Ondrej Palat scored the winning goal with 6:22 remaining and Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 35 shots for the Lightning.
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The Tampa Bay Lightning live to fight another day as they beat the Colorado Avalanche 3-2 in Game 5 of the NHL Stanley Cup Final. Ondrej Palat scored the winning goal with 6:22 remaining and Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 35 shots in front of a fanatic crowd hoping to celebrate Colorado’s first cup win in 21 years. After the game, Lightning forward Corey Perry said, “That’s what good teams do, you find a way. Keep plugging along. This is fun. This is what hockey’s all about, different guys stepping up at different times.”
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Nikita Kucherov and Jan Rutta also scored for Tampa Bay Lightning while Valeri Nichushkin and Cale Makar had goals for Colorado. Makar’s third-period tally bounced off the skate of Erik Cernak and through the pads of Vasilevskiy to tie it at 2. Colorado Avalanche defenseman Devon Toews said, “We have belief in our room that we can win every game we go out and play. We feel like we had a decent game tonight, pretty good game. Obviously, it wasn’t enough tonight.” Game 6 is on Sunday in Tampa. The Lightning trail the series 3-2.
Twitter was buzzing with fan reaction and we have picked out some of the best ones.
COME ON HOME, BOYS!
✅✅✅✅ ✅✅✅✅
✅✅✅✅ ✅✅⭕?#GoBolts pic.twitter.com/iMnhU0uFnp— Paul Driscoll (@PDriscollTBT) June 25, 2022
Jon Cooper’s a real one #GoBolts pic.twitter.com/5rOHedJY8n
— Thomas Welch (@twelcher15) June 25, 2022
Vasy wasn’t losing tonight #GoBolts pic.twitter.com/UKg0S5hCrg
— Gump Cathcart (@bubbagumpino) June 25, 2022
Love y’all goodnight #GoBolts pic.twitter.com/lLddFtTN3K
— shelbs (@shelbsdamook) June 25, 2022
the man that saved our lives tonight⚡️ #gobolts pic.twitter.com/wng0WTTia1
— x – chloe missses brayden 🙁 (@chloepoint21) June 25, 2022
NEVER
EVER
COUNT OUT CHAMPIONS.
SEE YOU BACK HERE ON SUNDAY!!#BOLTSWIN #GoBolts pic.twitter.com/6CEpkmkBbz— Blair⚡️Driscoll (@BlairDriscoll_) June 25, 2022
Dave Mishkin calls Palat’s goal to make it 3-2 Lightning #GoBolts #TBLvsCOL #StanleyCup pic.twitter.com/1pjhCRij73
— Bucs Rays Bolts (@BucsRaysBoltsYT) June 25, 2022
If you’re going to game 6 & you’re not going to scream the entire time, then give your tickets to someone who will. Our boys deserve it. #GoBolts
— Drew R. Garabo (@DrewOnTheRadio) June 25, 2022
All quiet at Ball Arena except Lightning’s full-time staff members going nuts after Jan Rutta’s goal
1-0 #GoBolts #StanleyCup pic.twitter.com/yyanOmYgcj
— Kyle Burger (@kyle_burger) June 25, 2022
The #GoBolts message to #BoltsNation pic.twitter.com/1NKT0mfvbB
— x – Derek (@dyates0801) June 25, 2022
