Ruslan Fedotenko scored two goals and Nikolai Khabibulin stopped the last 16 shots he faced as the Lightning beat the Flames 2-1 in Game 7 to win the Stanley Cup in their first trip to the NHL finals on this day in 2004.
The Lightning needed a double-overtime victory in Game 6 to stay alive and send the series back to Tampa Bay with a chance to clinch in front of their fans.
A raucous crowd of nearly 23,000 at the St. Pete Times Forum watched the hosts build a 2-0 lead following Fedotenko’s second-period goal, his 12th of the postseason.