Andrey SenchenkoSport correspondentAll materialsEmail to the authorTampa Bay Lightning hockey players began with a victory in the second round of the National Hockey League playoff series against the Florida Panthers. The key was the goal of «lightning», invented by Nikita Kucherov, who shocked the entire American hockey community with one movement. Nikita himself called the hero of the match Andrey Vasilevsky, who made 33 saves. The Florida-Tampa series became one of the most anticipated in the second round of the NHL playoffs even before the start of the Stanley Cup: their rivals in the first stage of the Washington Capitals tournament and “Toronto Maple Leafs”, respectively, although they gave an equal fight to them an equal fight, but almost no one believed in the success of the “capital” and “leaves”. Of great interest is the confrontation between the Panthers and the Lightning for at least two reasons. Firstly, the club from Sunrise has not yet forgotten the insulting defeat from their state neighbors at the start of the last Stanley Cup. Secondly, because in one year the situation has seriously changed, and now the «panthers» have the resources for revenge.
