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2020 Stanley Cup Finals: Tampa Bay vs. Dallas

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2020 Stanley Cup Finals
Tampa Bay Lightning (43-21: 2nd in Atlantic Division)..vs...Dallas Stars (37-24: 3rd in Central Division)

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2020 Stanley Cup Final preview: Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Dallas Stars matchup
So here we have it, a Stanly Cup being awarded in September. In a bubble. It will be either the Tampa Bay Lightning (whose only Cup win came back in 2004) against the Dallas Stars (lone Cup in 1999). It's the first time two Sun Belt teams have faced off in the Final.

Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Dallas Stars
Game 1: Saturday, Sept. 19, 7:30 p.m. ET – NBC
Game 2: Monday, Sept. 21, 8 p.m. ET – NBCSN
Game 3: Wednesday, Sept. 23, 8 p.m. ET – NBCSN
Game 4: Friday, Sept. 25, 8 p.m. ET – NBC
*Game 5: Saturday, Sept. 26, 8 p.m. ET – NBC
*Game 6: Monday, Sept. 28, 8 p.m. ET – NBC
*Game 7: Wednesday, Sept. 30, 8 p.m. ET – NBC
*if necessary


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Tampa Bay Lightning (1) vs. Dallas Stars (1)​
Game 1:
Stanley Cup on display for Stars-Lightning Game 1 of final
The well-rested Stars came out and hammered the banged-up Tampa Bay Lightning, taking it to them for two periods and relying on goaltender Anton Khudobin to close the door in the third to win 4-1 Saturday night for a 1-0 lead.
Game 2:
Lightning 3-0 lead over Dallas after 1st in Stanley Cup G2
After the Lightning got knocked around in Game 1, and Kucherov took some more hard hits early in Game 2, he had the primary assists on power-play goals by Brayden Point and Ondrej Palat in the first period. Kevin Shattenkirk then scored for an early three-goal lead and Tampa Bay held on for a 3-2 victory over the Dallas Stars on Monday night

Game 3: Wednesday, Sept. 23, 8 p.m. ET – NBCSN
Game 4: Friday, Sept. 25, 8 p.m. ET – NBC
*Game 5: Saturday, Sept. 26, 8 p.m. ET – NBC
*Game 6: Monday, Sept. 28, 8 p.m. ET – NBC
*Game 7: Wednesday, Sept. 30, 8 p.m. ET – NBC
*if necessary
 
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Tampa Bay Lightning leads Dallas Stars 3-1​
Game 1:
Stanley Cup on display for Stars-Lightning Game 1 of final
The well-rested Stars came out and hammered the banged-up Tampa Bay Lightning, taking it to them for two periods and relying on goaltender Anton Khudobin to close the door in the third to win 4-1 Saturday night for a 1-0 lead.
Game 2:
Lightning 3-0 lead over Dallas after 1st in Stanley Cup G2
After the Lightning got knocked around in Game 1, and Kucherov took some more hard hits early in Game 2, he had the primary assists on power-play goals by Brayden Point and Ondrej Palat in the first period. Kevin Shattenkirk then scored for an early three-goal lead and Tampa Bay held on for a 3-2 victory over the Dallas Stars on Monday night
Game 3:
Stamkos seen: Lightning captain returns for Game 3 of final
Even after Stamkos left with injury, they didn't let up and dominated without him, blowing the Dallas Stars out of an empty arena with a 5-2 rout in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final on Wednesday night to take the lead in the series.
Game 4:
Stars lead Lightning 2-1 after one in Cup Final Game 4
Shattenkirk scored a power-play goal in overtime after a questionable penalty, and the Lightning beat the Dallas Stars 5-4 Friday night to take a 3-1 lead in the final and move a victory away from lifting the Stanley Cup

Game 5: Saturday, Sept. 26, 8 p.m. ET – NBC
*Game 6: Monday, Sept. 28, 8 p.m. ET – NBC
*Game 7: Wednesday, Sept. 30, 8 p.m. ET – NBC

*--if necessary
 
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2015: Chicago Blackhawks (Blackhawks defeat Lightning 4-2)
 
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Tampa Bay Lightning wins Dallas Stars 4-2​
Game 1: Dallas 4-1
Stanley Cup on display for Stars-Lightning Game 1 of final
The well-rested Stars came out and hammered the banged-up Tampa Bay Lightning, taking it to them for two periods and relying on goaltender Anton Khudobin to close the door in the third to win 4-1 Saturday night for a 1-0 lead.

Game 2: Tampay Bay 3-2
Lightning 3-0 lead over Dallas after 1st in Stanley Cup G2
After the Lightning got knocked around in Game 1, and Kucherov took some more hard hits early in Game 2, he had the primary assists on power-play goals by Brayden Point and Ondrej Palat in the first period. Kevin Shattenkirk then scored for an early three-goal lead and Tampa Bay held on for a 3-2 victory over the Dallas Stars on Monday night

Game 3: Tampay Bay 5-2
Stamkos seen: Lightning captain returns for Game 3 of final
Even after Stamkos left with injury, they didn't let up and dominated without him, blowing the Dallas Stars out of an empty arena with a 5-2 rout in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final on Wednesday night to take the lead in the series.

Game 4: Tampay Bay 5-4 (OT)
Stars lead Lightning 2-1 after one in Cup Final Game 4
Shattenkirk scored a power-play goal in overtime after a questionable penalty, and the Lightning beat the Dallas Stars 5-4 Friday night to take a 3-1 lead in the final and move a victory away from lifting the Stanley Cup

Game 5: Dallas 3-2 (20T)
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Game 6: Tampa Bay 2 - 0
Point scores, Lightning lead Stars 1-0 after 1st in Game 6
The joyful yells from the bench could be heard in the empty arena in the final seconds and the roar from players when Commissioner Gary Bettman called for Steven Stamkos to accept the Stanley Cup echoed even louder.
 
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