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Tyler Johnson caps wild second-period scoring spree

2015 NHL Stanley Cup Final - Game One

2015 NHL Stanley Cup Final - Game One

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The goals are streaming in so rapidly in the second period of Game 2, it’s hard to catch your breath and keep track of the changing narratives.

Update: This post was barely live before the narrative changed again, as allegedly injured forward Tyler Johnson made it five total goals in about 11 minutes of wild second-period action, regaining the Lightning’s one-goal lead with a 3-2 tally.

Hurt or not, Johnson now has 13 goals in this postseason, which stands as a new Lightning record.

With the way things are going, there may be another goal before we hit the final frame of regulation.
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First, it was about pests putting the puck in the net, as Cedric Paquette’s 1-0 tally did not hold up very long thanks to Andrew Shaw’s 1-1 put-back goal.

After that, it seemed to shift to the Chicago Blackhawks befuddling the Tampa Bay Lightning by scoring in bunches.

Chicago managed two goals in 1:58 in Game 1, and they nearly matched that effort in Game 2, as Teuvo Teravainen generated his third point of the series 2:16 later to give the Blackhawks a 2-1 lead.

Indeed, things looked pretty glum for the Lightning ... but not for long.

Nikita Kucherov’s deft deflection made it 2-2 about a minute-and-a-half after Teravainen’s seemingly spirit-crushing goal:

People had a lot of nice things to say about Kucherov’s hands:

Shall we call him Nikita “The Surgeon” Kucherov? Maybe not, but it was pretty nice. There’s still plenty of time for more wild play in this hectic second period, too.