On Friday night, the Tampa Bay Lightning defeated the New York Islanders, breaking their history of losing in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Finals and advancing to their second Stanley Cup Final in a row. If you follow this blog and hockey in general, this wouldn’t surprise you as the defending champions Tampa Bay Lightning have been one of the main favorites this season and even their short slump at the end of the regular season didn’t seriously lower their odds.
The return of Nikita Kucherov also played a big part in this.