Steven Stamkos answered the Rangers' goal with one of his own, as the Lightning took a 2-1 lead. It was 0:49
The New York Rangers were eliminated in the Eastern Conference finals by the Tampa Bay Lightning.
Steven Stamkos scored two goals to lead the Bolts over the Rangers in the conference final.
Since 1983, the New York Islanders have been the only team to three-peat. The Stanley Cup Final will take place in Denver. They want to win the Stanley Cup for the first time in over a decade.
Game 6 of the Eastern Conference finals was a battle between the two goalies, and it was a fitting conclusion. The Rangers were kept in the game by Shesterkin's 28 saves.
Vasilevskiy has excelled in potential series-clinching games. In 24 career potential playoff series-clinchers, he has 13 wins and only allowed one goal or less in 11 of them.
Shesterkin gave the first period a blank look. He made a point-blank save on Pat Maroon and a great skate save on a Pierre-Edouard Bellemare shot. In the second period, he made a great save on a Nikita Kucherov goal.
Steven Stamkos wired a long-range shot from the right wing boards past Shesterkin to give the Bolts a 2-0 lead. The goal was the 40th of the captain's career in the playoffs.
The second period ended with the Lightning up by one.
The Rangers got a power play at 8:26 of the third. They entered the game with the best conversion rate in the playoffs, but only had 3:15 power-play time in the previous two games. The man advantage was killed off by the lightning.
Frank Vatrano scored his fifth goal of the playoffs at 13:07 of the third period when Stamkos was in the penalty box.
Stamkos answered back with his ninth of the playoffs.
Stamkos streaked to the Rangers' net after receiving a pass. He shot the puck into the glove of Shesterkin, but it popped into the air and bounced off the leg of Stamkos into the net, giving him a goal and a lead. The goal was reviewed by the NHL.
The Rangers couldn't get the goal they were looking for. Their offense failed to score for the third game in a row.
Before the sixth game of the series, Gallant said he could change the lineup. For the first time in the playoffs, he replaced Kaapo Kakko with Dryden Hunt. The most productive line in the playoffs was broken up by him.
Victor Hedman left the game in the second period after he was hit in the head by a Rangers player. The third period started with him back.
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