The Tampa Bay Lightning had all the momentum in their First Round series against the Detroit Red Wings entering Saturday’s Game 5. A miraculous comeback two days earlier, the Bolts down by two late only to score three goals in less than eight minutes providing the lift that would carry the team to a series win and onto the next round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs.
Or so they thought.
Detroit came in to Tampa’s Amalie Arena on Saturday determined to atone for their late game collapse at the Joe. The Red Wings again built a 2-0 lead in the final period and this time choked the Lightning into submission with a suffocating defense that gave up few chances.