Scattered thoughts:
– The game ground down to a bit of a crawl as it petered out, but the first two periods lived up to the hype of the first seed and the second seed going toe to toe. It was fantastic entertainment between two teams who are the best in the league when it comes to playing fast, transitioning from defense to offense, and completing skilled play after skilled play at high speeds.
– From the Tampa Bay Lightning broadcast announcers in the third period:
I don’t think we’ve seen the Lightning spend this much time on their own side of the red line all season.