The reigning Stanley Cup champions might have been on the ropes. But the Tampa Bay Lightning, winners of consecutive titles, returned home, and cut their two-game deficit down to one, defeating the Colorado Avalanche 6-2.
It wasn't just the two-game deficit in the Stanley Cup Final that had Lightning fans concerned, it's how the Avalanche had won. Colorado jumped out to early leads in both games and, in Game 2, absolutely dominated Tampa. Goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy, one of the best postseason goalies in NHL history, was blitzed for seven goals on Saturday.