It wasn’t that he didn’t have the chances. He’s had plenty of them.
But the puck luck is real and it hadn’t been on Steven Stamkos’ side during the World Cup of Hockey. But the Lightning captain finally broke through and scored the eventual game-winning goal as Team Canada defeated Team Europe in a sleepy, borderline boring game Tuesday night in Toronto.
The victory in the best-of-three series means that Canada can win the tournament with a win on Thursday.
Stamkos’ goal happened thanks to Zdeno Chara, who coughed up the puck and well, see it for yourself.