TAMPA — Jon Cooper doesn’t think the Pittsburgh Penguins will take the spanking they gave his Tampa Bay Lightning on Tuesday and put it to use in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference final.
Momentum in the Penguins’ favour on home ice in the do-or-die game on Thursday after a 5-2 triumph in Game 6?
Not so much, the Lightning coach figured.
“You look at some of the way this series has gone,” Cooper said. “We come in and steal Game 1. They take us out in Game 2. They get Game 3, we’ve got to come back in Game 4.