Rangers guard Irgor Shestjorkin was in a hurry. He blocked 48 shots in the match.
In the U.S. hockey NHL, Tampa Bay Lightning won the third final of the Eastern Conference with 3-2 New York Rangers goals. The Rangers still lead the series with a 2-1 win.
No goals were seen in the first set, and by the end of the second period, the Rangers had taken a 2-1 lead by scoring two overpowering goals. First, the Tampa Bay net was waved by a star player Mika Zibanejad, who scored their tenth playoff goal. The tenth goal of the playoffs also went to the Rangers Chris Kreiderin from the stage when the playing time of the second round was about halfway through.
Less than a minute to reach Tampa Nikita Kutsherov also managed to take advantage of a situation of force majeure and fired a puck at the Rangers goal.
The final batch caused fans on both teams to hold their breath. At the beginning of the batch Lightning Steven Stamkos waved the Rangers net with superiority.
Even in the last minutes of the game, the match was even. In the last minute, Lightning, who grabbed last season’s championship, became the hero of the goal Ondrej Palat.
The pressure at Rangers ’end was hard during the game, for Igor Shestjorkin blocked 48 shots out of 51 in the game. Tampan Andrei Vasilevski stopped 28 shots out of 30.
Rangersin Kaapo Kakko played in the match for about ten minutes.
Tampa Bay has the opportunity to level the series early Wednesday in Finnish time.
The team with four wins will advance to the final of the entire league. In the finals, there will be a winner of the western block. The Colorado Avalanche and the Edmonton Oilers are battling for the title. Colorado still needs one more win to secure their league final spot.
Hockey NHL, 3rd Final of the Eastern Conference, 4 wins:
Tampa Bay Lightning – New York Rangers 3–2
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