It was not a good night for the Dallas Stars as the Tampa Bay Lightning cruised to an easy 5-2 win in Game 3 to take a 2-1 lead in the Stanley Cup Finals.
Steven Stamkos returned for Tampa and scored a goal. Braden Pointe scored his 11th goal of this post season. Victor Hedman had a three point night and Stars’ goalie Anton Khudobin was pulled after trailing 5-1.
Tampa got its game in full gear and made Game 3 look easy.
Dallas cannot win making the mistakes they made in Game 3.
There were intervals when the Stars moved the puck, but for the most part they were not good. Trailing 5-2 in the third period they went on the powerplay with a chance to get back into the game somewhat. The Stars pretty much responded with the worst powerplay I’ve seen yet in these 2020 Stanley Cup Playoffs. It was two minutes of pure hell. I could see Mike McEwen in my mind screaming….”Make a f–king pass!”
Then the Stars best player Jamie Benn allowed himself to be removed from the ice for ten minutes by losing his composure in a scrum.
I would think Game 4 is pretty much a must if the Stars hope to hoist the most glorious cup in sports at the end of these Finals.