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Lightning’s season on the brink after overtime loss to Avalanche in Game 4

TAMPA, Fla. — Through all the experience this Lightning team has drawn from, all the times they have rallied from deficits (in games and series) this postseason, they now face their toughest challenge.

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Lightning scored controversial Game 4 goal after Darcy Kuemper lost helmet and fans weren’t happy

It turns out goalies aren't completely protected in the crease.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Avs’ Devon Toews on Nikita Kucherov injury: 'I’m not trying to hurt anyone out here'

TAMPA, Fla. — Avalanche defenseman Devon Toews on Tuesday defended his penalized cross-check on Nikita Kucherov that injured the Lightning forward late in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final.

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John Romano: Guess which team in the Stanley Cup final has faith in its goalie?

TAMPA, Fla. — If faith can win you a hockey game, then the Lightning may have already pulled even in the Stanley Cup final.

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SI:AM | The Lightning Win Game 3 Behind a Huge Second Period

Plus, the Nets-Kyrie Irving contact impasse was entirely predictable.

Sports Illustrated

Lightning bounce back, beat Avalanche 6-2 in Game 3

Two nights after being limited to just 16 shots in a 7-0 loss in Denver, the Lightning rebounded by finally finding a way to neutralize Colorado’s speed and solve Darcy Kuemper.

Chicago Sun-Times

Lightning bounce back, claim first win vs. Avalanche in Cup final

TAMPA, Fla. — From the looks of Game 3, the Lightning have their mojo back. And the team couldn’t have better timing.

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Lightning thrash Avalanche to bounce back in Stanley Cup

Miami (AFP) - The defending champion Tampa Bay Lightning roared back into Stanley Cup final contention on Monday, battering the Colorado Avalanche 6-2 to claim their first win of the series.

AFP

Charles Barkley roasted Jayson Tatum during ESPN’s Stanley Cup Final broadcast and fans loved it

"I love you, Jayson Tatum. I'm just joking!"

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Ondrej Palat’s gorgeous goal in Game 3 gave the Lightning its first lead of the Stanley Cup Final

The back-to-back Stanley Cup champs are back in business!

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SI:AM | Suffering Made Matt Fitzpatrick a U.S. Open Champion

And, is Chet Holmgren the future of basketball?

Sports Illustrated

Helene Elliott: Their offense is great, but it’s defense that gives the Avalanche the look of a champion

The Colorado Avalanche are the fourth NHL team to score seven or more goals four times in one postseason run and first to do that in 37 years. They’re the first team since 1996 to score at least 11 goals in the first two games of the Stanley Cup Final,…

Los Angeles Times

How did this happen? Lightning seem to be wondering that, too.

DENVER — So, we have theories. We have hypotheses. We have wild-hair thoughts and fait accompli portents to describe what has happened to the Lightning in the first two games of the Stanley Cup final.

Tribune News Service

This You Gotta See: Cubs-Cardinals, Sky-Aces and another Bulls No. 1 pick up in the air

It’s NBA draft week, and you know what that means: Every sports outlet with a pulse is doing what it does best — purporting to have more than the faintest clue about what’s going to happen Thursday night in Brooklyn.

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Conn Smythe tracker after Stanley Cup Final Game 2: Can anyone dethrone Cale Makar?

Makar could soon be the king of the Cup champion.

Chicago Sun-Times

Avalanche rout Lightning 7-0 to take 2-0 lead in Stanley Cup Final

Valeri Nichushkin scored his seventh and eighth goals of the playoffs and continued to be the best player on the ice in the final.

The Denver Post

Avalanche dominates Lightning, 7-0, in Game 2 of Stanley Cup Final

DENVER — They come at you in waves, this Avalanche team.

The Guardian - US

Avalanche put seven past Lightning to move within two wins of Stanley Cup

Andrei Vasilevskiy and Tampa Bay were thumped 7-0 by Colorado, losing not only the game but their cool and their mojo in the process.

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AFP

Avalanche bury Lightning 7-0 to take 2-0 lead in Stanley Cup Final

Los Angeles (AFP) - Valeri Nichushkin and Cale Makar scored two goals apiece as the Colorado Avalanche thrashed the Tampa Bay Lightning 7-0 on Saturday to take a commanding 2-0 lead in the NHL Stanley Cup Final.

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Lightning go from thin air to thin ice with Game 2 loss to Avalanche in Stanley Cup Final

DENVER — So, this is what it feels like.

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See all 3 of the Avalanche’s electrifying goals in the first period of Game 2 against the Lightning

Colorado is COOKING in Game 2!

Tribune News Service

John Romano: If the Lightning want to win, they need to create more chaos

DENVER — The disparity in the number of shots between Colorado and Tampa Bay in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final was eye-opening and, moving forward, probably insurmountable.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

John Tortorella acknowledges ‘there’s some work to do’ but is excited for long-awaited ‘opportunity’ with the Flyers

PHILADELPHIA — In 2004, new Flyers coach John Tortorella passed through Philadelphia as the coach of the Tampa Bay Lightning in the Eastern Conference final. At the time, he was in just his fifth season as an NHL head coach.

Tribune News Service

Lightning’s secret weapon? Maybe it’s ‘Bathroom Becky.’

TAMPA, Fla. — Becky McKeen has stuck with one tried and true tradition for the past month and a half. Even a run to the airport didn’t change things when the Lightning needed her.

Tribune News Service

John Romano: A guy wearing a mask can steal the Stanley Cup for the Lightning

DENVER — Let’s consider all the possible reactions to another Game 1 loss for the Lightning.

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