Tonight at 7:15 p.m. ET, the Chicago Blackhawks and Tampa Bay Lightning face-off for Game 2 of their best-of-7 Stanley Cup Final live from the Amalie Arena in Tampa Bay.
Chicago looks to take a 2-0 series lead back to Illinois with it while Tampa Bay hopes to even things up on home ice before the series shifts.
The Blackhawks used a frantic third period rally to erase a 1-0 deficit and take a 2-1 Game 1 victory on Wednesday against the Lightning.
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Alex Killorn scored on a slick deflection in the first period of Game 1 to stake Tampa Bay to a 1-0 lead, which marked his eighth goal of the postseason.
The Bolts would be held off the score sheet the rest of the way and the Blackhawks scored twice in less than two minutes to win the game. Teuvo Teravainen got the rally started and Antoine Vermette found the back of the net 1:58 later. It marked each of their third goals of the playoffs.
Though the Blackhawks won, they weren't all too happy with their effort as they were outplayed for much of the opening contest.
"I don't think we were satisfied with the way we came out in that game," Chicago captain Jonathan Toews said via NHL.com. "We know how to get off on the right foot in the next game. The motivation is right there just to play better. At the same time, we're happy with the result that we got. It doesn't hurt to find a way to sneak one out like that, but the motivation's right in front of us to go out there and play better and harder."
Toews is third on the club this postseason with 18 points off of nine goals and nine assists while Patrick Kane paces it with 10 goals and 20 points and Duncan Keith has a team-best 17 helpers and is second on Chicago with 19 points.
Brent Seabrook and Brandon Saad each have six goals in the playoffs for the Blackhawks.
The Lightning went down 1-0 for the third time in their first four series and they know they played well enough in Game 1 to win.
"However the series plays out, you don't want to look back saying, 'We were a little bit passive there,'" Lightning forward Brian Boyle told NHL.com. "If you want to make a mistake, do it being aggressive. Have that confidence that got us here."
The famed Triplets Line has paced Tampa Bay in these playoffs as Tyler Johnson has a playoff-best 12 goals and 21 points and Nikita Kucherov (9-10--19) and Ondrej Palat (7-8--15) have also been a reason for the team's success. All three were kept off of the score sheet in Game 1.
Killorn (eight goals, nine assists) and Steven Stamkos (seven markers, 10 helpers) each have 17 points.
In between the pipes, Tampa Bay turns to Ben Bishop, who made 19 saves on 21 shots in Game 1. Bishop is 12-9 this postseason with a 2.14 goals-against average and a .919 save percentage.
Chicago counters with Corey Crawford in the blue paint and he yielded just one goal on 23 shots in the opening game. Crawford is 10-4 in these playoffs with a 2.46 GAA and a .921 save percentage.
The Blackhawks look to take a 2-0 lead while the Lightning hopes to tie things up with the puck drops on Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final live from the Amalie Arena in Tampa Bay.
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