EDMONTON, Alberta — The Tampa Bay Lightning could be less than 24 hours away from hoisting the Stanley Cup. The Lightning defenseman Kevin Shattenkirk scored the game winner on the power play. Tampa Bay has now won three straight games and can win the championship on Saturday night. This weekend’s back-to-back games are the first in the Stanley Cup finals since 2009 and just the second since the expansion era began in 1967. The Stars failed to capitalize while Mikhail Sergachev was off for holding Tyler Seguin, but the Lightning took advantage when Jamie Benn was whistled for a tripping call against Tyler Johnson.

Source: New York Times September 26, 2020 05:37 UTC