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The Tampa Bay Lightning went in Game 3 with a must-win attitude and they proved that they are a tough team to beat in a seven-game series.

After being humiliated in Game 2 losing 7-0 in Denver, the Lightning bounced back with a 6-2 in and got the momentum in the series.

They are going into tonight’s game with their confidence sky-high and with the packed crowd they have a real chance to tie things up in the series.

The Colorado Avalanche are the best team in the Playoffs this season and proved that with back-to-back wins to open up the series against the defending champions the Tampa Bay Lightning.

But the job is far from being done as the Avalanche lost Game 3 and will have to face the Lightning on their ice once again tonight. Game 3 was the first road loss in the Playoffs and third in total for the Avalanche. They are still in the driver sit in this series and tonight’s game may take them only one win away from winning their first Stanley Cup title since 2001.

Key facts

• Brent Seabrook will not play for the Lightning tonight while Nikita Kucherov and Brayden Point are questionable.
• Samuel Girard will not play for the Avalanche tonight while Nazem Kadri and Andre Burakovsky are questionable.
• Both teams have split the last 10 head-to-head games but the Colorado Avalanche have won 4 of the last 5 games against the Tampa Bay Lightning

The two-time defending Stanley Cup champions, the Tampa Bay Lightning got themselves back in the series with a dominant 6-2 victory in Game 3 as things shifted back to their home arena. That was the first road loss of the postseason for the Colorado Avalanche, who were a perfect 7-0 up until that point away from Denver. A big weight had to be lifted off the shoulders of Tampa as they saw their first lead of the series and never looked back, but they’ll have to dial in with the same motivation and determination to knot this series up at 2-2. Goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy had a great game in net and moved his record to 14-1 in his last fifteen postseason home starts, and 4-0 in his last four in the Stanley Cup Final home games. This is shaping up to be another series dominated by the home teams and it is expected that the Lightning to once again take care of business in front of their fans to even the series.

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Tampa Bay Lightning to win in regulation

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