Bolts HC Jon Cooper gives Canucks their flowers after overcoming 2-0 deficit with commanding 6-2 win: "Right team won the game"

The Vancouver Canucks erased a 2-0 deficit and erupted for six unanswered goals, handing the Tampa Bay Lightning a 6-2 defeat on Sunday.

The Canucks made a relentless push in the third period, scoring quick goals from Kiefer Sherwood, Linus Karlsson, and Drew O’Connor within less than two minutes to take a 4-2 lead.

Tampa Bay Lightning head coach Jon Cooper didn’t mince words in his postgame press conference, owning his team’s lapse while lavishing praise on the Canucks for their poise and persistence.

"I have to give Vancouver all of the credit in the world. They are down halfway through a hockey game. They are down 2-0. We probably had more goals than they had shots on net halfway through the game and what did they do? They kept going and they kept trying and they just kept going understanding a game is 60 minutes not 30," Cooper said.

He added:

"The other team is up 2 feeling pretty good about themselves to the point where it was the tortoise and the hare. One team got comfortable and, in this league, the second that happens you are done. We got comfortable. They stuck with it. The right team won the game."

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Jon Cooper: "I have to give Vancouver all of the credit in the world. They are down halfway through a hockey game. They are down 2-0. We probably had more goals than they had shots on net halfway through the game and what did they do? They kept going and they kept trying and they

Meanwhile, Bolts' Nikita Kucherov took his career tally to 365 goals, tying Martin St. Louis for the third most in Lightning history.

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Nikita Kucherov opened the scoring for the Lightning after putting them ahead 1-0 at 4:35 of the first period. In the second period, Jake Guentzel increased the Bolts' lead to 2-0.

Jake DeBrusk cut the deficit to 2-1 for the Canucks with his power play goal at 9:26. The Canucks erupted in the third period, with three quick goals from Kiefer Sherwood (PPG), Linus Karlsson, and Drew O'Connor putting them ahead 4-2.

Mackenzie MacEachern increased the Canucks' lead to 5-2 before Marcus Pettersson sealed the win with his empty-net strike at 16:57. Captain Quinn Hughes contributed four assists in the win.