Litter Box Cats · Jun 25, 2022
Saturday Postseason Caterwaul: Florida Panthers Open Forum
Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty ImagesOndrej Palat scored the eventual game-winner goal with 6:22 remaining in the third period, as the Tampa Bay Lightning staved off elimanted with a 3-2 victory over the Colorado Avalanche in Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Final at Ball Arena in Denver.
After playing catch with Mikael Sergachev, Victor Hedman found Palat wide-open in the slot and his one-timer barely made it through the pads of Darcy Kuemper and over the goal line.
Jan Ruuta notched his first of the postseason to open the scoring in the first period and Nikita Kucherov put the Lightning up 2-1 with a power-play goal at 8:10 mark of the second.