Photo gallery
Hockey player Corey Perry of Tampa Bay during the NHL Eastern Conference finals against the New York Rangers.Photo: Chris O’Meara, CTK / AP
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Tampa Bay left-wing Pierre-Edouard Bellemare and New York Rangers center Tyler Motte in the third game of the NHL Eastern Conference Finals.Photo: Kim Clement, Reuters
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The duel for New York hockey player Ryan Lindgren and Tampa Bay center Steven Stamkos.Photo: Chris O’Meara, CTK / AP
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After two games in New York, the series moved 2: 0 for the Rangers to Florida. The spectators in Tampa waited for the first goal until the 28th minute, when the guest Mika Zibanejad opened the score. Two minutes later, Chris Kreider used the second power play in the match and the Rangers led 2-0.
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The Swedish and American strikers scored the tenth goal in this playoff and, together with Nathan MacKinnon of Colorado, share the second position among the shooters. For Kreider, it was already the 34th goal in the elimination fights in his career, which equaled Rod Gilbert at the top of the club tables.
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The home team reduced just after half of the match, when Kučerov also gained a numerical advantage. Steven Stamkos scored the equalizer in the beginning of the third part and completed the turn with his sixth goal in this playoff Palát. After Kučerov pushed the Czech striker, he found a loophole on the front post of Igor Šesťorkin’s goal and was the only one to succeed in a five-on-five game.
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The native of Frýdek-Místek, whose journalists voted the first star of the match, was the first player in Lightning history to score the tenth winning goal in the elimination fights. Of the active players, only the four Joe Pavelski (14), Yevgeny Malkin (13), Jonathan Toews (11) and Patrick Kane (11) are better.
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Not even 48 hits by goalkeeper Sixorkin were enough for the New York team to win the third in the series. After three matches, it is so clear that the series will return to Madison Square Garden. The fourth match will be played on Wednesday night.
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| NHL Eastern Conference Playoff Final – Match 3: |
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| Tampa Bay – New York Rangers 3:2 (0:0, 1:2, 2:0) |
| Goals: 31. Kučerov, 42. Stamkos, 60. Palát – 28. Zibanejad, 30. Kreider. Shots on goal: 51:30. Match stars: 1. Palát, 2. Vasilevskij, 3. Stamkos (all Tampa Bay). 1: 2 series. |
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