At Rogers Place, Edmonton, Alberta:
Anthony Cirelli scored the winning goal 13:18 into overtime on Thursday as the Tampa Bay Lightning defeated the New York Islanders 2-1 in game six of the Stanley Cup Playoffs' Eastern Conference Final and won the series four games to two.
Andrei Vasilevskiy saved 26 of 27 shots for the victory.
Semyon Varlamov was the tough luck losing goalie for the Islanders as he saved 46 of 48 Tampa Bay shots.
The Stanley Cup Final between the Lightning and Dallas Stars is set to open on Saturday at Edmonton (4:30 PM Pacific Time, NBC).
This will be Tampa Bay's third appearance (winning in 2004, losing in 2015) and Dallas' fifth (winning in 1999, losing in 1981, 1991, 2000) in the Final.
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