Steve Downie scored to snap a third-period tie and Dwayne Roloson stopped 27 shots Monday night, helping the host Tampa Bay Lightning to a 4-2 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins that forced a Game 7 in their first-round playoff series.Tampa Bay's Ryan Malone, left, after scoring in the third period to give the Lightning a two-goal lead in a 4-2 victory. If it happens on ice and it involves hitting and scoring, The Times's Slap Shot blog is on it.
The deciding game is Wednesday night in Pittsburgh, where Tampa Bay has already won twice this postseason, including an 8-2 victory in Game 5 that began its comeback from a 3-1 deficit in the series.
Downie put the Lightning ahead for good, scoring a little more than a minute after Pittsburgh’s Jordan Staal tied the game, 2-2, early in the third. Teddy Purcell, Sean Bergenheim and Ryan Malone also scored against Marc-Andre Fleury, who faltered for the second straight game.
Pulled after yielding four goals on 14 shots in Game 5, Fleury could not protect an early lead and struggled again when Pittsburgh looked as if it had regained momentum.
NORRIS FINALISTS NAMED Nicklas Lidstrom of the Detroit Red Wings has a chance to win his seventh Norris Trophy after he, Zdeno Chara of the Boston Bruins and Shea Weber of the Nashville Predators were named finalists for the award given to the N.H.L.’s top defenseman.
If Lidstrom, a finalist for the 11th time in 13 seasons, wins his seventh trophy, he will match Doug Harvey’s total and trail only Bobby Orr, who won eight.
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