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2016 Eastern Conference Final Game 5: Bolts rally to win 4-3, take 3-2 series lead

The Tampa Bay Lightning showed their perseverance in rallying from 2-0 to win 4-3 in overtime. The series shifts back to Tampa on Tuesday.

The Tampa Bay Lightning defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins, 4-3, in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Final at the CONSOL Energy Center on Sunday night.

Find a way.

Those were the words of Lightning head coach Jon Cooper in his mid-game interview with NBC analyst Pierre McGuire. When the Tampa Bay Lightning went down 2-0 to the Penguins, Cooper knew his players would persevere.

The odds were against them - the Pittsburgh Penguins hadn't lost two consecutive games since Jan.