Lightning Advance To Conference Final; Celebrate At Aquarium

Tampa FL

02 September, 2020

3:41 PM

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TAMPA, FL — The Tampa Bay Lightning will join The Florida Aquarium in celebrating the team's Game 5 win Monday and advancement to the Eastern Conference Final with a shark tank dive by Lightning alum and 2004 Stanley Cup captain, Dave Andreychuk. The event Thursday starting at 2 p.m. will include the unveiling of the manta ray statue wearing the official Lightning face mask in front of the aquarium at 701 Channelside Drive. Afterward, The Florida Aquarium's costumed mascot, Tango, will take Lightning mascot Thunder Bug on a tour of the aquarium followed by a game of coral reef tunnel hockey, a dive to the bottom of the loggerhead sea turtles coral reef by aquarium divers wearing Lightning jerseys and carrying a Lightning flag, and Andreychuk's dive into the shark tank. The events are open to Florida Aquarium visitors with a reservation and ticket purchase. After winning against the Boston Bruins 3-2 in Game 3, 3-1 in Game 4 and 3-2 during a double overtime Game 5 Monday at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, the Lightning advanced to the 2020 Eastern Conference Final. Ondrej Palat led the Lightning with five goals during the five-game series, earning him the title of Tampa General Hospital Player of the Week. Together, Brayden Point and Nikita Kucherov led the offensive until Monday night when Kucherov was felled by Bruins defenseman Zdeno Chara's high stick in the first period. No surprises here. Ondrej Palat is our @tghcares Player of the Week for Aug. 24-30 https://t.co/lLIFLzsXBh pic.twitter.com/bpi0S8g90a— Tampa Bay Lightning (@TBLightning) September 1, 2020 Kucherov came back during the second period long enough to trip up the Bruins' Charlie McAvoy but was out for the remainder of the game. The Lightning is expected to give an update on Kucherov's injury today. His loss would be a major blow to the Lightning on top of the absence of Steven Stamkos who hasn't returned to the Lightning's lineup since Feb. 25 due to a lower-body core muscle injury. The Bolts now await the winner of Thursday's game between the Philadelphia Flyers and the New York Islanders. Live-streaming of the Tampa Bay Lightning games is available for free thanks to the FOX Sports App. Download the FOX Sports App or go to FOXSports.com, sign in through a participating pay-TV provider, and start live-streaming FOX Sports Sun's broadcast of the Lightning game. The games also will be live-streamed on the NBC Sports' live stream page and the NBC Sports app. See related story: Dough To Give Out Free Donuts For Every Lightning Playoffs Win