The Chicago Blackhawks will hoist the Stanley Cup for the third time in six seasons.
The Blackhawks knocked off the Tampa Bay Lightning, 2-0, in Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Final Monday night to win the series.
THIRD PERIOD
FINAL SCORE: Chicago 2, Tampa Bay 0
3:23: Tampa Bay on the power play, and Crawford makes a huge pad save from point-blank range.
5:14: GOAL ... Chicago takes a 2-0 lead after Patrick Kane buries from the point.
7:06: Ryan Callahan rifles a shot from distance, but Crawford deflects it over the net.
9:56: Halfway through the third period. It's still Chicago 1, Tampa Bay 0.
13:21: Chicago is holding on to a 1-0 lead. Ben Bishop with another huge save to keep it a one-goal game.
18:41: Tampa Bay kills the penalty. Can they find the equalizing goal?
SECOND PERIOD
End of second period: Chicago is 20 minutes away from hoisting the Stanley Cup. Duncan Keith gave the Blackhawks a 1-0 lead with 2 minutes, 47 seconds left in the second period after he followed up on his own shot.
9 seconds: Brent Seabrook rattles one off the post. Nearly a 2-0 game.
2:47: GOAL ... Chicago's Duncan Keith fires a shot from the slot, Bishop fights it off, Keith buries the rebound. Chicago takes a 1-0 lead toward the end of the second period.
5:01: Still no score, but it's not for a lack of chances. Goalies Ben Bishop and Corey Crawford playing well in their respective goals.
8:20: Take a deep breath. Ben Bishop is fighting off shot after shot, keeping the game scoreless.
9:30: Bishop has been forced to make a few saves in quick succession. After no shots first few seven minutes, the Blackhawks are bringing the offense now.
13:39: Both teams have had seven scoring chances, but nothing has found the back of the net. It's still 0-0 more than six minutes into the second period.
19:00: Steven Stamkos collects the puck near Chicago's blue line and has a one-on-one chance with Blackhawks goalie Corey Crawford. He deked Crawford, who went down to the ice, but he kept the puck out with his pads. Unreal save.
FIRST PERIOD
End of first period: Tampa Bay 0, Chicago 0 ... Both teams with plenty of chances, but it's scoreless after 20 minutes. Blackhawks lead in shots, 13-4.
5:30: The Blackhawks have several chances on their second power play, but Ben Bishop makes a huge pad save as he sprawls across the front of the cage to deny Jonathan Toews.
7:48: The first stoppage in play this period. Chicago leads in shots, 5-4. It's end-to-end hockey through the first 12-plus minutes.
9:25: A frantic 60 seconds as Chicago gets some scoring opportunities, but the Lightning kill a power play. It's still 0-0 for full-strength hockey.
12:02: Metal! Steven Stamkos wrists a shot from the point, but it clanks off the crossbar. The Lightning have had a few good chances as they keep the puck inside Chicago's zone.
13:55: Both teams have had decent scoring chances, but it's scoreless more than six minutes into the first period. Lightning forward Nikita Kucherov had a breakaway chance, but it was broken up.
20:00: The puck is on the ice in Chicago. We're underway.
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PRE-GAME STORY
The Tampa Bay Lightning are no strangers to playing on the brink of elimination.
In the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs, the Lightning won two straight to capture a first-round series win over the Detroit Red Wings. In the Eastern Conference Finals, Tampa Bay dominated en route to a Game 7 win against the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden.
If the Lightning want to win the their second Stanley Cup in franchise history (Tampa Bay won the cup in 2004), the Bolts will need to do what they do best: come out victorious in a must-win game on the road.
The Lightning were 3-0 in elimination games this postseason.
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Tampa Bay captain Steven Stamkos' goal drought reached seven games after Game 5. He said the team needs to find ways to score.
"It starts with me," Stamkos said. I've got to be better. All this stuff means nothing now. We've got one game. It's going to come down to how much we want to extend our season and what we're willing to do."
Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.