Exciting NHL series against NYR: Tampa Bay works on the triple title dream

The defending champion can continue to dream of winning the Stanley Cup for the third time in a row: The Tampa Bay Lightning fight back impressively in the series against the New York Rangers.

Exciting NHL series against NYR: Tampa Bay works on the triple title dream

The defending champion can continue to dream of winning the Stanley Cup for the third time in a row: The Tampa Bay Lightning fight back impressively in the series against the New York Rangers. In the fourth duel, the team from Florida set the course for victory very early on.

The Tampa Bay Lightning strike back: The defending champions tied the series 2-2 against the New York Rangers in the NHL's Eastern Conference Finals. In the fourth game after the Best of Seven format, the ice hockey team won 4:1 in front of their home crowd in Florida. Both teams have won their two previous home games. A team needs four wins to advance to the Stanley Cup finals.

The title holder of the past two years took the lead through Pat Maroon in the third minute and never gave up the lead. Nikita Kutscherow (34'), Steven Stamkos (45') and Ondrej Palat (60'/Empty Net) scored the other goals. Artemi Panarin (57th) had scored the goal shortly before. The fifth duel takes place in New York on Thursday evening, followed by game six on Saturday in Tampa.

The Rangers last played for the Stanley Cup in 2014. 20 years ago they won the title for the last time. In the final series, the winner of the Eastern Conference against the Colorado Avalanche is about Nico Sturm from Augsburg, who had prevailed in the Western Conference final with four wins in four games against the Edmonton Oilers about Leon Draisaitl. Born in Augsburg, Sturm is the eighth German ice hockey player who has the chance to win the Stanley Cup.

So far, the trophy has been won by Uwe Krupp, who even shot the Colorado Avalanche to win the title in 1996. He was followed in 2011 by Dennis Seidenberg with the Boston Bruins, Tom Kühnhackl in 2016 and 2017 with the Pittsburgh Penguins and Philipp Grubauer in 2018 with the Washington Capitals. Olaf Kölzig, Christoph Schubert and Christian Ehrhoff also had a chance of winning. Kölzig lost to the Detroit Red Wings in the final series with the Washington Capitals in 1998, while Schubert lost to the Anaheim Ducks in 2007 with the Ottawa Senators. Ehrhoff lost the German duel against Seidenberg with the Vancouver Canucks in 2011.