The Chicago Blackhawks are now 60 minutes away from their third Stanley Cup in six seasons. The Western Conference champions beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 2-1 Saturday night at Amalie Arena in Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Final to take a 3-2 series lead.
According to ESPN Stats & Info, this year's Final is making history with its glut of close games:
The margin of error in the series has been razor-thin—a couple of shots move a half-inch differently and the entirely complexion of the Stanley Cup Final could be different.
Given the way Game 5 unfolded, the Lightning will be kicking themselves for letting things slip away. Instead of taking advantage of a home-ice atmosphere, they lost and in turn must go into enemy territory for Game 6 and pick up a win.
Still, there's no sense in Tampa Bay looking back for too long. It can only look ahead and hope to survive.
The big development heading into Game 5 was the announcement that goaltender Ben Bishop—an injury doubt—would start for the Lightning ahead of Andrei Vasilevskiy, per Kevin Allen of USA Today.
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