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Game 7 will be played Friday night in Tampa.
The Lightning are the defending Stanley Cup champions while the
Islanders are looking to get to the finals for the first time
since 1984.
The Islanders, who lost 8-0 in Game 5, trailed 2-0 in Game 6
before Jordan Eberle scored in the second period and Scott
Mayfield tied it in the third.
In overtime, Beauvillier stole the puck from Blake Coleman and
beat goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy from point-blank range.
Beauvillier raced across the ice and went to his knees to begin
a raucous celebration at Nassau Coliseum, which is closing at
the end of the Islanders' playoff run. A capacity crowd of
12,978 roared and threw hats, giveaway towels and beer on the
ice as Beauvillier was mobbed by his teammates.
New York goalie Semyon Varlamov made 22 saves.
Anthony Cirelli logged a goal and an assist and Brayden Point
also scored for the Lightning. Vasilevskiy recorded 25 saves.
The Islanders had a couple of scoring chances -- Josh Bailey and
Adam Pelech each fired wide of the net in a span of about eight
minutes -- before the red-hot Point created a turnover behind
the Lightning net that led to his latest goal.
Pelech tried clearing the puck, but Point deflected it with his
stick. The puck skittered into the crease, where Cirelli's
spinning shot bounced to Point, who fended off Pelech and sent a
backhander shot over Varlamov's pads and into the corner of the
net at 16:02 of the first period.
Point has scored a goal in nine consecutive games -- the
second-longest streak in playoff history behind Reggie Leach,
who scored in 10 straight games for the Philadelphia Flyers
during the 1976 playoffs.
The Lightning doubled the lead at 12:36 of the second period.
Ondrej Palat sent a clearing pass through the neutral zone to a
wide-open Cirelli, who beat Varlamov from point-blank range for
Tampa Bay's 12th unanswered goal dating back to the third period
of Game 4.
The Islanders snapped the streak just 1:46 later. Eberle took a
drop pass from Mathew Barzal and backhanded a shot between Tampa
Bay defensemen Ryan McDonagh and David Savard as they converged
upon Vasilevskiy in the crease.
Mayfield tied the score with 8:44 left in regulation when he
rang a shot off the top post and in.
--Field Level Media
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