Tampa Bay took the NHL Eastern Conference Championship to its name when it beat NY Rangers with Steven Stamkos 2-1. The Colorado Avalanche, starred by Finns, will compete in the Stanley Cup finals.
12.6. 07:27 • Updated June 12th. 08:41
Tampa Bay Lightning will continue to play this summer to win the Stanley Cup. Lightning will be able to pursue his third consecutive championship when he defeated the Eastern Conference finals series with the New York Rangers 4-2. The Rangers led the match as early as 2-0, but Tampa made it to the finals with four consecutive wins.
Advancing to the finals three times in a row is a remarkably hard accomplishment. The last time it was successful was the Edmonton Oilers, who were in the finals from 1983 to 1985.
The sixth and decisive match ended in a 2-1 victory for Tampa.
The opening round of the match was goal-free, but went smoothly under Tampa’s command. The Rangers goalkeeper played excellently in the second round Igor Shestjorkin released the Tampa captain Steven Stamkosin wrist shot easy looking inside.
The Rangers did not give up. The team entered the levels in the third round when Andrew Copp won the offensive head start and Frank Vatrano loaded the puck irresistibly past Tampa Andrei Vasilevskin.
However, Tampa immediately struck back. Only twenty seconds later, Stamkos riveted the final scores to 2-1 at the end of the counterattack. Shestjorkin dropped Stamkos ‘bet in front of him, from where the puck hit the goalkeeper through Stamkos’ foot. The judges looked at the situation from the video for a moment, but approved the goal.
The goals of the match can be viewed in the video on the main picture of the story.
The poop did not reach the trough
In addition to Stamkos (2 + 0), Tampa reached two power points Ondrej Palat with its two entry points.
Both goalkeepers played convincingly. Tampan Vasilevski blocked 20 shots and let only Vatrano kudi behind him. The Tampa guard had a rejection rate of 95.2. Rangers were beaten 30 times per Shestjorkin, of which he rejected 28 bets with a turnout of 93.3%.
Rangersin Kaapo Kakko was not in the lineup. His farm was playing Dryden Hunt. Team coach Gerard Gallant did not want to comment on the punching of the Finnish striker. Kakko scored two goals in the playoffs and scored three assists.
The Rangers twisted in a playoffs with both Pittsburgh and Carolina through a long series of seven matches. Gallant admitted at the post-game press conference that the strain was reflected in the team.
– When you play so much, there will be no breaks or opportunities to recover. That was one reason we had trouble scoring in recent games.
Tampa striker Nick Paul praised his team after the game.
– We have a good team spirit and leaders. We control the puck well. We didn’t get to this point by chance.
In the final series, Tampa will face off Mikko Rantanen and Artturi Lehkonen starring the Colorado Avalanche, which won the Edmonton Oilers straight 4-0 in the Western Conference finals. The first match will be played early on Thursday in Finnish time. will show all the finals live on its channels.
Hockey NHL, 6th Final of the Eastern Conference, 4 wins:
Tampa Bay Lightning – New York Rangers 2–1
Profits 4–2
Updated 8:10 a.m.: added a comment from Gerard Gallant
Updated 8:41 a.m. Added a comment by Nick Paul