The Stanley Cup Final is square at a game apiece.
In a clash that in many ways mirrored their series-opening loss, the Tampa Bay Lightning sprung to a quick lead in Game 2 and hung on to defeat the Dallas Stars 3-2 on Monday night to even the NHL’s championship series.
Brayden Point, Ondrej Palat and Kevin Shattenkirk scored across the space of four minutes in the first period for the Lightning, which was enough to thwart a comeback bid from the Stars that was built on goals from Joe Pavelski and Mattias Janmark.
Andrei Vasilevskiy had 27 saves after an underwhelming performance in Game 1, while Anton Khudobin stopped 28 shots in the loss.