Head coach Rod Brind’Amour said that his team played a perfect first period as they dominated much of the play while skating to a 1-0 lead. The Canes were outshooting the Lightning, 8-1 to start things off.
Then just 31 seconds into the second period, Andrei Svechnikov got his stick in between his opponent’s legs and he was promptly called for a penalty, the seventh straight game in which this happened.
A minute later, Steven Stamkos rifled in an open shot from the slot to tie things up and then there was no stopping the Bolts as they seemed to almost score at will.