Tampa Bay’s Steven Stamkos scores past Montreal’s Carey Price on Sunday. (Jean-Yves Ahern, USA TODAY Sports)
The hockey world has been waiting for Steven Stamkos to break free.
After all, he hadn’t scored in the playoffs since Game 1 of the 2014 playoffs, a stretch of 11 postseason games.
No worries. Stamkos finally scored in the second period Sunday – not with his patented one-timer, but on a slick-looking breakaway.
GIF: Steven Stamkos gets his first playoff goal by deking Carey Price out of his skates pic.twitter.com/qO1Hn12cu0
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His moves left Montreal Canadiens goalie Carey Price, a Hart Trophy and Vezina Trophy finalist, looking the wrong way.
It was a big night for Lightning breakthroughs, as they ended a six-game drought on the power play with four power-play goals through the midpoint of the third period.
