2020 Stanley Cup Finals

The 2020 Stanley Cup Finals was the championship series of the National Hockey League's (NHL) 2019–20 season and the culmination of the 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs. It was contested between the Eastern Conference champion Tampa Bay Lightning and the Western Conference champion Dallas Stars. The Lightning won the best-of-seven series, four games to two, for their second championship in franchise history. The Lightning had home-ice advantage in the series by virtue of their better regular season points percentage. The series began on September 19 and concluded on September 28. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the entire series was played behind closed doors at Rogers Place in Edmonton. The pandemic resulted in the league suspending the regular season on March 12, 2020, and then scheduling a special 24-team playoff format to be held in two neutral "hub cities" (Edmonton and Toronto) that began on August 1.
This was the first Stanley Cup Finals series since to be played entirely in one location and the first since to be played entirely in Canada. This was the first Stanley Cup Finals since to feature a neutral site game and the first Stanley Cup Finals to feature both teams from the American Sun Belt (Texas and Florida). As a result of the pandemic, it was the first Stanley Cup Finals to be played in the month of September.
==Paths to the Finals==
===Return to play===
On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 to be a pandemic, and later that day, the National Basketball Association suspended all games after players tested positive for the disease. One day later, the NHL announced that the 2019–20 season had been paused indefinitely. On May 22, the league and the NHLPA agreed on a basic framework to stage a 24-team playoff tournament behind closed doors, conducted in two neutral "hub" cities to help protect teams from the virus. The seeds would be based on each club's points percentage when the season paused on March 12, effectively scrapping the remainder of the regular season. Under the early rounds of the 24-team format, the top four teams in each conference played each other in a separate Seeding Round Robin to determine the seeding in the First Round. The eight lower seeded teams in each conference played in the Qualifying Round, a best-of-five series to advance to the next round. The First Round through to the Finals remained as best-of-seven series. On July 10, along with the ratification of an extension to the collective bargaining agreement, the NHL and the NHLPA formally agreed to begin the playoffs on August 1 (concluding no later than early October), with games being hosted by Edmonton (Western Conference early rounds, Conference Finals, and Stanley Cup Finals) and Toronto (Eastern Conference early rounds and Conference Finals). U.S. cities were also considered, but were passed over after several U.S. states experienced a spike in COVID-19 cases in late June.
=== Dallas Stars ===
This was the franchise's fifth appearance in the Finals. They won the Stanley Cup in 1999 before losing the Finals in 2000. They also made two appearances as the Minnesota North Stars in 1981 and 1991. 
During the offseason, Dallas signed forwards Corey Perry and Joe Pavelski as well as defenceman Andrej Sekera in free agency. The team also re-signed defenceman Taylor Fedun and forward Jason Dickinson. The team made no trades during the regular season.
On December 10, 2019, head coach Jim Montgomery was dismissed due to "unprofessional conduct inconsistent with the core values and beliefs" of both the team and the league, and was replaced by Rick Bowness. Before joining the Stars organization, Bowness had served as associate coach with the Lightning from 2013 to 2018.
When the regular season was suspended on March 12, 2020, the Stars had a 37–24–8 record and a .594 points percentage to finish third in the Central Division and fourth in the Western Conference. After play resumed in the hubs, Dallas placed third in the Round Robin. The Stars then defeated the Calgary Flames in six games in the First Round, the Colorado Avalanche in seven games in the Second Round, and the Vegas Golden Knights in five games in the Western Conference Finals.
=== Tampa Bay Lightning ===
This was the Tampa Bay Lightning's third appearance in the Finals. They won the Stanley Cup in 2004 before losing the Finals in 2015.
During the offseason, Tampa Bay signed goaltender Curtis McElhinney, defencemen Luke Schenn, Luke Witkowski, and Kevin Shattenkirk, and forward Patrick Maroon during free agency. Tampa Bay also re-signed goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy and forwards Cedric Paquette and Brayden Point. During the regular season, the Lightning traded for forwards Blake Coleman and Barclay Goodrow. They also signed Zach Bogosian whose contract had been terminated by the Buffalo Sabres during the season. During Phase 2 of the Return to Play Plan, captain Steven Stamkos injured himself while skating, missing all three prior rounds of the playoffs for the Lightning including the Round Robin.
When the regular season was suspended on March 12, the Lightning had a 42–21–6 record and a .657 points percentage to finish second in both the Atlantic Division and the Eastern Conference. After play resumed in the hubs, Tampa Bay placed second in the Round Robin. The Lightning then defeated the Columbus Blue Jackets in the First Round and the Boston Bruins in the Second Round in five games respectively. The Lightning then eliminated the New York Islanders in the Eastern Conference Finals in six games.
