from Chris Johnston of Sportsnet,

Henrik Lundqvist is human. The Tampa Bay Lightning are trying to remind themselves of that fact.

Goals are not easy to come by in the playoffs, especially when you’re facing a goalie with a .945 save percentage. So as the Lightning prepared for Game 2 at Madison Square Garden on Monday, they did all they could to ignore the ominous shadow occupying the New York Rangers crease.

“I think the one thing you have to combat is the aura,” said coach Jon Cooper.

Lundqvist has that, just as Carey Price did in the last round. When facing goalies of that calibre, there is a danger of thinking too much and trying to create perfect plays.

Of course, hockey is not a game of perfect. The Rangers won Game 1 of the Eastern Conference final when Dominic Moore had a shot deflect in off his right shin pad.

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