Tampa Bay Lightning vs Chicago Blackhawks

Date
Sat 13th June 2015 (UTC)
Sat 13th June 2015 (Local)

Timestamp
2015-06-13T00:00:00

Time

00:00:00 UTC (00:00:00 Local)

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League
NHL

Season
2014-2015

Round
180

Status
Match Finished

Location
Tampa, FL
United States
Amalie Arena
(19,204 Attendance)

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The series returned to Tampa for Game 5 and Ben Bishop returned to the net for the Lightning. The Blackhawks scored first for the second consecutive game, this time on a miscue by Bishop and Lightning defenceman Victor Hedman. The two collided and Patrick Sharp skated to the empty net with the puck, scoring at 6:11 of the first, a lead they held until 10:53 of the second when Valtteri Filppula scored to tie the score 1–1. The teams were tied going into the third, but Antoine Vermette scored for the Blackhawks at 2:00 of third and the lead held up as the Blackhawks played tight defence the rest of the way. The Blackhawks took the lead in the series three games to two, to give themselves a chance to win the Cup at home, something the franchise has not done since 1938. For the second time in Finals history and the first since 1951, wherein all five games that had to be played went to overtime, all games of the series through Game 5 were decided by one goal, with neither team leading by more than one goal.