== Game summaries ==
:Note: The numbers in parenthesis represent each player's total goals or assists to that point of the entire playoffs.
=== Game one ===
In the first period of game one, neither team produced many shots, yet each scored a goal. The first goal came from Stars defenceman Joel Hanley who took an open pass from Roope Hintz. Tampa Bay equalized the score on left winger Yanni Gourde's skate deflection. In the second period, both teams produced more shots, however, Dallas was up by two at the end of the period. Jamie Oleksiak fired a wrist shot which rebounded back to him which he then shot it over Lightning goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy to make it 2–1. The Stars' third goal started in their own end with Esa Lindell passing to Joel Kiviranta. Kiviranta then skated through centre, firing a shot that was blocked, but picked up the rebound to put it past Vasilevskiy for a 3–1 lead. In the third period, the Stars played more defensively, putting up only two shots compared to the Lightning who fired twenty-two shots at Anton Khudobin. The Stars held their ground for the remaining 20 minutes, and Jason Dickinson's empty-net goal sealed a 4–1 victory for Dallas.
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Period 	Team 	Goal 	Assist(s) 	Time 	Score
1st 	DAL 	Joel Hanley (1) 	Roope Hintz (10) 	05:40 	1–0 DAL
1st 	TBL 	Yanni Gourde (6) 	Blake Coleman (7), Barclay Goodrow (5) 	12:32 	1–1
2nd 	DAL 	Jamie Oleksiak (5) 	Alexander Radulov (7), Miro Heiskanen (18)	12:30 	2–1 DAL
2nd 	DAL 	Joel Kiviranta (5) 	Esa Lindell (6), John Klingberg (14) 	19:32 	3–1 DAL
3rd 	DAL 	Jason Dickinson (1) – en	Blake Comeau (5), Mattias Janmark (6) 	18:42 	4–1 DAL
Penalty summary	Penalty summary	Penalty summary 	Penalty summary 	Penalty summary	Penalty summary
Period 	Team 	Player 	Penalty 	Time 	PIM
1st 	TBL 	Patrick Maroon 	Roughing 	08:08 	2:00
1st 	DAL 	Jamie Oleksiak 	Roughing 	08:08 	2:00
2nd 	TBL 	Blake Coleman 	Slashing 	01:09 	2:00
2nd 	TBL 	Blake Coleman 	Hooking 	06:54 	2:00
2nd 	TBL 	Patrick Maroon 	Misconduct 	20:00 	10:00
3rd 	DAL 	John Klingberg 	Hooking 	04:52 	2:00
3rd 	DAL 	Blake Comeau 	Delay of game (puck over glass) 	09:08 	2:00
3rd 	DAL 	Tyler Seguin 	Tripping 	12:56 	2:00
Shots by period	Shots by period	Shots by period	Shots by period	Shots by period	Shots by period
Team 	1 	2 	3 	Total 	
 	5 	13 	2 	20 	
 	4 	10 	22 	36 	
=== Game two ===
In game two, the Lightning struck three times in the first period. Twice on the power-play, Victor Hedman and Nikita Kucherov set up both goal-scorers. The first came from a tic-tac-toe pass to Brayden Point firing it past Stars goalie Anton Khudobin. The second goal was another set-up pass; this time Kucherov fed it through the middle where Ondrej Palat made it 2–0. The Lightning made it 3–0 when the Stars fumbled the puck in their own zone and Anthony Cirelli gave it to Kevin Shattenkirk, whose shot at the blue line deflected off of Esa Lindell and past Khudobin. In the second period, the Stars shot eighteen times at Andrei Vasilevskiy and caught a break on the power-play. During Palat's slashing penalty, John Klingberg's shot deflected off of fellow Stars forward Joe Pavelski to cut the score to 3–1. Later in the period, a hit on Stars player Blake Comeau caused a skirmish to erupt, with Dallas players Corey Perry and Klingberg against Cedric Paquette and Hedman respectively. All players received simultaneous roughing penalties. In the third period, the Stars made it 3–2 when Mattias Janmark's shot snuck past Vasilevskiy. The Lightning kept their offense going in the final 20 minutes, pouring twelve shots on Khudobin, holding off the Stars, and ending the game 3–2 to tie the series 1–1.
