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A battle of heavyweights. Definitely a phrase that comes to mind when watching theTampa Bay Lightning, and theBoston Bruinssquare off in theEastern semi-final. The teams split the series inTampaand theBruinswere looking to take the series lead at home. TheLightninghad other plans however and it soon became apparent that the road to victory would not be an easy one. That being said one wouldn’t expect the game to be decided in the first period, but that’s exactly what happened.
It would be theLightingwho would strike first only a bit under two minutes into the period.Ondrej Palatwould be the recipient of a one-timer blasted behind byTuukka Rask, a one-timer thatPalatwould bury short side for the 1-0 lead.Tampa’squick start would continue as only a minute laterPalatwould get another. This time he’d deflect theVicktor Hedmanshot byRaskgivingTampathe early 2-0 lead. However a bad penalty would putBostonon the powerplay with about five minutes to go. On that powerplayPatrice Bergeronwould get the puck on a mad scramble and go five-hole onAndrei Vasilevskiycutting the lead to 2-1. The celebration was short lived however as theLightningwould answer back two minutes later.Anthony Cerelliwould notch his first of the playoffs over the shoulder ofRaskrestoring the two goal lead at 3-1. The period would end on that score with the shots being 19-14 forTampaand that’s how the score would be for most of the game.
The second period would be in theLightning’sfavour again with an 11-8 edge in shots. This is largely due to a parade to the penalty box where the teams combined for a total of seven penalties. The score would remain unchanged until the last minute of the third period whereSteven Stamkoswould seal the deal with an empty net goal on the powerplay making the final 4-1. Which meansStamkosstill hasn’t tallied an even strength goal sinceMarch 3rdbut why should he care when his team won the game and took the series lead with it. The third period shots were 7-7 and the game was 37-29 forTampa. Game four will beFriday May 4th in Boston, where theBruinswill look to tie the series at two at home.
Maxwell Mantik
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Maxwell Mantik was born in Calgary Alberta and currently lives in a hamlet about half an hour outside the city. A graduate of SAIT Polytechnic, he’s been writing for fun for over 7 years (mostly script and novel themed). His voice acting worked has been featured in films at the Vancouver film festival, and has worked on 7 short films. His interests include superheros, sci-fi, fantasy, acting, writing, hockey, and shooting guns (because he likes to think he’s edgy).
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