Commissioner Gary Bettman was on hand to present the Lightning with the Stanley Cup exactly 200 days after his dismal if hopeful announcement that the season was being put on pause with 189 games left unplayed. This iteration entered the playoffs as the betting favorite too, but instead of folding under the weight of their own greatness, the Lightning did exactly what was expected of them: They won the Stanley Cup. To be sure, the Bolts weren't as good during the 2019-20 regular season as they were in 2018-19. EDMONTON, Alberta — The Tampa Bay Lightning are the champions of bubble hockey.
... Alexander Volkov made his NHL playoff debut in the clincher for Tampa Bay. The clock hitting zeros in an empty arena nonetheless set off a joyful celebration for a team that endured years of playoff heartbreak and two months in isolation.

Tampa Bay's core group closed out the final with an almost poetic display of what got the Lightning to this point over the past several years and months. Plus, there is BIG name in the Sam Darnold cult. Boston Bruins, 4-3 2018 — Washington Capitals def. "We got tremendous depth. Coleman made it 2-0 by capitalizing on a turnover midway through the second frame, one-timing a cross-ice pass from Cedric Paquette. © 2020 www.palmbeachpost.com. Victory saw the Lightning, who won their maiden Stanley Cup in 2004, clinch the best-of-seven ice hockey championship series 4-2.

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"The beauty of our team is everyone was chipping in," Point said.

A year after an epic unraveling, the Tampa Bay Lightning have completed their redemption arc. September 25, 2020, Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Dallas Stars (5-4) The NHL has targeted a tentative Dec. 1 start date, but even Bettman acknowledged a later December or January start is possible. That iteration of the Lightning -- the one that finished the regular season with 62 wins and 128 points -- entered the playoffs as the overwhelming favorite but was unable to get the job done.
In doing so, Tampa exorcised any demons that may have invaded the soul of the franchise last spring when it was swept in the first round of the Eastern Conference playoffs by a dogged but less accomplished Columbus Blue Jackets team. After just eight shots through the first two periods, a desperate Dallas more than doubled that in the third frame, but could not put the puck past Andrei Vasilevskiy, who made 22 saves for his first playoff shutout. EDMONTON, Alberta — The Tampa Bay Lightning are the champions of bubble hockey. Copyright: © 2020 ESPN Enterprises, Inc. All rights reserved.

Tampa Bay missed the chance to clinch the Cup after a double-overtime loss on Sunday, but would not let the opportunity slip away a second time. Dallas Stars, 4-2 2019 — St. Louis Blues def. Brayden Point and Blake Coleman … Are the Yankees ready to run? Coach Jon Cooper thought the attitude needed to change from wanting to beat every opponent 9-0 because that's not realistic in playoff hockey. Michael Wilbon and Frank Isola discuss the Titans' and Vikings' suspension of in-person football activities due to COVID-19, Pat Mahomes lighting it up on MNF, the Clippers' coaching search, the Lightning winning the Stanley Cup and much more. The Tampa Bay Lightning Finally Delivered On Their Stanley Cup Potential.

Emily recaps the unique celebration from Edmonton (3:30). Vegas Golden Knights, 4-1 "It takes a lot to be in a bubble for 80 days or whatever long it was," said defenseman Victor Hedman, who won the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP. Unlike the NBA, it called for doing it in two spots [--] Toronto and Edmonton, while the U.S. grappled with spiking coronavirus cases in too many places for NHL leadership to feel comfortable. Similar uncertainty hangs in the air now because of the coronavirus. Point scored on the power play midway through the first period, sailing through the slot untouched and putting his own rebound past Dallas goalie Anton Khudobin. "But it's all worth it now, we're coming home with the Cup.". Tampa Bay; Lightning (43-21-6) And it worked. Rick Bowness, an assistant for Tampa Bay for five years who was part of their 2015 run that fell short in the final, faced his own uncertain future as interim head coach.

TV: NBC/CBC/RSN/TVA. 2 center Anthony Cirelli playing hurt this time, didn't have injured captain Steven Stamkos for almost all of the playoffs - and still survived. Vainqueurs du match 5 après une double prolongation (3-2), les Dallas Stars ont entretenu l'espoir en finale de la Coupe Stanley face au Tampa Bay Lightning. Curtis McElhinney of the Tampa Bay Lightning skates with the Stanley Cup. There was nothing close to a breakout. The Bolts hoisted their second ever Stanley Cup on Monday night after dispatching the Dallas Stars 2-0, bringing to an end a hard-fought but ultimately comfortable series after six games. After more than 31,000 tests, there were zero positive coronavirus cases reported among players, coaches and staff inside the bubbles and just a handful among hotel, arena or restaurant employees.

EDMONTON - The Tampa Bay Lightning are the 2020 Stanley Cup champions, defeating the Dallas Stars 2-0 Monday to capture the NHL’s top trophy in front of empty seats, sprawling tarps, and no fans at Rogers Place. Their new star in Point scored a power-play goal in the first period with assists from longtime standouts Nikita Kucherov and Hedman, key addition Coleman killed a penalty and scored on an odd-man rush in the second, and Vasilevskiy did his job on a relatively slow night in net. Bizarre as it was with no fans and manufactured crowd noise and light shows, the hockey was often top notch. Outshot 11-4 in the opening period, the Stars were fortunate not to find themselves in a bigger hole, but fell 2-0 behind seven minutes into the second, when Blake Coleman blasted a one-timer by Dallas netminder Anton Khudobin. The league and players' union worked for nearly four months to iron out where, how and when to play so 2020 wouldn't join 1919 and 2004 as a year in which the Cup wasn't awarded. The Lightning did to the Stars what Chicago did to them in the '15 final, when injuries built up. The NHL is the first of the four major North American professional sports leagues to crown a champion since the start of the pandemic. We of course give you another uplifting Phil Kessel Loves Hot Dogs (41:18), and look ahead to some off-season story-lines during Puck Headlines (44:33). The plan they came up with was unusual.

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