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Period 	Team 	Goal 	Assist(s) 	Time 	Score
1st 	TBL 	Brayden Point (10) – pp	Nikita Kucherov (21), Victor Hedman (7) 	11:23 	1–0 TBL
1st 	TBL 	Ondrej Palat (9) – pp 	Nikita Kucherov (22), Victor Hedman (8) 	14:22 	2–0 TBL
1st 	TBL 	Kevin Shattenkirk (2) 	Blake Coleman (8), Anthony Cirelli (4) 	15:16 	3–0 TBL
2nd 	DAL 	Joe Pavelski (10) – pp 	John Klingberg (15), Alexander Radulov (8)	14:43 	3–1 TBL
3rd 	DAL 	Mattias Janmark (1) 	John Klingberg (16), Alexander Radulov (9)	05:27 	3–2 TBL
Penalty summary	Penalty summary	Penalty summary 	Penalty summary 	Penalty summary	Penalty summary
Period 	Team 	Player 	Penalty 	Time 	PIM
1st 	DAL 	Mattias Janmark 	High-sticking 	03:20 	2:00
1st 	DAL 	Joe Pavelski 	Tripping 	10:58 	2:00
1st 	DAL 	Jamie Oleksiak 	Holding 	13:11 	2:00
1st 	TBL 	Ondrej Palat 	Interference 	18:59 	2:00
2nd 	DAL 	Blake Comeau 	Interference 	02:02 	2:00
2nd 	TBL 	Nikita Kucherov 	Tripping 	03:47 	2:00
2nd 	TBL 	Yanni Gourde 	Cross checking 	06:26 	2:00
2nd 	TBL 	Ondrej Palat 	Slashing 	14:38 	2:00
2nd 	DAL 	Corey Perry 	Roughing 	16:58 	2:00
2nd 	TBL 	Patrick Maroon 	Goaltender interference 	16:58 	2:00
2nd 	TBL 	Victor Hedman 	Roughing 	16:58 	2:00
2nd 	TBL 	Cedric Paquette 	Roughing 	16:58 	2:00
2nd 	DAL 	John Klingberg 	Roughing 	16:58 	2:00
3rd 	None 	None 	None 	None 	None
Shots by period	Shots by period	Shots by period	Shots by period	Shots by period	Shots by period
Team 	1 	2 	3 	Total 	
 	6 	18 	5 	29 	
 	14 	5 	12 	31 	
=== Game three ===
In game three, Dallas put the heat on Andrei Vasilevskiy in the first period. However, among their sixteen shots, only one goal was successfully scored compared to the Lightning's two. Tampa Bay's first came from a misplay by Miro Heiskanen giving Nikita Kucherov a breakaway, sniping the puck past Anton Khudobin. Their second goal came from their captain Steven Stamkos returning from injury for his first game since being injured on February 25. After a rush by the Stars was stopped in the offensive zone, Victor Hedman passed the puck to Stamkos, who was racing on the right side, upon which he fired his shot over Khudobin's blocker to make it 2–0. The Stars' lone goal of the period came short-handed when a shot by Roope Hintz was stopped by Vasilevskiy. The rebound of that save went back to Hintz in the left corner who then passed to an open Jason Dickinson, whose shot got through Vasilevskiy to make it 2–1. The Lightning had a more dominant approach in the second period, putting off 21 shots and scoring three times. The first goal came following Alexander Radulov's hooking penalty which carried over from the first period. After a puck battle behind the net, Anthony Cirelli, who was falling down on the play, passed to Hedman who shot the puck under Khudobin's stick into the net. Tampa Bay's fourth goal arrived when the Stars began a line change and a 3-on-1 developed with Kucherov leading the rush and Brayden Point scoring the goal. The Lightning continued their offensive zone coverage towards the end of the period and in the final minute-and-a-half, Point fired a shot that rebounded to Ondrej Palat, who put it into the net for a 5–1 lead. Dallas then pulled Khudobin before the third period, replacing him with rookie Jake Oettinger. The Stars, showing some frustration, began roughing the Lighting on three separate occasions: the first with Mattias Janmark and Palat; then both Jamie Benn and Jan Rutta, who had a skirmish after the play, both earning misconducts as a result; and an errant cross-check at 18:05 by Joe Pavelski on Cedric Paquette, which caused a ruckus with both teams. Heiskanen's goal gave the Stars some life in the third period, but Tampa Bay's defense kept the Stars at bay, winning the game 5–2 and taking a 2–1 series lead.
