The game was about five minutes old, and the Lightning already seemed in trouble.
Two players were in the penalty box, and with a home crowd howling for the Rangers to do something with their five-on-three advantage, the puck skidded toward Martin St. Louis, who was alone at the top of the power-play formation.
But the puck ticked off the skates of the normally reliable St. Louis and ricocheted toward center ice. Tyler Johnson burst past St. Louis, racing to the puck, and in a few quick strides, was skating unimpeded toward the Rangers’ net.