Without giving play by play on each of these goals, let me share with you in one place the three tallies that evened this series. You didn’t expect it as time wound down in regulation… And within two quick moments, the game was tied.
Tyler Johnson scored with 5:26 let in regulation to wipe away Petr Mrazek shutout. It was Johnson’s 3rd goal of the playoffs and Anton Stralman was given the assist:
The offensive outburst continued with Ondrej Palat getting his first goal of the playoffs less than two minutes later. Tyler Johnson got the primary assist while Jason Garrison, playing his first game inna month, notched the secondary assist.
Regularization ended and, simply put, the Lightning decided not to make a long slog of overtime like the epics of sudden death that are so common in the playoffs.The Lightning weren’t having any of that. 2:25 into overtime and the game was ended with Tyler Johnson (who is Good at the Hockey) notching his 4th playoff goal, Victor Hedman got the primary assist, Ondrej Palat the secondary, and we got ourselves a tied series heading back to Tampa:
