Finales de la Copa Stanley 2020

2020 ice hockey championship series

Finales de la Copa Stanley 2020
1 2 3 4 5 6 Total Estrellas de Dallas 4 2 2 4 * 3 ** 0 2 Rayo de la bahía de Tampa 1 3 5 5 * 2 ** 2 4
* - Denota período (s) de horas extra
Ubicación (es)	Edmonton : Rogers Place
Entrenadores	Dallas: Rick Bowness (interino) Tampa Bay: Jon Cooper
Capitanes	Dallas: Jamie Benn Tampa Bay: Steven Stamkos
Árbitros	Francis Charron (1, 4) Steve Kozari (2, 5) Wes McCauley (1, 3, 6) Dan O'Rourke (3, 5) Kelly Sutherland (2, 4, 6)
fechas	19 al 28 de septiembre
MVP	Victor Hedman (Rayo)
Gol ganador de la serie	Punto Brayden (12:23, Primero, G6)
Redes	Canadá ( inglés ): CBC / Sportsnet Canadá ( francés ): TVA Sports Estados Unidos ( inglés ): NBC / NBCSN
Locutores	(CBC / SN) Jim Hughson y Craig Simpson (TVA) Félix Seguin y Patrick Lalime (NBC / NBCSN) Mike Emrick , Eddie Olczyk , Brian Boucher y Pierre McGuire
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Las finales de la Copa Stanley 2020 fueron la serie de campeonato de la temporada 2019-2020 de la Liga Nacional de Hockey (NHL) y la culminación de los playoffs de la Copa Stanley 2020 . Esta serie fue entre el campeón de la Conferencia Este Tampa Bay Lightning y el campeón de la Conferencia Oeste Dallas Stars . The Lightning ganó la serie al mejor de siete , cuatro juegos a dos, por su segundo campeonato en la historia de la franquicia. La serie comenzó el 19 de septiembre y concluyó el 28 de septiembre. Debido a la pandemia de COVID-19 , toda la serie se jugó a puerta cerrada.en Rogers Place en Edmonton . La pandemia provocó que la liga suspendiera la temporada regular el 12 de marzo de 2020 y luego programara un formato especial de playoffs de 24 equipos que se llevaría a cabo en dos "ciudades centrales" neutrales ( Edmonton y Toronto ) que comenzó el 1 de agosto. ^[1]

Esta fue la primera serie de finales de la Copa Stanley desde 1928 que se jugó completamente en un lugar, la primera desde 1989 que se jugó completamente en Canadá, y la primera desde 2011 en que se otorgó la Copa Stanley en un estadio canadiense. Esta fue la primera final de la Copa Stanley desde 1950 que contó con un juego en un sitio neutral y las primeras finales de la Copa Stanley que contaron con dos equipos del American Sun Belt ( Texas y Florida ). Como resultado de la pandemia, fue la primera final de la Copa Stanley que se jugó en el mes de septiembre. Esta fue la primera final de la Copa Stanley desde 2002 en la que el equipo perdedor no ganó un partido en casa.

Paths to the Finals

Return to play

Main articles: 2020 Return to play and 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the entire series was held at Rogers Place in Edmonton.

On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 to be a pandemic, and later that day, the National Basketball Association suspended all games after players tested positive for the disease. One day later, the NHL announced that the 2019–20 season had been paused indefinitely.^[2] On May 22, the league and the NHLPA agreed on a basic framework to stage a 24-team playoff tournament behind closed doors, conducted in two neutral "hub" cities to help protect teams from the virus. The details of the plan were announced publicly on May 26. The seeds would be based on each club's points percentage when the season paused on March 12, effectively scrapping the remainder of the regular season. In the opening round of the 24-team playoff format, the top four teams in each conference played each other in a separate Seeding Round-robin to determine the seeding in the First Round. The eight lower seeded teams in each conference played in the Qualifying Round, a best-of-five series to advance to the next round. The First Round through to the Finals remained as best-of-seven series.^[3] On July 10, along with the ratification of an extension to the collective bargaining agreement, the NHL and the NHLPA formally agreed to begin the playoffs on August 1 (concluding no later than early October), with games being hosted by Edmonton (Western Conference early rounds, Conference Finals, and Stanley Cup Finals) and Toronto (Eastern Conference early rounds).^[4][5] U.S. cities were also considered, but were passed over after several U.S. states experienced a spike in COVID-19 cases in late June.^[6][7]

Dallas Stars

Main article: 2019–20 Dallas Stars season

Esta fue la quinta aparición de la franquicia en las Finales. Ganaron la Copa Stanley en 1999 antes de perder las Finales en 2000 . También hicieron dos apariciones como Minnesota North Stars en 1981 y 1991 .

