If this was Steven Stamkos’ final recreation at Amalie Area as a member of the Tampa Bay Lightning, he made it depend.
The veteran ahead scored two objectives in Saturday’s 6-3 win over the Florida Panthers and helped stave off elimination of their Japanese Convention first-round playoff collection.
With Tampa Bay down 3-1 within the collection, Sport 5 on Monday will shift to Amerant Financial institution Area in Dawn, FL.
If the the Lightning cannot pull off a miracle and win the following three video games, there isn’t a assure that Stamkos will put on a Tampa Bay jersey once more after this collection.
That is as a result of his eight-year, $68 million contract ends this season and except he and common supervisor Julien BriseBois can get a deal negotiated earlier than July 1, Stamkos will change into a free agent.
It is arduous to think about the Lightning’s 34-year-old captain with one other staff however that could possibly be the results of financial realities of the scenario.
On Saturday, Stamkos put Tampa Bay on the board with a power-play purpose halfway by the primary interval and later made it 5-3, 9:34 into the third interval.
