Murray Wood: Who's hot... and who's not
Every Friday, Murray Wood takes a look back at the week's news and decides who's hot... and who's not.
The Lightning has struck twice.
The Tampa Bay Lightning defended its Stanley Cup title by beating the Montreal Canadiens 1-0 on Wednesday. Tampa Bay won the best-of-seven NHL final in five games.
Ross Colton scored the lone goal of Wednesday’s game and Andrei Vasilevskiy made 22 saves for the shutout. Vasilevskiy was named the winner of the Conn Smythe Trophy as the most valuable player in the playoffs.
The Lightning is the first team to repeat as Stanley Cup champion since the Pittsburgh Penguins, who won back-to-back NHL titles in 2016 and 2017.
Montreal’s loss extended Canada’s streak without a Stanley Cup victory to 28 years. The last Canadian-based team to win the NHL title was the Canadiens in 1993.
More to come.
