Down seven starting players against a bitter rival, the Tampa Bay Lightning turned to 23-year-old rookie forward Jack Finley to win an important bounce-back game.

The Lightning and Finley, who scored the game-winning goal on Saturday in a 3-1 road victory over the Florida Panthers, will host the Vancouver Canucks on Sunday in Tampa, Fla.

In a 1-1 match against the reigning Stanley Cup champions, the Lightning saw Finley net his first NHL goal in his seventh career game with a nifty backhander on a breakaway over standout goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky.

Not bad for a young center from St. Louis who was a 2020 second-round draft pick.

"A little bit of blackout," said the 6-foot-6 center, who credited teammates who collected assists on the play. "It was obviously really cool to share that go

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