Scoring summary	Scoring summary	Scoring summary 	Scoring summary 	Scoring summary	Scoring summary
Period 	Team 	Goal 	Assist(s) 	Time 	Score
1st 	TBL 	Nikita Kucherov (7) 	Unassisted 	05:33 	1–0 TBL
1st 	TBL 	Steven Stamkos (1) 	Victor Hedman (9), Jan Rutta (1) 	06:58 	2–0 TBL
1st 	DAL 	Jason Dickinson (2) – sh	Roope Hintz (11) 	11:19 	2–1 TBL
2nd 	TBL 	Victor Hedman (10) – pp 	Anthony Cirelli (5), Ondrej Palat (6) 	00:54 	3–1 TBL
2nd 	TBL 	Brayden Point (11) 	Nikita Kucherov (23), Victor Hedman (10) 	12:02 	4–1 TBL
2nd 	TBL 	Ondrej Palat (10) 	Brayden Point (17), Kevin Shattenkirk (9)	18:55 	5–1 TBL
3rd 	DAL 	Miro Heiskanen (6) 	Joe Pavelski (6), Andrew Cogliano (2) 	06:49 	5–2 TBL
Penalty summary	Penalty summary	Penalty summary 	Penalty summary 	Penalty summary	Penalty summary
Period 	Team 	Player 	Penalty 	Time 	PIM
1st 	TBL 	Erik Cernak 	Tripping 	08:13 	2:00
1st 	DAL 	Joel Kiviranta 	Interference 	09:34 	2:00
1st 	DAL 	Alexander Radulov 	Hooking 	19:37 	2:00
2nd 	DAL 	Alexander Radulov 	Hooking 	04:31 	2:00
2nd 	TBL 	Yanni Gourde 	Interference 	12:43 	2:00
3rd 	TBL 	Ondrej Palat 	Roughing 	02:58 	2:00
3rd 	DAL 	Mattias Janmark 	Roughing 	02:58 	2:00
3rd 	DAL 	Jamie Benn 	Roughing 	03:38 	2:00
3rd 	TBL 	Jan Rutta 	Roughing 	03:38 	2:00
3rd 	DAL 	Jamie Benn 	Misconduct 	03:38 	10:00
3rd 	TBL 	Jan Rutta 	Misconduct 	03:38 	10:00
3rd 	TBL 	Kevin Shattenkirk 	Slashing 	09:30 	2:00
3rd 	TBL 	Mikhail Sergachev 	Tripping 	12:41 	2:00
3rd 	DAL 	Joe Pavelski 	Roughing 	18:05 	2:00
3rd 	DAL 	Joe Pavelski 	Cross checking 	18:05 	2:00
3rd 	TBL 	Cedric Paquette 	Roughing 	18:05 	2:00
3rd 	TBL 	Barclay Goodrow 	Roughing 	18:05 	2:00
3rd 	TBL 	Patrick Maroon 	Misconduct 	18:05 	10:00
3rd 	DAL 	Jason Dickinson 	Roughing 	18:05 	2:00
Shots by period	Shots by period	Shots by period	Shots by period	Shots by period	Shots by period
Team 	1 	2 	3 	Total 	
 	8 	21 	3 	32 	
 	16 	4 	4 	24 	
=== Game four ===
The Tampa Bay Lightning overcame a 2–0 deficit in game four. In the first period, John Klingberg gave the Stars their first goal of the game subsequently on their first shot. The Stars gained a 2–0 lead when Jamie Benn set up Joe Pavelski, whose wrist shot got under Andrei Vasilevskiy. Tampa Bay got on the board with 33 seconds remaining in the period. The play began when defenceman Kevin Shattenkirk, from behind the Lightning net, gave an outstretched pass to Ondrej Palat, who then passed across to the right boards to find a solitary Brayden Point. He manuevered around Anton Khudobin, going to his backhand to score. Point then tied the game early in the second period, on the power-play. During the Stars' penalty, Alex Killorn made a pass to the front, but the puck deflected off of Andrej Sekera's skate into the air, which Point then batted it into the net. The Stars soon regained the lead when Tyler Seguin's pass around Vasilevskiy got picked up by Corey Perry who, although tied up by Cedric Paquette, allowed the puck to trickle in off his stick. The Lightning tied the game up again when Andrew Cogliano got caught for hooking and on the ensuing Tampa Bay power-play, Mikhail Sergachev set up Nikita Kucherov for a one-timer, but the puck deflected off of Esa Lindell to Yanni Gourde who shot it past Khudobin. In the third period, Killorn put the Lightning up 4–3 when he went out around the net and shot at the top corner behind Khudobin. Pavelski tied the game 4–4 after picking up the rebound of Seguin's shot and then launching the puck at Vasilevskiy which deflected off of Shattenkirk into the net. Into overtime, Benn pushed down Tyler Johnson; controversially, he was called for tripping. While on the ensuing power-play, Patrick Maroon won an offensive zone face-off, sending it back to Victor Hedman. Hedman then passed it to Shattenkirk, whose shot at a sharp angle went over Khudobin's right pad for the game-winning goal and a 3–1 series lead.
