The Tampa Bay Lightning are on the verge.
Kevin Shattenkirk’s overtime goal on the power play lifted the Lightning to a 5-4 victory over the Dallas Stars on Friday night, and more importantly sealed a 3-1 lead in the Stanley Cup Final. It was the Lightning’s sixth power-play goal of the series.
Brayden Point was the offensive engine, scoring twice, while Yanni Gourde and Alex Killorn also struck for the Lightning, who took advantage of a rare subpar performance from Stars netminder Anton Khudobin.
Joe Pavelski countered with two goals for Dallas.
The situation is obviously dire for the Stars, who need to digest a difficult loss in a hurry because the two teams will reconvene for Game 5 on the second half of a back-to-back.