NEWARK, N.J. — The Lightning went into the final minutes of Thursday night’s game against the Devils on their heels.
They had momentum going into the third period when Steven Stamkos scored 20 seconds after killing off a 5-on-3 power play to put Tampa Bay up 2-1, temporarily silencing the home crowd at the Prudential Center. Then Timo Meier’s goal midway through the third shifted the game.
Stamkos fired off another go-ahead goal, this one on the power play with 4:47 left in regulation, but Meier answered inside the final three minutes.
