It was just to much for the Canadiens, who relied again on Price to keep them in a game. Kucherov, Point and Hedman all played through injuries, too. How deep? Nikita Kucherov had 32 points to join Mario Lemieux as the only players to lead the postseason in scoring two years in a row, and Brayden Point scored 14 goals through three rounds. Never losing twice in a row thanks to a combination of Vasilevskiy’s brilliance and one of the deepest rosters constructed since the cap was implemented in 2005, the Lightning solidified their status as a modern-day dynasty. Tampa Bay joined Pittsburgh as the only back-to-back Cup winner in the salary-cap era, but even more impressively did it amid virus protocols with the shortest span between championships in the long history of the NHL.
The scene couldn’t have been any further from the mirthless, empty arena where the Lightning won the Cup last September in a quarantined bubble across the continent in Edmonton, Alberta. “To do it in front of our fans and our families, it’s so special, special,” defenseman Victor Hedman said. Savard set up Colton’s goal midway through the second period past Canadiens stalwart Carey Price that fired up the crowd at Amalie Arena. Ross Colton and David Savard weren’t around last year and made sure to put their stamp on Tampa Bay’s latest title run. “This group, to go back to back after everything we went through last year in the bubble, to go through this year - ups and downs - it’s amazing,” Stamkos said. Finishing with a handful in a frantic final minute, he made 22 saves to remain undefeated in games after a loss over the past two playoffs, both contested during a deadly pandemic with the Lightning coming out on top each time. Playoff MVP Andrei Vasilevskiy had a series-ending shutout for an NHL-record fifth consecutive time dating to the 2020 final. Winning has become normal for the Lightning, who did so this time relying on their playoff MVP goaltender and the only two players on the ice without their names on hockey’s holy grail. “Full arena, incredible energy and another championship in Tampa,” Bettman said. Stamkos took another lap with the Cup, players held up their phones to capture video of the fans and confetti fell from the rafters. Pyrotechnics went off around him to celebrate not only Tampa Bay winning during a pandemic once again but the end of another grueling season played against the backdrops of protocols and restrictions. Seriously.įor more stories like this, check us out every day at was a familiar sight for the back-to-back champions, even if it was different in every possible way.Īfter the Lightning beat the Montreal Canadiens 1-0 on Wednesday night to end the final in five games, Stamkos hoisted the Cup in front of 18,110 fans - 18,110 more than the last time he did back in September. In the US, more people are killed by lightning than tornadoes and hurricanes put together. Poor Roy, a park ranger at Shenandoah National Park, was struck by lightning seven times in his lifetime.
Lightning strikes the Earth about 50 times a second and lightning can strike twice or even thrice or hundreds of times in the same place, like the Empire State Building of New York for example, which gets hit about 25 times a year.Īnd as for people, just be really glad you're not Roy Sullivan.
But that means the odds of it ever happening again must be zero, right? Well, you had this one stroke of really bad, bizarre luck. The old saying lightning never strikes twice is supposed to be reassuring.
You asked us, does lightning ever strike twice?
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