Durante la temporada baja, Dallas firmó a los delanteros Corey Perry y Joe Pavelski , así como al defensa Andrej Sekera en la agencia libre. ^{[8] [9] [10]} El equipo también volvió a fichar al defensa Taylor Fedun y al alero Jason Dickinson . ^{[11] [12]} El equipo no realizó cambios durante la temporada regular.

On December 10, 2019, head coach Jim Montgomery was dismissed due to "unprofessional conduct inconsistent with the core values and beliefs" of both the team and the league, and was replaced by Rick Bowness.^[13] Before joining the Stars organization, Bowness had served as associate coach with the Lightning from 2013 to 2018.^[14]

When the regular season was suspended on March 12, 2020, the Stars had a 37–24–8 record and a .594 points percentage to finish third in the Central Division and fourth in the Western Conference. After play resumed in the hubs, Dallas placed third in the Round Robin.^[15] The Stars then defeated the Calgary Flames in six games in the First Round,^[16] the Colorado Avalanche in seven games in the Second Round,^[17] and the Vegas Golden Knights in five games in the Western Conference Finals.^[18]

Tampa Bay Lightning

Main article: 2019–20 Tampa Bay Lightning season

This was the Tampa Bay Lightning's third appearance in the Finals. They won the Stanley Cup in 2004 before losing the Finals in 2015.

During the offseason, Tampa Bay signed goaltender Curtis McElhinney, defencemen Luke Schenn, Luke Witkowski, and Kevin Shattenkirk, and forward Patrick Maroon during free agency.^{[19][20][21][22][23]} Tampa Bay also re-signed goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy and forwards Cedric Paquette and Brayden Point.^[24][25][26] During the regular season, the Lightning traded for forwards Blake Coleman and Barclay Goodrow.^[27][28] They also signed Zach Bogosian whose contract had been terminated by the Buffalo Sabres during the season.^[29] During Phase 2 of the Return to Play plan, captain Steven Stamkos injured himself while skating, and subsequently missed the round robin and the first three rounds of the playoffs for the Lightning.^[30]

When the regular season was suspended on March 12, the Lightning had a 42–21–6 record and a .657 points percentage to finish second in both the Atlantic Division and the Eastern Conference. After play resumed in the hubs, Tampa Bay placed second in the Round Robin.^[31] The Lightning then defeated the Columbus Blue Jackets in the First Round, including winning game one of the series that became the fourth longest game in NHL history, and the Boston Bruins in the Second Round in five games respectively.^[32][33] The Lightning then eliminated the New York Islanders in the Eastern Conference Finals in six games.^[34]

Game summaries

Note: The numbers in parenthesis represent each player's total goals or assists to that point of the entire playoffs.

Game one

September 19

Dallas Stars

4–1

Tampa Bay Lightning

Rogers Place

Recap

Anton Khudobin (pictured with Providence) stopped 35 of 36 shots in game one.

In the first period of game one, neither team produced many shots, yet each scored a goal. The first goal came from Stars defenceman Joel Hanley who took an open pass from Roope Hintz. Tampa Bay equalized the score on left winger Yanni Gourde's skate deflection. In the second period, both teams produced more shots, however, Dallas was up by two at the end of the period. Jamie Oleksiak fired a wrist shot which rebounded back to him which he then shot it over Lightning goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy to make it 2–1. The Stars' third goal started in their own end with Esa Lindell passing to Joel Kiviranta. Kiviranta then skated through centre, firing a shot that was blocked, but picked up the rebound to put it past Vasilevskiy for a 3–1 lead. In the third period, the Stars played more defensively, putting up only two shots compared to the Lightning who fired twenty-two shots at Anton Khudobin. The Stars held their ground for the remaining 20 minutes, and Jason Dickinson's empty-net goal sealed a 4–1 victory for Dallas.^[35]

Scoring summary
Period	Team	Goal	Assist(s)	Time	Score
1st	DAL	Joel Hanley (1)	Roope Hintz (10)	05:40	1–0 DAL
	TBL	Yanni Gourde (6)	Blake Coleman (7), Barclay Goodrow (5)	12:32	1–1
2nd	DAL	Jamie Oleksiak (5)	Alexander Radulov (7), Miro Heiskanen (18)	12:30	2–1 DAL
	DAL	Joel Kiviranta (5)	Esa Lindell (6), John Klingberg (14)	19:32	3–1 DAL
3rd	DAL	Jason Dickinson (1) – en	Blake Comeau (5), Mattias Janmark (6)	18:42	4–1 DAL
Penalty summary
Period	Team	Player	Penalty	Time	PIM
1st	TBL	Patrick Maroon	Roughing	08:08	2:00
	DAL	Jamie Oleksiak	Roughing	08:08	2:00
2nd	TBL	Blake Coleman	Slashing	01:09	2:00
	TBL	Blake Coleman	Hooking	06:54	2:00
	TBL	Patrick Maroon	Misconduct	20:00	10:00
3rd	DAL	John Klingberg	Hooking	04:52	2:00
	DAL	Blake Comeau	Delay of game (puck over glass)	09:08	2:00
	DAL	Tyler Seguin	Tripping	12:56	2:00

Shots by period
Team	1	2	3	Total
DAL	5	13	2	20
TBL	4	10	22	36

Game two

September 21

Dallas Stars

2–3

Tampa Bay Lightning

Rogers Place

Recap

Victor Hedman recorded two assists on the power-play in game two.

In game two, the Lightning struck three times in the first period. Twice on the power-play, Victor Hedman and Nikita Kucherov set up both goal-scorers. The first came from a tic-tac-toe pass to Brayden Point firing it past Stars goalie Anton Khudobin. The second goal was another set-up pass; this time Kucherov fed it through the middle where Ondrej Palat made it 2–0. The Lightning made it 3–0 when the Stars fumbled the puck in their own zone and Anthony Cirelli gave it to Kevin Shattenkirk, whose shot at the blue line deflected off of Esa Lindell and past Khudobin. In the second period, the Stars shot eighteen times at Andrei Vasilevskiy and caught a break on the power-play. During Palat's slashing penalty, John Klingberg's shot deflected off of fellow Stars forward Joe Pavelski to cut the score to 3–1. Later in the period, a hit on Stars player Blake Comeau caused a skirmish to erupt, with Dallas players Corey Perry and Klingberg against Cedric Paquette and Hedman respectively. All players received simultaneous roughing penalties. In the third period, the Stars made it 3–2 when Mattias Janmark's shot snuck past Vasilevskiy. The Lightning kept their offense going in the final 20 minutes, pouring twelve shots on Khudobin, holding off the Stars, and ending the game 3–2 to tie the series 1–1.^[36]

Scoring summary
Period	Team	Goal	Assist(s)	Time	Score
1st	TBL	Brayden Point (10) – pp	Nikita Kucherov (21), Victor Hedman (7)	11:23	1–0 TBL
	TBL	Ondrej Palat (9) – pp	Nikita Kucherov (22), Victor Hedman (8)	14:22	2–0 TBL
	TBL	Kevin Shattenkirk (2)	Blake Coleman (8), Anthony Cirelli (4)	15:16	3–0 TBL
2nd	DAL	Joe Pavelski (10) – pp	John Klingberg (15), Alexander Radulov (8)	14:43	3–1 TBL
3rd	DAL	Mattias Janmark (1)	John Klingberg (16), Alexander Radulov (9)	05:27	3–2 TBL
Penalty summary
Period	Team	Player	Penalty	Time	PIM
1st	DAL	Mattias Janmark	High-sticking	03:20	2:00
	DAL	Joe Pavelski	Tripping	10:58	2:00
	DAL	Jamie Oleksiak	Holding	13:11	2:00
	TBL	Ondrej Palat	Interference	18:59	2:00
2nd	DAL	Blake Comeau	Interference	02:02	2:00
	TBL	Nikita Kucherov	Tripping	03:47	2:00
	TBL	Yanni Gourde	Cross checking	06:26	2:00
	TBL	Ondrej Palat	Slashing	14:38	2:00
	DAL	Corey Perry	Roughing	16:58	2:00
	TBL	Patrick Maroon	Goaltender interference	16:58	2:00
	TBL	Victor Hedman	Roughing	16:58	2:00
	TBL	Cedric Paquette	Roughing	16:58	2:00
	DAL	John Klingberg	Roughing	16:58	2:00
3rd	None

Shots by period
Team	1	2	3	Total
DAL	6	18	5	29
TBL	14	5	12	31

Game three

September 23

Tampa Bay Lightning

5–2

Dallas Stars

Rogers Place

Recap

Steven Stamkos, who returned to the Lightning lineup in game three, scored his first goal of the playoffs.

In game three, Dallas put the heat on Andrei Vasilevskiy in the first period. However, among their sixteen shots, only one goal was successfully scored compared to the Lightning's two. Tampa Bay's first came from a misplay by Miro Heiskanen giving Nikita Kucherov a breakaway, sniping the puck past Anton Khudobin. Their second goal came from their captain Steven Stamkos returning from injury for his first game since being injured on February 25. After a rush by the Stars was stopped in the offensive zone, Victor Hedman passed the puck to Stamkos, who was racing on the right side, upon which he fired his shot over Khudobin's blocker to make it 2–0. The Stars' lone goal of the period came short-handed when a shot by Roope Hintz was stopped by Vasilevskiy. The rebound of that save went back to Hintz in the left corner who then passed to an open Jason Dickinson, whose shot got through Vasilevskiy to make it 2–1. The Lightning had a more dominant approach in the second period, putting off 21 shots and scoring three times. The first goal came following Alexander Radulov's hooking penalty which carried over from the first period. After a puck battle behind the net, Anthony Cirelli, who was falling down on the play, passed to Hedman who shot the puck under Khudobin's stick into the net. Tampa Bay's fourth goal arrived when the Stars began a line change and a 3-on-1 developed with Kucherov leading the rush and Brayden Point scoring the goal. The Lightning continued their offensive zone coverage towards the end of the period and in the final minute-and-a-half, Point fired a shot that rebounded to Ondrej Palat, who put it into the net for a 5–1 lead. Dallas then pulled Khudobin before the third period, replacing him with rookie Jake Oettinger. The Stars, showing some frustration, began roughing the Lightning on three separate occasions: the first with Mattias Janmark and Palat; then both Jamie Benn and Jan Rutta, who had a skirmish after the play, both earning misconducts as a result; and an errant cross-check at 18:05 by Joe Pavelski on Cedric Paquette, which caused a ruckus with both teams. Heiskanen's goal gave the Stars some life in the third period, but Tampa Bay's defense kept the Stars at bay, winning the game 5–2 and taking a 2–1 series lead.^[37]

Scoring summary
Period	Team	Goal	Assist(s)	Time	Score
1st	TBL	Nikita Kucherov (7)	Unassisted	05:33	1–0 TBL
	TBL	Steven Stamkos (1)	Victor Hedman (9), Jan Rutta (1)	06:58	2–0 TBL
	DAL	Jason Dickinson (2) – sh	Roope Hintz (11)	11:19	2–1 TBL
2nd	TBL	Victor Hedman (10) – pp	Anthony Cirelli (5), Ondrej Palat (6)	00:54	3–1 TBL
	TBL	Brayden Point (11)	Nikita Kucherov (23), Victor Hedman (10)	12:02	4–1 TBL
	TBL	Ondrej Palat (10)	Brayden Point (17), Kevin Shattenkirk (9)	18:55	5–1 TBL
3rd	DAL	Miro Heiskanen (6)	Joe Pavelski (6), Andrew Cogliano (2)	06:49	5–2 TBL
Penalty summary
Period	Team	Player	Penalty	Time	PIM
1st	TBL	Erik Cernak	Tripping	08:13	2:00
	DAL	Joel Kiviranta	Interference	09:34	2:00
	DAL	Alexander Radulov	Hooking	19:37	2:00
2nd	DAL	Alexander Radulov	Hooking	04:31	2:00
	TBL	Yanni Gourde	Interference	12:43	2:00
3rd	TBL	Ondrej Palat	Roughing	02:58	2:00
	DAL	Mattias Janmark	Roughing	02:58	2:00
	DAL	Jamie Benn	Roughing	03:38	2:00
	TBL	Jan Rutta	Roughing	03:38	2:00
	DAL	Jamie Benn	Misconduct	03:38	10:00
	TBL	Jan Rutta	Misconduct	03:38	10:00
	TBL	Kevin Shattenkirk	Slashing	09:30	2:00
	TBL	Mikhail Sergachev	Tripping	12:41	2:00
	DAL	Joe Pavelski	Roughing	18:05	2:00
	DAL	Joe Pavelski	Cross checking	18:05	2:00
	TBL	Cedric Paquette	Roughing	18:05	2:00
	TBL	Barclay Goodrow	Roughing	18:05	2:00
	TBL	Patrick Maroon	Misconduct	18:05	10:00
	DAL	Jason Dickinson	Roughing	18:05	2:00

Shots by period
Team	1	2	3	Total
TBL	8	21	3	32
DAL	16	4	4	24

Game four

September 25

Tampa Bay Lightning

5–4

OT

Dallas Stars

Rogers Place

Recap

Kevin Shattenkirk (pictured with St. Louis) scored the game-winning goal in overtime of game four.

The Tampa Bay Lightning overcame a 2–0 deficit in game four. In the first period, John Klingberg gave the Stars their first goal of the game subsequently on their first shot. The Stars gained a 2–0 lead when Jamie Benn set up Joe Pavelski, whose wrist shot got under Andrei Vasilevskiy. Tampa Bay got on the board with 33 seconds remaining in the period. The play began when defenceman Kevin Shattenkirk, from behind the Lightning net, gave an outstretched pass to Ondrej Palat, who then passed across to the right boards to find a solitary Brayden Point. He maneuvered around Anton Khudobin, going to his backhand to score. Point then tied the game early in the second period, on the power-play. During the Stars' penalty, Alex Killorn made a pass to the front, but the puck deflected off of Andrej Sekera's skate into the air, which Point then batted it into the net. The Stars soon regained the lead when Tyler Seguin's pass around Vasilevskiy got picked up by Corey Perry who, although tied up by Cedric Paquette, allowed the puck to trickle in off his stick. The Lightning tied the game up again when Andrew Cogliano got caught for hooking and on the ensuing Tampa Bay power-play, Mikhail Sergachev set up Nikita Kucherov for a one-timer, but the puck deflected off of Esa Lindell to Yanni Gourde who shot it past Khudobin. In the third period, Killorn put the Lightning up 4–3 when he went out around the net and shot at the top corner behind Khudobin. Pavelski tied the game 4–4 after picking up the rebound of Seguin's shot and then launching the puck at Vasilevskiy which deflected off of Shattenkirk into the net. Into overtime, Benn pushed down Tyler Johnson; controversially, he was called for tripping. While on the ensuing power-play, Patrick Maroon won an offensive zone face-off, sending it back to Victor Hedman. Hedman then passed it to Shattenkirk, whose shot at a sharp angle went over Khudobin's right pad for the game-winning goal and a 3–1 series lead.^[38]

Scoring summary
Period	Team	Goal	Assist(s)	Time	Score
1st	DAL	John Klingberg (4)	Esa Lindell (7)	07:17	1–0 DAL
	DAL	Joe Pavelski (11)	Jamie Benn (11), Alexander Radulov (10)	18:28	2–0 DAL
	TBL	Brayden Point (12)	Ondrej Palat (7), Kevin Shattenkirk (10)	19:27	2–1 DAL
2nd	TBL	Brayden Point (13) – pp	Alex Killorn (5), Nikita Kucherov (24)	02:08	2–2
	DAL	Corey Perry (3)	Tyler Seguin (7), Mattias Janmark (7)	08:26	3–2 DAL
	TBL	Yanni Gourde (7) – pp	Nikita Kucherov (25), Mikhail Sergachev (6)	18:54	3–3
3rd	TBL	Alex Killorn (5)	Mikhail Sergachev (7), Anthony Cirelli (6)	06:41	4–3 TBL
	DAL	Joe Pavelski (12)	Tyler Seguin (8), Miro Heiskanen (19)	11:35	4–4
OT	TBL	Kevin Shattenkirk (3) – pp	Victor Hedman (11), Patrick Maroon (4)	06:34	5–4 TBL
Penalty summary
Period	Team	Player	Penalty	Time	PIM
1st	DAL	Jamie Oleksiak	Hooking	13:52	2:00
2nd	DAL	Jamie Oleksiak	Tripping	01:38	2:00
	TBL	Erik Cernak	Holding	11:10	2:00
	DAL	Andrew Cogliano	Hooking	17:34	2:00
3rd	TBL	Patrick Maroon	Holding	09:16	2:00
	DAL	Corey Perry	Interference	19:31	2:00
	TBL	Brayden Point	Embellishment	19:31	2:00
OT	TBL	Mikhail Sergachev	Holding	00:37	2:00
	DAL	Jamie Benn	Tripping	05:10	2:00

Shots by period
Team	1	2	3	OT	Total
TBL	8	15	8	4	35
DAL	3	14	11	2	30

Game five

September 26

Dallas Stars

3–2

2OT

Tampa Bay Lightning

Rogers Place

Recap

Corey Perry (pictured with Anaheim) scored twice, including the game-winning goal in double overtime of game five.

Corey Perry opened the scoring in the first period of game five. Jamie Oleksiak passed to Tyler Seguin, who then dropped it for Perry to score the initial goal for Dallas. In the second period, the Lightning struck back when Nikita Kucherov passed to Ondrej Palat and he skated past the Dallas defencemen and goaltender Anton Khudobin with a backhand to tie the game 1–1. The Lightning kept putting the pressure on the Stars for the remainder of the second period, firing away 13 shots. In the third period, Mikhail Sergachev's blast from the point gave the Lightning a 2–1 lead. The Stars tied the game 2–2 when Miro Heiskanen's shot from the point rebounded to Joe Pavelski, who put it past Andrei Vasilevskiy to break the record held by Joe Mullen for most career playoff goals scored by a US-born player. The two teams remained tied after the fact heading into overtime. In the first overtime, Dallas put up two shots compared to Tampa Bay's seven, but no goals were scored and the game continued on to double overtime. At 9:23 of the second overtime, Perry picked up a rebound from Seguin's shot and slid the puck past Vasilevskiy to give the Stars the game 3–2, forcing a sixth game.^[39]

Scoring summary
Period	Team	Goal	Assist(s)	Time	Score
1st	DAL	Corey Perry (4)	Tyler Seguin (9), Jamie Oleksiak (4)	17:52	1–0 DAL
2nd	TBL	Ondrej Palat (11)	Nikita Kucherov (26), Brayden Point (18)	04:37	1–1
3rd	TBL	Mikhail Sergachev (3)	Brayden Point (19)	03:38	2–1 TBL
	DAL	Joe Pavelski (13)	Miro Heiskanen (20), Tyler Seguin (10)	13:15	2–2
OT	None
2OT	DAL	Corey Perry (5)	John Klingberg (17), Tyler Seguin (11)	09:23	3–2 DAL
Penalty summary
Period	Team	Player	Penalty	Time	PIM
1st	DAL	Tyler Seguin	High-sticking	04:19	2:00
2nd	TBL	Carter Verhaeghe	Slashing	12:33	2:00
3rd	TBL	Erik Cernak	High-sticking	11:06	2:00
OT	None
2OT	None

Shots by period
Team	1	2	3	OT	2OT	Total
DAL	8	6	13	2	4	33
TBL	10	13	7	7	4	41

Game six

September 28

Tampa Bay Lightning

2–0

Dallas Stars

Rogers Place

Recap

Andrei Vasilevskiy earned his first career playoff shutout to clinch the Stanley Cup for the Lightning in game six.

In game six, the Lightning took a 1–0 lead in the first period. After John Klingberg was penalized for tripping, Brayden Point fired a wrist shot that flew past Anton Khudobin after following the rebound of his own initial shot. Tampa Bay gained a 2–0 lead in the second period when a Stars turnover to Patrick Maroon got to Cedric Paquette, who set up Blake Coleman for a one-timer. The Stars remained scoreless for the rest of the game, but they had a close chance in the second period when Joel Kiviranta's shot was stopped by Andrei Vasilevskiy with his skate. Although had a goal been scored, it would have been disallowed as Corey Perry was penalized for goaltender interference on the play. The Lightning held Dallas to just 8 shots in the first two periods combined. Vasilevskiy continued his shutout in the third period, stopping all 22 shots by Dallas, earning his first playoff shutout.^[40] With a 2–0 victory, the Tampa Bay Lightning won their second Stanley Cup. Lightning defenceman Victor Hedman was given the Conn Smythe Trophy as the most valuable player of the playoffs.^[41]

Scoring summary
Period	Team	Goal	Assist(s)	Time	Score
1st	TBL	Brayden Point (14) – pp	Nikita Kucherov (27), Victor Hedman (12)	12:23	1–0 TBL
2nd	TBL	Blake Coleman (5)	Cedric Paquette (3), Patrick Maroon (5)	07:01	2–0 TBL
3rd	None
Penalty summary
Period	Team	Player	Penalty	Time	PIM
1st	DAL	Andrew Cogliano	Tripping	06:32	2:00
	DAL	John Klingberg	Tripping	11:58	2:00
	TBL	Victor Hedman	Interference	18:36	2:00
2nd	TBL	Ryan McDonagh	Interference	08:02	2:00
	DAL	Corey Perry	Goaltender interference	09:22	2:00
3rd	TBL	Ryan McDonagh	Tripping	15:27	2:00

Shots by period
Team	1	2	3	Total
TBL	11	10	8	29
DAL	4	4	14	22

Team rosters

Years indicated in boldface under the "Finals appearance" column signify that the player won the Stanley Cup in the given year.^[42]

Jamie Benn captained the Stars to their fifth Stanley Cup Finals appearance in franchise history and first since 2000.

Dallas Stars

#	Nat	Player	Position	Hand	Age	Acquired	Place of birth	Finals appearance
14		Jamie Benn – C	LW	L	31	2007	Victoria, British Columbia	first
30		Ben Bishop	G	L	33	2017	Denver, Colorado	second (2015)
17		Nick Caamano	RW	L	22	2016	Ancaster, Ontario	first
11		Andrew Cogliano	LW	L	33	2019	Toronto, Ontario	first
15		Blake Comeau – A	W	R	34	2018	Vancouver, British Columbia	first
18		Jason Dickinson	C/LW	L	25	2013	Georgetown, Ontario	first
37		Justin Dowling	C	L	29	2013	Calgary, Alberta	first
12		Radek Faksa	C	L	26	2012	Vítkov, Czech Republic	first
42		Taylor Fedun	D	R	32	2018	Edmonton, Alberta	first
34		Denis Gurianov	LW	L	23	2015	Togliatti, Russia	first
39		Joel Hanley	D	L	29	2018	Keswick, Ontario	first
4		Miro Heiskanen	D	L	21	2017	Espoo, Finland	first
24		Roope Hintz	C/LW	L	23	2015	Tampere, Finland	first
13		Mattias Janmark	LW	L	27	2015	Danderyd, Sweden	first
28		Stephen Johns	D	R	28	2015	Ellwood City, Pennsylvania	first
35		Anton Khudobin	G	L	34	2018	Ust-Kamenogorsk, Soviet Union	second (2013)
25		Joel Kiviranta	LW	L	24	2019	Vantaa, Finland	first
3		John Klingberg – A	D	R	28	2010	Lerum, Sweden	first
23		Esa Lindell – A	D	L	26	2012	Helsinki, Finland	first
29		Jake Oettinger	G	L	21	2017	Lakeville, Minnesota	first
2		Jamie Oleksiak	D	L	27	2019	Toronto, Ontario	first
16		Joe Pavelski	RW/C	R	36	2019	Plover, Wisconsin	second (2016)
10		Corey Perry	RW	R	35	2019	Haileybury, Ontario	second (2007)
47		Alexander Radulov	RW	L	34	2017	Nizhny Tagil, Soviet Union	first
91		Tyler Seguin – A	C	R	28	2013	Brampton, Ontario	third (2011, 2013)
5		Andrej Sekera	D	L	34	2019	Bojnice, Czechoslovakia	first

