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Kucherov鈥檚 goal fires Lightning

Russia鈥檚 Nikita Kucherov scored in overtime to give the Tampa Bay Lightning a 6-5 victory over the New York Rangers on Wednesday, taking a 2-1 lead in their NHL Eastern Conference finals series.

Ondrej Palat had two goals and an assist, and Tyler Johnson, Steven Stamkos and Alex Killorn each had one goal and an assist for the Lightning.

The 21-year-old Kucherov, part of the high-scoring 鈥楾riplets鈥 line that is leading Tampa Bay鈥檚 playoff run, scored his second overtime winner of this postseason.

Linemate Ondrej Palat had two goals and an assist, and Tyler Johnson 鈥 the other triplet 鈥 had his playoff-leading 12th goal, as well as an assist.

Steven Stamkos and Alex Killorn each had one goal and an assist for Tampa Bay. The Lightning overcame an early 2-0 deficit and won despite also squandering a two-goal lead to the resilient Rangers.

The winner came about a minute after New York goalie Henrik Lundqvist made a terrific stop on J.T. Brown鈥檚 breakaway.

New York had tied it 5-5 on Dan Boyle鈥檚 rebound with 1:56 left in regulation. Jesper Fast scored twice, and the Rangers also got power-play goals from Derick Brassard and Ryan McDonagh.


 

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