TAMPA, Fla. (AP) â Ross Colton scored off a pass from David Savard to put the Tampa Bay Lightning 20 minutes away from their second straight Stanley Cup title.
Savard set up Colton’s goal with 6:33 left in the second to give the Lightning a 1-0 lead over the Montreal Canadiens after two periods in Game 5 of the final Wednesday night. Colton stunted the momentum Montreal had built in the second period and put more than 17,000 fans at Amalie Arena one step closer to party time.
Colton and Savard are the only two players in the Tampa Bay lineup without their names engraved on the Stanley Cup. Colton is a rookie who wasn’t with the Lightning in the bubble last year, while Savard was a veteran trade-deadline acquisition who had never made it past the second round of the playoffs before.
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The Tampa Bay Lightning have solidified their status as one of NHL s top sides in the modern era
The Tampa Bay Lightning have solidified their status as one of NHL s top sides in the modern era 8 July 2021
They ve won back-to-back Stanley Cups defeating the Montreal Canadiens 4-1 in the finals series, thanks to a 1-nil win in game five on home ice.
They re just the third team since 1998 to win successive titles.
It s unbelievable, captain Steven Stamkos said. This group, to go back to back after everything we went through last year in the bubble, to go through this year s ups and downs it’s amazing.
The more than 17,000 fans at Amalie Arena chanted We want the Cup! as the final minutes of regulation winded down and the Lightning delivered. To do it in front of our fans and our families, it’s so special, special, defenseman Victor Hedman said. It’s out of this world. Winning a Stanley Cup is one thing. But doing it in front of our fans, family means the world.
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