{"id":458280,"date":"2022-06-06T05:50:04","date_gmt":"2022-06-06T02:50:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/lightning-put-championship-dna-on-display-with-epic-comeback\/"},"modified":"2022-06-06T05:50:04","modified_gmt":"2022-06-06T02:50:04","slug":"lightning-put-championship-dna-on-display-with-epic-comeback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/lightning-put-championship-dna-on-display-with-epic-comeback\/","title":{"rendered":"#Lightning put championship DNA on display with epic comeback"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a245d584ccd3\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a245d584ccd3\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/lightning-put-championship-dna-on-display-with-epic-comeback\/#%E2%80%9CLightning_put_championship_DNA_on_display_with_epic_comeback%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Lightning put championship DNA on display with epic comeback&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CLightning_put_championship_DNA_on_display_with_epic_comeback%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Lightning put championship DNA on display with epic comeback&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<div class=\"inline-module inline-module--columnist inline-module--author\">\n<div class=\"inline-module--author__img\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"76\" height=\"69\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/mark-cannizzaro1.png?w=76&amp;h=69&amp;crop=1\" class=\"attachment-nyp_columnist size-nyp_columnist\" alt=\"Mark Cannizzaro\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/mark-cannizzaro1.png 76w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/mark-cannizzaro1.png?w=38 38w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 76px) 100vw, 76px\"\/>       <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>TAMPA, Fla. \u2014 Champions playing like champions.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Two-time defending champions playing like they\u2019re as thirsty for the third one as they were for the first two.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s precisely what the Rangers got from the Lightning in <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Game<\/a> 3 of the conference final Sunday at Amalie Arena in a stirring 3-2 comeback victory by Tampa Bay, which entered the game down 2-0 in the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> and entered the second half of the game down 2-0.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMaybe in years past, maybe \u2026 maybe panic would have set in at some point,\u2019\u2019 Lightning coach Jon Cooper said. \u201cBut definitely not with this group. No question the \u2018been-there-before\u2019 has helped our mindset.\u2019\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Tampa Bay was there two years ago, winning the Stanley Cup, and it was there a year ago hoisting it again. The Lightning played Sunday like a bunch of players not ready to loosen their grip on the coveted chalice they believe is still theirs.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Did anyone think the Lightning were going to go away meekly after losing the first two games of this series at Madison Square Garden and coming home for Game 3?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>If anyone thought the Lightning had a weak chin, that thought was dispelled on Sunday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Before the game, Rangers winger Ryan Reaves talked about the importance of burying the Lightning while they had the chance Sunday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"710\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/060522Rangers133CS.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Lightning Rangers\" class=\"wp-image-22544183\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/060522Rangers133CS.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/060522Rangers133CS.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/060522Rangers133CS.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/060522Rangers133CS.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The Lightning flashed their championship-DNA in Game 3 against the Rangers. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Corey Sipkin for the NY POST<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>But this Tampa Bay team has a strong pedigree, and now the Rangers have their hands full, beginning with Tuesday\u2019s Game 4 here with the Lightning suddenly energized.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve been in spots like this,\u2019\u2019 Cooper said. \u201cThe big thing for us was we felt we had a recipe, we just had to stay with it. There were times in this series where we\u2019ve tried to manufacture things that weren\u2019t there that put us on our heels. We weren\u2019t in sync. Our five-on-five game I liked. We just needed to stick with that, stay out of the [penalty] box.\u2019\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>Tampa Bay was, indeed, the better team at even-strength, which had not been the case in the first two games.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Lightning outshot the Rangers, 51-30.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Champions playing like champions.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The game-winner was a work of art in front of Rangers goaltender Igor Shesterkin, who never had a chance after Lightning star Nikita Kucherov slipped a nifty backhand pass to Ondrej Palat with Rangers Chris Kreider and Mika Zibanejad losing sight of the puck.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Palat, one of the unsung stars on the Tampa Bay roster who few speak about often, buried his franchise-record 10th career playoff game-winning goal with 42.1 seconds remaining in regulation.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Champions playing like champions.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s a quiet kid. He doesn\u2019t say anything. All he does is give you everything he has on every shift,\u2019\u2019 Cooper said of Palat.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"725\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/060522Rangers119CS.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Ondrej Palat celebrates after scoring the game-winning goal in the third period.\" class=\"wp-image-22544184\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/060522Rangers119CS.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/060522Rangers119CS.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/060522Rangers119CS.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/060522Rangers119CS.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Ondrej Palat, right, celebrates after scoring the game-winning goal in the third period. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Corey Sipkin for the NY POST<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>When you play on the same line as the dynamic Kucherov, who had a hand in all three Tampa Bay goals (scoring the first one on a power-play blast and assisting on the second two), a guy like Palat is going to be overshadowed.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s got the ability to play that blue-collar game with white-collar players,\u2019\u2019 Cooper said. \u201cThat\u2019s a great trait to have. He\u2019s usually the third guy talked about on the lines he plays on, but he comes through.\u2019\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Lightning were in position to win the game with Palat\u2019s heroics after having to kill off a critical four-minute high-sticking penalty by Kucherov on Zibanejad with 9:04 remaining in the game.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Champions playing like champions \u2014 even when it looked grim, down 2-0 halfway through the second period. Though they got a boost when Jacob Trouba was whistled for <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trip<\/a>ping, negating half of the Rangers\u2019 man-advantage.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou get on the bench, you\u2019re down 2-0 in the game and 2-0 in the series you feel the momentum going the other way and it\u2019s certainly not easy,\u2019\u2019 Tampa Bay center Steven Stamkos said. \u201cBut that\u2019s what it is to find a way at this time of year, find out which teams can sustain that adversity. We\u2019ve done it for a couple years now and have found a way and [Sunday] was another example.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was about finding a way to just win one game. That\u2019s what we talked about before the game \u2014 will your way to a win tonight and then whatever h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ens, happens.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt wasn\u2019t an ideal situation, but there\u2019s no quit in our group.\u2019\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"704\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/060522Rangers125CS-1.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Lightning players celebrate during their Game 3 win over the Rangers. \" class=\"wp-image-22544196\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/060522Rangers125CS-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/060522Rangers125CS-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/060522Rangers125CS-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/060522Rangers125CS-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Lightning players celebrate during their Game 3 win over the Rangers. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Corey Sipkin for the NY POST<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Interesting, the \u201cno quit\u2019\u2019 theme has been the Rangers mantra during this Cup playoff run, with T-shirts and posters having been made to commemorate their comeback series wins over Pittsburgh and Carolina before this series.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Now, the Rangers must deal with a two-time defending Stanley Cup champion that believes again.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Even up 2-1 in the series entering Tuesday\u2019s Game 4, it\u2019s a dangerous spot.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe cannot go ahead and start ordering their Stanley Cup rings, because there is still a long way to go,\u2019\u2019 former Rangers playoff hero Stefan Matteau told The Post over the phone before Game 3. \u201cThe Rangers will tell you that first. Nothing has been won. They\u2019ve achieved a lot, but the biggest challenge is yet to come.\u2019\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Rangers got a taste of that challenge Sunday afternoon. It gets tougher Tuesday night.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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