NEW YORK — There was nothing conventional about Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Final.
There was a three-on-five, short-handed breakaway goal and a four-on-three power-play goal. One of the hottest goaltenders in the league, Henrik Lundqvist, was beaten six times on 26 shots. A linesman had to leave the game with a knee injury. Heck, just the fact that a 60-minute postseason game in 2015 featured 11 power plays was enough to make this contest an oddity.
So it was only fitting that the unconventional Tyler Johnson was the star of this unconventional game. The undersized, undrafted (has that been written about recently?) burgeoning superstar had a hat trick and garbage-time assist for good measure as the Lightning drummed the Rangers 6-2 on Monday night to even the series at 1-1.
Johnson, one of the favorites for the Conn Smythe Trophy, now leads the league with 11 playoff goals and 16 points after carrying the team on his back through the first two periods of Game 2. He scored his team’s first three goals, including the game-opening three-on-five goal that will only go down as a four-on-five goal because the pu ...
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Tyler Johnson the Unconventional Star of Unconventional Game 2 Win for Lightning
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