
The ’14-’15 Tampa Bay Lightning had a tough time getting to the Final, but breezed through an easy five-game series win once they got there. (via lightning.nhl.com)
Here is the 2016 Tampa Bay Lightning Qualifying Tournament in its entirety.
The 2nd-seeded ’14-’15 Tampa Bay Lightning are now the third different representative for the franchise and they almost dropped the opening game of this qualifier final. The 4th-seeded ’13-’14 Tampa Bay Lightning led 2-1 very late into the third period. With the goaltender pulled and the extra attacker on, Brian Boyle tied it for the ’14-’15 Lightning with just 17 seconds remaining. It then took just over two minutes into overtime for Alex Killorn to win it for the ’14-’15 Lightning as they took a 1-0 series lead. Then, courtesy of a five-point (4G, 1A) performance from Tyler Johnson, the ’14-’15 Lightning took a 2-0 series lead with a 5-2 win in Game 2. The ’13-’14 Lightning got on the board in the series with a 6-2 win of their own. Ondrej Palat registered a hat trick and added an assist for a four-point effort in the win for the ’13-’14 Lightning. Palat did the same thing in Game 4, only for the ’14-’15 Lightning. He scored twice, including the game-winner four plus minutes into overtime, while also tallying two assists as the ’14-’15 Lightning won 4-3 to take a 3-1 series lead. They closed the series out with a 3-0 shutout win in Game 5 as Ben Bishop stopped all 27 shots he saw while both Palat (1G, 2A) and Nikita Kucherov (2G, 1A) posted three-point nights.
1st Period | 2nd Period | 3rd Period | Overtime | Total | |
’13-’14 Lightning | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
’14-’15 Lightning | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
GAME SUMMARY: ’14-’15 TBL – 3 ’13-’14 TBL – 2 (OT) (1-0 ’14-’15 TBL)
STARS OF THE GAME:
1st Star: G – Ben Bishop (’13-’14 TBL) – OTL 3.00 GAA .932 SV% (41 SV’s)
2nd Star: G – Ben Bishop (’14-’15 TBL) – W 2.00 GAA .933 SV% (28 SV’s)
3rd Star: C – Tyler Johnson (’14-’15 TBL) – 0 G 2 A 2 P Even 8 S
1st Period | 2nd Period | 3rd Period | Overtime | Total | |
’13-’14 Lightning | 1 | 0 | 1 | — | 2 |
’14-’15 Lightning | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | 5 |
GAME SUMMARY: ’14-’15 TBL – 5 ’13-’14 TBL – 2 (2-0 ’14-’15 TBL)
STARS OF THE GAME:
1st Star: C – Tyler Johnson (’14-’15 TBL) – 4 G 1 A 5 P +5 8 S
2nd Star: RW – Ryan Callahen (’14-’15 TBL) – 0 G 2 A 2 P +3 1 S
3rd Star: D – Victor Hedman (’14-’15 TBL) – 0 G 2 A 2 P +2 2 S
1st Period | 2nd Period | 3rd Period | Overtime | Total | |
’14-’15 Lightning | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 |
’13-’14 Lightning | 2 | 1 | 3 | — | 6 |
GAME SUMMARY: ’13-’14 TBL – 6 ’14-’15 TBL – 2 (2-1 ’14-’15 TBL)
STARS OF THE GAME:
1st Star: LW – Ondrej Palat (’13-’14 TBL) – 3 G 1 A 4 P +6 6 S
2nd Star: D – Victor Hedman (’13-’14 TBL) – 1 G 2 A 3 P +4 4 S
3rd Star: C – Valtteri Filppula (’13-’14 TBL) – 1 G 2 A 3 P +4 2 S
1st Period | 2nd Period | 3rd Period | Overtime | Total | |
’14-’15 Lightning | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
’13-’14 Lightning | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
GAME SUMMARY: ’14-’15 TBL – 4 ’13-’14 TBL – 3 (OT) (3-1 ’14-’15 TBL)
STARS OF THE GAME:
1st Star: LW – Ondrej Palat (’14-’15 TBL) – 2 G 2 A 4 P +3 6 S
2nd Star: RW – Nikita Kucherov (’14-’15 TBL) – 1 G 2 A 3 P +3 11 S
3rd Star: RW – Martin St. Louis (’13-’14 TBL) – 2 G 0 A 2 P -1 6 S
1st Period | 2nd Period | 3rd Period | Overtime | Total | |
’13-’14 Lightning | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
’14-’15 Lightning | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 3 |
GAME SUMMARY: ’14-’15 TBL – 3 ’13-’14 TBL – 0 (4-1 ’14-’15 TBL)
STARS OF THE GAME:
1st Star: G – Ben Bishop (’14-’15 TBL) – W 0.00 GAA 1.000 SV% (27 SV’s)
2nd Star: RW – Nikita Kucherov (’14-’15 TBL) – 2 G 1 A 3 P +3 11 S
3rd Star: LW – Ondrej Palat (’14-’15 TBL) – 1 G 2 A 3 P +3 4 S
Up next is the 2016 Calgary Flames Qualifying Tournament!