The Tampa Bay Lightning have had difficulty scoring goals this season. For the game against the Edmonton Oilers, the Lightning employed a different tactic – allow the opposition to score the goals for you.
Down 2-0 going into the third period, Nikita Kucherov was the first to make the Oilers feel their own pain by deflecting the puck off defenseman Brandon Davidson.
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#ComeSeek tonight’s @RoyalCaribbean goal of the game: Kuch doin’ Kuch things.https://t.co/uLUAqRa0kP
— Tampa Bay Lightning (@TBLightning) January 9, 2016
About 10 minutes later, Victor Hedman picked up the second of his three points on the night thanks to an on rushing Taylor Hall. Instead of breaking up the pass, Hall broke goaltender Cam Talbot’s heart by inadvertently sending the puck past him to tie the game at 2-2.
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this was the tying goal pic.twitter.com/T9ZNARaQfQ
— Stephanie (@myregularface) January 9, 2016
The game winner was a dagger off the skate of Darnell Nurse courtesy of Steven Stamkos. Talbot never stood a chance.
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all of Tampa’s goals have been deflected in off of Oilers pic.twitter.com/0v0e6dPoGi
— Stephanie (@myregularface) January 9, 2016
This could only happen to the Edmonton Oilers because it’s the most modern-era Oilers way to lose a game ever.
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