in the arrangement.
The Lightning's just other Cup Final appearance was in 2004 when they beat the Calgary Flames in seven recreations.
Tampa Bay's 2-0 triumph closes a dash of seven straight Game 7 wins for the Rangers on home ice and keeps New York from coming back to the Cup Final, where it lost to the Los Angeles Kings in five diversions last season.
The Lightning will play the Chicago Blackhawks or Anaheim Ducks in the Cup Final. The Western Conference Final will end Saturday with a Game 7 in Anaheim.
Ben Bishop was Tampa Bay's best player Friday night with a 22-spare shutout. He joins Patrick Roy and Tim Thomas as the main goaltenders in NHL history with different Game 7 shutouts in the same postseason. Priest likewise close out the Rangers in Game 5 last week.
Officers netminder Henrik Lundqvist made a few noteworthy spares before surrendering a to some degree delicate objective to Lightning focus Alex Killorn 1:54 into the third period. The Rangers made an in number surge all through the period looking for the tying objective, however the Lightning included a protection count from Ondrej Palat at 11:17.
Palat and linemates Tyler Johnson and Nikita Kucherov joined for 24 focuses (11 objectives, 13 helps) in the arrangement.
The Lightning's just other Cup Final appearance was in 2004 when they beat the Calgary Flames in seven recreations.
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