Tampa Bay Lightning

Lightning captain Steven Stamkos did not play in the first three rounds of the 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs as a result of a lower-body injury sustained in July,^[43] but the Lightning went on to their third Stanley Cup Finals appearance in franchise history and first since 2015 in his absence.

#	Nat	Player	Position	Hand	Age	Acquired	Place of birth	Finals appearance
24		Zach Bogosian	D	R	30	2020	Massena, New York	first
81		Erik Cernak	D	R	23	2017	Košice, Slovakia	first
71		Anthony Cirelli	C	L	23	2015	Woodbridge, Ontario	first
55		Braydon Coburn	D	L	35	2015	Calgary, Alberta	third (2010, 2015)
20		Blake Coleman	C	L	28	2020	Plano, Texas	first
19		Barclay Goodrow	RW	L	27	2020	Toronto, Ontario	first
37		Yanni Gourde	LW	L	28	2014	Saint-Narcisse, Quebec	first
77		Victor Hedman – A	D	L	29	2009	Örnsköldsvik, Sweden	second (2015)
9		Tyler Johnson	C	R	30	2011	Spokane, Washington	second (2015)
17		Alex Killorn	LW	L	31	2007	Halifax, Nova Scotia	second (2015)
86		Nikita Kucherov	RW	L	27	2011	Maykop, Russia	second (2015)
14		Patrick Maroon	LW	L	32	2019	St. Louis, Missouri	second (2019)
27		Ryan McDonagh – A	D	L	31	2018	Saint Paul, Minnesota	second (2014)
35		Curtis McElhinney	G	L	37	2019	London, Ontario	first
18		Ondrej Palat	LW	L	29	2011	Frýdek-Místek, Czechoslovakia	second (2015)
13		Cedric Paquette	C	L	27	2012	Gaspé, Quebec	second (2015)
21		Brayden Point	C	R	24	2014	Calgary, Alberta	first
44		Jan Rutta	D	R	30	2019	Písek, Czechoslovakia	first
2		Luke Schenn	D	R	30	2019	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan	first
98		Mikhail Sergachev	D	L	22	2017	Nizhmekamsk, Russia	first
22		Kevin Shattenkirk	D	R	31	2019	New Rochelle, New York	first
91		Steven Stamkos – C	C	R	30	2008	Markham, Ontario	second (2015)
67		Mitchell Stephens	C	R	23	2015	Peterborough, Ontario	first
88		Andrei Vasilevskiy	G	L	26	2012	Tyumen, Russia	second (2015)
23		Carter Verhaeghe	LW	L	25	2017	Waterdown, Ontario	first
92		Alexander Volkov	LW	L	23	2017	Moscow, Russia	first

Stanley Cup engraving

The Stanley Cup was presented to Lightning captain Steven Stamkos by NHL commissioner Gary Bettman following the Lightning's 2–0 win over the Stars in game six.

The following Lightning players and staff qualified to have their names engraved on the Stanley Cup:^[44]

2020 Tampa Bay Lightning

Players

  Centres

• 9 Tyler Johnson^
• 13 Cedric Paquette
• 20 Blake Coleman^
• 21 Brayden Point
• 23 Carter Verhaeghe^
• 37 Yanni Gourde
• 67 Mitchell Stephens^
• 71 Anthony Cirelli
• 91 Steven Stamkos^ (C)

  Wingers

• 7 Mathieu Joseph
• 14 Pat Maroon
• 17 Alex Killorn (A)
• 18 Ondrej Palat
• 19 Barclay Goodrow
• 86 Nikita Kucherov
• 92 Alexander Volkov

  Defencemen

• 2 Luke Schenn
• 22 Kevin Shattenkirk
• 24 Zach Bogosian
• 27 Ryan McDonagh (A)
• 44 Jan Rutta
• 55 Braydon Coburn
• 77 Victor Hedman (A)
• 81 Erik Cernak
• 98 Mikhail Sergachev

