The puck dropped on Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final between the Chicago Blackhawks and Tampa Bay Lightning at the Amalie Arena on Wednesday in Florida in what was a fantastic, tight game all the way through.
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The Blackhawks used a furious third period comeback to erase a 1-0 deficit and scored twice in less than two minutes late in the final frame to take Game 1 by a 2-1 margin.
Chicago now leads Tampa Bay 1-0 in the best-of-seven series and is three wins away from hoisting the Stanley Cup for the third time in the last six years.
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Before the lights come up at Amalie Arena for Game 4, here is a ranking of the three goals that were scored on Wednesday night.
3) Teuvo Teravainen
With 6:32 remaining in regulation and his team down 1-0, Teravainen got the Blackhawks on the board with their first goal of the Stanley Cup Final to knot things at 1-1. Teravainen fired a shot from above the left circle and with Andrew Shaw screening Lightning goalie Ben Bishop, the puck found the back of the net to tie the game. It marked Teravainen's third tally of the postseason.
2) Alex Killorn
Killorn netted the first goal of the 2015 Stanley Cup Final on an unbelievable deflection. Lightning defenseman Anton Stralman fired the puck from the right point and Killorn displayed some slick hand-eye coordination, knocking the puck out of midair with a backhand and it eluded Blackhawks netminder Corey Crawford at 4:31 of the first for a 1-0 Lightning lead. Unfortunately for Tampa Bay, it marked the only time they would find the twine all night. It was Killorn's eighth marker of the playoffs.
1) Antoine Vermette
One minute and 58 seconds after Teravainen knotted the game, Vermette gave Chicago its first lead of the final. The center pounced on a terrible Lightning giveaway between the two circles and picked the top right corner above Bishop to stake his team to a 2-1 lead it wouldn't relinquish. The game-winning goal, which was Vermette's third of the playoffs, came at 15:26 of the third and was a back-breaker for Tampa Bay. While Killorn's may have been the prettiest of the night, Vermette's was the most important.
Game 1 saw three great goals and plenty of action. Game 2 emanates live from the Amalie Arena in Tampa Bay on Saturday as the Blackhawks look to take a 2-0 series lead back home with them and the Lightning hopes to tie the series on home ice
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