The Tampa Bay Lightning will take on the Colorado Avalance in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Finals beginning on Wednesday in Denver.
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The Tampa Bay Lightning defeated the New York Rangers 2-1 in Game 6 of the NHL Eastern Conference Finals and in the process booked their place in the Stanley Cup Final. This is their third straight trip to the finals. The Lightning will take on the Colorado Avalance in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Finals beginning on Wednesday in Denver. The Tampa Bay Lightning are trying to become the first team to three-peat as champion since the New York Islanders in 1983.
Steven Stamkos scored both goals to send the Lightning through against the New York Rangers who saw their surprising and dramatic playoff run end in the conference final. The series between these two teams was billed as a battle between Lightning goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy and Rangers goalie Igor Shesterkin, and Game 6 was no different. Shesterkin made 28 saves to keep the Rangers in the game. Vasilevskiy, meanwhile, continued his brilliance in potential series-clinching games. He now has 13 wins in 24 career potential playoff series-clinchers.
Twitter went crazy after the game and we have picked out some of the best reactions.
The #GoBolts are the best team in the NHL over last decade and it’s not close.
2 Stanley Cups
4 Cup Finals
6 Conference Finals
Tied the best regular season in NHL HistoryAnd a shot at doing something we haven’t seen in 40 YEARS: 3 straight Cups.
This team, man. SPECIAL.
— Jackie Redmond (@Jackie_Redmond) June 12, 2022
Dave Mishkin calls the end of ECF Game 6 #GoBolts #NYRvsTBL #StanleyCup pic.twitter.com/xTksdX7sea
— Bucs Rays Bolts (@BucsRaysBoltsYT) June 12, 2022
Nothing better than an islanders fan wasting a great seat in Tampa Florida for game 6 of the Stanley Cup conference finals against the Rangers. Hate them all!#NYRvsTBL pic.twitter.com/0MtGFAGWLi
— Soggy Bottom (@RealSoggyBottom) June 12, 2022
Missed embellishment call #NYRvsTBL pic.twitter.com/sqRiXsXD94
— Gregg Silliman (@GreggSilliman) June 12, 2022
Thats what rangers fans get for cheering on floppers and head hunters #NYRvsTBL
— boltnolebuc (@NhlSecret) June 12, 2022
Tampa Lightning after the Rangers scored. #NYRvsTBL #GoBolts pic.twitter.com/s7QKGaS5tV
— Austin (@AustinPlanet) June 12, 2022
Is any other team paying their 4th best defenseman 8 mil a season or is it just us? #NYRvsTBL #NYR
— Tanner Glass (@gregorymckegory) June 12, 2022
All NYR fans who chanted Igor is better, right this way please. #NYRvsTBL pic.twitter.com/hb7QZZG6aT
— Dewey Oxberger (@flapenaltybox) June 12, 2022
Basically this game in one image. #NYRvsTBL #GoBolts #NYR pic.twitter.com/9nAV2h9RL5
— Level 20 Gnoll Bard (@Lvl20GnollBard) June 12, 2022
With the primary assist on Steven Stamkos’s game-winning goal, Nikita Kucherov became the first player to record 150 career playoff points with the #Bolts and just the 30th player in NHL history to do so.#NYRvsTBL
— Chris Krenn (@Chris_Krenn) June 12, 2022