  Goaltenders

• 35 Curtis McElhinney
• 88 Andrei Vasilevskiy

^ - Also played Wing

Coaching and administrative staff

• Jeffrey Vinik (Chairman/Owner/Governor), Steve Griggs (Chief Executive Officer/Alt. Governor), Julien BriseBois (Vice President/General Manager/Alt. Governor),
• Allen Murray (Asst General Manager-Director of Amateur Scouting), Jamie Pushor (Asst. General Manager-Director of Player Personnel), Stacy Roest (Asst. General Manager-Director of Player Development), Mathieu Darche (Director of Hockey Operations),
• Jon Cooper (Head Coach), Jeff Halpern (Asst. Coach), Derek Lalonde (Asst. Coach),
• Todd Richards (Asst. Coach), Frantz Jean (Goaltending Coach), Brian Garlock (Video Coordinator),
• Nigel Kirwan (Video Coach), Mark Lambert (Director of High Performance/Strength Coach), Tom Mulligan (Athletic Trainer),
• Mike Poirier (Asst. Athletic Trainer), Ray Thill (Equipment Manager), Rob Kennedy (Asst. Equipment Manager),
• Jason Berger (Asst. Equipment Manager), Christian Rivas (Massage Therapist) Brandon Rodgers (Physical Therapist, Asst. Strength & Conditioning Coach),
• Ryan Belec (Sr. Director of Team Services), Liz Sylvia Kokoharsky (Director of Hockey Administration), Michael Peterson (Director of Hockey Analytics).

Engraving notes

Tampa Bay had 28 players on their extended official team roster during the 2020 playoffs. Of those, 27 automatically qualified to have their names engraved.

• #91 Steven Stamkos^ (C/W-Captain) - played 57 regular-season games and 1 games in the finals. He missed 13 regular-season games and 24 of 25 playoff games injured. #17 Alex Killorn severed as an Asst. Captain while Stamkos was injured. He qualified by playing in half of his team's regular season games and 1 game in the finals.
• #44 Jan Rutta (D) played 33 regular-season and 5 playoff games (4 in the finals). He missed 19 regular-season and 18 playoff games injured. He qualified by playing 4 games in the final.
• #55 Braydon Coburn (D) played 40 regular-season and 3 playoff games (none in the finals). He qualified by playing in half of his team's regular season games.
• #2 Luke Schenn (D) played 25 regular-season and 11 playoff games (including 1 in the finals). He qualified by playing 1 game in the finals.
• #24 Zach Bogosian (D) played 27 regular-season games (18 games for Buffalo, 9 games for Tampa Bay), plus 20 playoff games for Tampa Bay. Bogosian also missed 22 regular-season and 4 playoff games injured. He qualified by playing 2 games in the finals.
• #92 Alexander Volkov (RW) - played 9 regular-season games and 1 game in the finals. He also played 46 games in the minors with Syracuse. He qualified by playing in 1 game in the finals.
• #7 Mathieu Joseph (RW) – 37 regular-season games and 29 games in the minors for Syracuse. He qualified by playing in half of his team's regular season games.
• #29 Scott Wedgewood (G) – did not play for Tampa Bay during the 2019–20 season, but played 20 games in minors for Syracuse (AHL). Wedgewood was an extra goalie who was carried for the playoffs in case of injuries but did not dress for any games. He was the only player on the roster who traveled with the team to the NHL Bubble not to have his name engraved on the Cup.
• #14 Patrick Maroon (LW) became the third player in the expansion era to win back-to-back Stanley Cups with two different teams. Maroon won with St. Louis in 2019 and Tampa Bay in 2020. The only 2 other players who have won back to back cups with 2 different teams since 1967–68 are Claude Lemieux, who won in 1995 with New Jersey and in 1996 with Colorado; and Cory Stillman, who won in 2004 with Tampa Bay and in 2006 with Carolina (the 2004–05 season was not played due to the lockout). Additionally, Maroon's first name was listed simply as “Pat” on the 2020 engraving, after being listed as “Patrick” the prior year.
• Four members of the team staff won both cups with Tampa Bay in 2004 and 2020, 16 years apart: Video Coach Nigel Kirwin, Athletic Trainer Tom Mulligan, Equipment Manager Ray Thill, and Senior Director of Team Services Ryan Belec.

Television and radio

In Canada, the series was broadcast by Sportsnet and CBC Television in English, and TVA Sports in French. In the United States, the Finals were split between NBC (Games one, and four through six) and NBCSN (Games two and three). The NHL initially had plans to produce broadcasts for each game using a skeleton crew on-site, such as cameramen and producers, and then each media partners' commentators on both TV and radio were to call the games remotely.^[45] The league then allowed both Sportsnet and NBC commentators into the hubs.^[46] As he had been doing throughout the playoffs, 74-year-old NBC lead play-by-play commentator Mike "Doc" Emrick called the Cup Finals off of monitors from his home studio in Metro Detroit, citing his advanced age as a potential risk for severe illness from COVID-19.^[47] These were the final games that Emrick called; he announced his retirement on October 19, 2020.^[48]

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