Down 2-0 in the game and 2-0 in the series to the New York Rangers, things did not look great for the Tampa Bay Lightning midway through the second period. Then their best players started playing like their best players. Power play goals from Nikita Kucherov and Steven Stamkos tied it and, with time dwindling down in regulation, Ondrej Palat won it. Meanwhile Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 28 of 30 shots, allowing just power play goals to Mika Zibanajad and Chris Kreider. At the other end of the ice Igor Shesterkin stopped 48 of 51 (and posted a 1.
Ondrej Palat’s late goal powers Lightning to win over the Rangers
