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Tampa Bay Lightning outlast New York Rangers in Game 3, prove 'there's no quit in our group'

TAMPA, Fla. -- Turns out the New York Rangers haven't cornered the market on having "no quit" in the Stanley Cup Playoffs.

The Tampa Bay Lightning rallied from a 2-0 deficit in the second period to win Game 3 at home on Sunday night, 3-2, cutting the Rangers' Eastern Conference Final lead to 2-1. Winger Ondrej Palat scored the game-winning goal with 42 seconds left in regulation on a perfect pass from Nikita Kucherov, who factored in on all three Lightning goals.

"It wasn't an ideal situation, but there's no quit in our group.