Lightning began to score in the East final

Palat broke the deadlock when the dial showed 41 seconds left in the game. In a long attack in the Rangers zone, Victor Hedman sent the puck to Nikita Kucherov, who served a good backhand pass to Palat. His shot without warning slipped under the arm of goalkeeper Igor Shesterkin.

Kucherov finished the game with a goal and two assists, while Steven Stamkos had a goal and Hedman had two assists.

Goalkeeper Andrei Vasilevskiy blocked 28 of 30 shots. He became even more familiar with himself in the first 40 minutes of play.

Mika Zibanejad had a goal and an assist for the Rangers, who saw their winning streak end at four. Chris Kreider also hit the target and Artemi Panarin set his team’s two wins.

Shesterkin is once again raging in front of the New York goal. He stopped 48 pucks and allowed more than two goals for the first time in five starts.

Both were outstanding goalkeepers in the first half, making some important saves to keep the scoreboard clean.

With a numerical superiority, Panarin made a cross pass to Zibanejad, but the latter missed his shot at the reception. A few seconds later, the puck returned to the blade of the Swede’s stick. This time his one-timer throw didn’t give Vasilevskiy a chance.

Moments later, Zibanejad was once again at the heart of the Rangers ’power play. His tough one-timer was blocked by Vasilevskiy, but Kreider jumped on the loose puck to move the ropes and double the lead for his team.

Lightning’s power play unit also focused after Kreider’s goal. The disc rotated smoothly in New York territory, and then Kucherov fired a low shot that got Shesterkin between the pads.

Early in the third period, again with another player on the ice Tampa Bay tied the game. On the right wing, Corey Perry made a cross pass to Stamkos, who quickly drew to trick Shesterkin’s guard into the top corner.

More details to come.