The Tampa Lightning Steven Stamkos (91) takes a victory skate in front of the Lightning bench after scoring a goal against the New York Rangers at Amalie Arena in Tampa Bay in the third period of game 3 of the NHL Stanley Cup Eastern Conference Finals on Sat Jun 11, 2022 (AP News photo)

On the NHL Stanley Cup Finals podcast with Mary Lisa:

#1 Mary Lisa, how stunning is it that the Tampa Bay Lightning can come back the way they did down 2-0 to eliminate the New York Rangers in the Eastern Conference Finals with four straight wins.

#2 The Lightning’s Steven Stamkos scored twice in game six in Saturday’s elimination game how crucial was Stamkos for the Lightning in this series?

#3 Stamkos said looking back on the series that this is a special group here because of the way they’ve played and they way they’ve rebounded winning four straight in a series like this.

#4 Mary Lisa, it’s been nine days since the Western Conference Champion Colorado Avalanche have played a game on Mon Jun 6th when they advanced to the Stanley Cup Finals. Will having nine days off be an advantage for the Avalanche in terms of lots of practice and rest or a disadvantage not seeing live action all this time?

#5 Avalanche’s goaltender Darcy Kuemper had to leave the series against the Edmonton Oilers and was replaced by Paul Francouz. Kuemper has had time to recover who do you see starting Wednesday for the Aves in game 1 of the Finals.

Mary Lisa will be doing NHL Stanley Cup Finals analysis throughout the finals at http://www.sportsradioservice.com