from Katie Strang of ESPN,
Here are five keys to the Lightning winning Game 7:
1. Short memory: In the past two playoff series, Lightning goaltender Ben Bishop proved skeptics wrong about whether he could step up to the challenge of the postseason. This series is no different, and the 28-year-old goalie must have a short memory after Game 6, in which he was yanked after surrendering five goals on 26 shots. Bishop, like many in the Lightning’s young core, has yet to go this deep in the playoffs, so it’s hard to account for the toll, mentally and physically, these games exact. How he responds will reveal what sort of character and competitor the Bolts have between the pipes. It’s not all on him, either, as it's incumbent upon his teammates to bounce back, as well.
"I think, in a matter of seven or eight minutes there in that third period, we gave up more scoring chances and turned over more pucks, more than we did in all of Game 5 combined -- the 60-minute game," Cooper told reporters after Game 6.
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