The Tampa Bay Lightning look to book their ticket to the Eastern Conference final as they host the New York Islanders at Amalie Arena in game five on Sunday.
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But it was his defensive play that really set the tone for the latter games of the series.
With their win today over the New York Islanders, the Tampa Bay Lightning became the first team to advance to the Eastern Conference championship round.
If they are going to come back and win this series, they are going to need some contribution from All-Star forward John Tavares.
Can the Tampa Bay Lightning establish a dominant 3-1 lead, or will the New York Islanders even things up in Game 4 tonight at 7PM ET?
Ben Bishop’s 27 saves from 28 shots earned him the third star of the game, with Kyle Okposo’s go-ahead goal winning him the second.
“He’s proving he’s not a one-hit wonder”, Lightning coach Jon Cooper said.
Not that he particularly wants his team have to have to keep coming from behind. “Just from the way they felt the last 3 o’clock game we had, the guys feel it’s necessary to do, I’m going to jump on the bandwagon with them”, Capuano said. The Jazz allowed just 95.4 points per game the last two seasons, the second-fewest in the league despite a roster that was ravaged by injuries in 2015-16.
Despite the Isles giving Tampa Bay three powerplay opportunities, the Bots failed to get on the scoreboard, only managing a humbling 11 shots in the period, despite playing six minutes on the man advantage.
The series seemed to slip away more and more as the five games progressed, winding down with a whimper and shutout loss. “You have to just stay the course”. They need a win.
“We always believed in ourselves”, said Kucherov, who scored the tying goal in the third period of both Game 3 and Game 4.
NEW YORK (AP) – The Tampa Bay Lightning again withstood an early push from the New York Islanders and pulled out another big overtime victory.
“You can slowly feel momentum when it turns and I think that’s a big part of playoffs – trying to grab momentum back as fast as you can and then trying to hold onto it when you have it”, Lightning winger Ryan Callahan said. That obviously wasn’t the spark the Isles’ offense needed but Quine finished his first postseason with a goal and four assists, tied for fourth on the team in postseason scoring.
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“Well, they haven’t raised the Stanley Cup”, he said. You gotta have believability and trust and hope with one another that you just continue to play within the framework that you want to play with and get the results that you get.
