After getting thoroughly clowned by the Colorado Avalanche in Game Two Saturday, the Tampa Bay Lightning responded at home with a big 6-2 win last night at Amalie Arena in Tampa. Nick Paul got the eventual winner early in the second period despite being quite obviously injured on the previous shift, and they also got goals from Anthony Cirelli, Ondrej Palat, Pat Maroon, Steven Stamkos and Corey Perry.
Gabriel Landeskog scored both Colorado goals, and the Avs pulled Darcy Kuemper after the 5th goal, bringing in Pavel Francouz for the remainder of thegame. Things got a little testy near the end of this one, as Logan O’Connor and Ross Colton fought, while Andrew Cogliano and Pat Maroon were given ten minute misconduct penalties.