The Tampa Bay centre, whose playmaking ability was one of the keys to the Lightning’s run to last year’s Stanley Cup Final, scored two third-period goals and also had a pair of assists Friday night to lead the defending Eastern Conference champions to a 5-2 victory in Game 2 of their first-round playoff series in Tampa. Their goals in Game 1 were the result of getting bodies in front of Ben Bishop. Two nights later, it was Killorn off a pass from Johnson.
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FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT! Detroit Red Wings’ Justin Abdelkadeer unleashed his fury on Mike Blunden during his team’s playoff game against Tampa Bay Lightning during an epic brawl. Kucherov and Boyle also scored for the Lightning, who tacked on Killorn’s empty-netter with 2:14 remaining. Now they’ll have to finish Game 2 without bottom-six forward J.T. Brown. The home team has won all six meetings between the teams this season.
In Tampa, Florida, Nikita Kucherov scored twice and Alex Killorn snapped a third-period tie, lifting Tampa Bay past Detroit in Game 1 of their series.
It took the Red Wings less than two minutes to turn a 1-0 deficit into a 2-1 lead, with Green scoring his 10th goal in 72 career playoff games at 2:11 of the second period, and Abdelkader beating Bishop 1:56 later with a shot through traffic that cleared the goalie’s right shoulder. But former Lightning player Brad Richards’s tied the score at two early in the third period.
Tampa Bay Lightning right wing Nikita Kucherov (86), of Russian Federation, celebrates after scoring against the Detroit Red Wings during the first period of Game 2 in a first-round NHL hockey Stanley Cup playoff series Friday, April 15, …
Drouin pushed ahead and passed back to Boyle, who fired the puck into the top left corner of the net past Howard.
Was Wednesday night’s decision a big boost for Detroit and a downer for Tampa Bay?
– Two games into the best-of-seven series against the Lightning, the Red Wings seem to have no answers. If needed, game five would be played in Tampa on Thursday night. “It’s a good call when I just jumped at him (Hedman) over emotion”.
It’s unclear at this juncture just how much time Brown will miss with the injury.
Zetterberg has scored only once in these teams’ 17 games since the beginning of last season, all started by Bishop. And once again, they were completely obliterated by the Tyler Johnson line. RW Erik Condra, C Jonathan Marchessault and D Matt Taormina were healthy scratches.
Although surrendering five unanswered shots in the opening two minutes, the Lightning scored first on Jimmy Howard for the second straight game. Smith is in for D Kyle Quincey, who was a healthy scratch….
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The Blues appeared to have taken a 2-1 lead with 7:46 left in regulation on the second goal of the game from Tarasenko, but the Blackhawks challenged the goal and after a video review it was ruled that Jori Lehtera had been offside on the play.
