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Pregame Notebook: Lightning on verge of Eastern Conference championship

The Tampa Bay Lightning have a chance to close out the New York Rangers in Game 6 and win their second Eastern Conference championship at Amalie Arena tonight.

To do so, the Lightning will draw on their experience from previous Game 6s in the 2015 Playoffs.

In the First Round against the Red Wings, Tampa Bay, down three-games-to-two, faced elimination but went into Detroit’s Joe Louis Arena and played one of its best games of the postseason, winning 5-2 to force a winner-take-all Game 7 in Tampa, which the Bolts won to extend their season.

In Game 6 versus Montreal, having allowed the Canadiens to get back in the series after opening with three-straight victories, the Lightning again put together one of their finest playoff performances to eliminate the Canadiens and advance to the Eastern Conference Final.