Anthony Cirelli scores in overtime to send Lightning to Stanley Cup Final

Tampa Bay Lightning pose with the Prince of Wales trophy after defeating the New York Islanders during overtime NHL Eastern Conference final playoff action in Edmonton on Thursday, September 17, 2020.Five years after socially distancing from the Prince of Wales Trophy and losing in the Stanley Cup Final, the Tampa Bay Lightning got their hands on and arms around it to embrace their Eastern Conference championship.

They’re four wins from the Cup despite being without Stamkos all post-season and missing top centre Brayden Point for two games against the Islanders. They can thank defenceman Victor Hedman for scoring his ninth goal of the playoffs, Nikita Kucherov for playing 28:22 and Andrei Vasilveskiy making 26 saves while his teammates peppered Islanders goaltender Semyon Varlamov with 48 shots.

The Islanders scored first for the fifth consecutive game when Devon Toews beat Lightning goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy to the far post on a wraparound goal 4:15 in. In a playoffs full of defencemen scoring, it’s Toews' second goal, though replays showed seven Islanders players on the ice with what should have been a too many men penalty before he scored.

While the Islanders went 12 minutes without a shot on goal from late in the first period until midway through the second, the Lightning got an injury scare later in the period. Cirelli collided knee-on-knee with Anders Lee when the Islanders captain tried to exit the offensive zone and went airborne. Cirelli skated off gingerly and favoured his right knee walking down the tunnel but returned for the third and was the OT hero.

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