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The Tampa Bay Lightning Need A Win On Tuesday

05/10/2015 at 8:34am EDT

from Tom Jones of the Tampa Bay Times,

The Lightning skated off the ice, heads down, dejected, eyes to the ground. The Bell Centre crowd, going insane, left the Lightning's ears ringing and its heads splitting.

As the Lightning stepped off the white sheet and down the tunnel toward the locker room, it surely had one thought in its mind: No way we want to come back here again.

That means the Lightning's hopes of moving on to the next round, its dream of a Stanley Cup and, more critically, everything it has accomplished this season will be on the line in Game 6 Tuesday night at Amalie Arena.

That is the Lightning's game of the year after Saturday night's 2-1 loss in Game 5 — a loss that really wasn't all that surprising but was nonetheless heartbreaking. Montreal scored with only 4:07 left to snap a 1-1 tie and send this series back to Tampa Bay.

A comfy 3-0 series lead has dwindled to a 3-2 pressure cooker.

"We put ourselves in this position," defenseman Anton Stralman said. "We definitely want to finish it off."

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