Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Final against the New York Rangers could be the most important match some of the players on the Tampa Bay Lightning will ever play in their NHL career.
But, they’re not treating it as such.
To them, Friday will be just another day and Game 7 will be just another game, at least that’s the way they feel they have to approach it in order to keep the situation from becoming too overwhelming.
“You can’t really focus too much on it, can’t stress about it because when you do that, that’s when bad things happen,” said Lightning center Tyler Johnson, who will be playing in his second Game 7, both coming during these playoffs.