NEW YORK — The only history in which the Tampa Bay Lightning were interested was what they would create:
•Such as handing the New York Rangers their first Game 7 loss at Madison Square Garden, which Tampa Bay did Friday with a 2-0 decision behind Ben Bishop’s 22 saves.
•Such as heading to their second Stanley Cup Finals, in which they will play Chicago or Anaheim. Those teams will decide the Western Conference title Saturday night.
•Such as going 9-0 when scoring first in this postseason, which they did when Alex Killorn slipped a backhander under Henrik Lundqvist early in the third period.