Scoring summary	Scoring summary	Scoring summary 	Scoring summary 	Scoring summary	Scoring summary
Period 	Team 	Goal 	Assist(s) 	Time 	Score
1st 	DAL 	John Klingberg (4) 	Esa Lindell (7) 	07:17 	1–0 DAL
1st 	DAL 	Joe Pavelski (11) 	Jamie Benn (11), Alexander Radulov (10) 	18:28 	2–0 DAL
1st 	TBL 	Brayden Point (12) 	Ondrej Palat (7), Kevin Shattenkirk (10) 	19:27 	2–1 DAL
2nd 	TBL 	Brayden Point (13) – pp 	Alex Killorn (5), Nikita Kucherov (24) 	02:08 	2–2
2nd 	DAL 	Corey Perry (3) 	Tyler Seguin (7), Mattias Janmark (7) 	08:26 	3–2 DAL
2nd 	TBL 	Yanni Gourde (7) – pp 	Nikita Kucherov (25), Mikhail Sergachev (6)	18:54 	3–3
3rd 	TBL 	Alex Killorn (5) 	Mikhail Sergachev (7), Anthony Cirelli (6) 	06:41 	4–3 TBL
3rd 	DAL 	Joe Pavelski (12) 	Tyler Seguin (8), Miro Heiskanen (19) 	11:35 	4–4
OT 	TBL 	Kevin Shattenkirk (3) – pp	Victor Hedman (11), Patrick Maroon (4) 	06:34 	5–4 TBL
Penalty summary	Penalty summary	Penalty summary 	Penalty summary 	Penalty summary	Penalty summary
Period 	Team 	Player 	Penalty 	Time 	PIM
1st 	DAL 	Jamie Oleksiak 	Hooking 	13:52 	2:00
2nd 	DAL 	Jamie Oleksiak 	Tripping 	01:38 	2:00
2nd 	TBL 	Erik Cernak 	Holding 	11:10 	2:00
2nd 	DAL 	Andrew Cogliano 	Hooking 	17:34 	2:00
3rd 	TBL 	Patrick Maroon 	Holding 	09:16 	2:00
3rd 	DAL 	Corey Perry 	Interference 	19:31 	2:00
3rd 	TBL 	Brayden Point 	Embellishment 	19:31 	2:00
OT 	TBL 	Mikhail Sergachev 	Holding 	00:37 	2:00
OT 	DAL 	Jamie Benn 	Tripping 	05:10 	2:00
Shots by period	Shots by period	Shots by period	Shots by period	Shots by period	Shots by period
Team 	1 	2 	3 	OT 	Total
 	8 	15 	8 	4 	35
 	3 	14 	11 	2 	30
=== Game five ===
Corey Perry opened the scoring in the first period of game five. Jamie Oleksiak passed to Tyler Seguin, who then dropped it for Perry to score the initial goal for Dallas. In the second period, the Lightning struck back when Nikita Kucherov passed to Ondrej Palat and he skated past the Dallas defencemen and goaltender Anton Khudobin with a backhand to tie the game 1–1. The Lightning kept putting the pressure on the Stars for the remainder of the second period, firing away 13 shots. In the third period, Mikhail Sergachev's blast from the point gave the Lightning a 2–1 lead. The Stars tied the game 2–2 when Miro Heiskanen's shot from the point rebounded to Joe Pavelski, who put it past Andrei Vasilevskiy to break the record held by Joe Mullen for most career playoff goals scored by a US-born player. The two teams remained tied after the fact heading into overtime. In the first overtime, Dallas put up two shots compared to Tampa Bay's seven, but no goals were scored and the game continued on to double overtime. At 9:23 of the second overtime, Perry picked up a rebound from Seguin's shot and slid the puck past Vasilevskiy to give the Stars the game 3–2, forcing a sixth game.
Scoring summary	Scoring summary	Scoring summary 	Scoring summary 	Scoring summary	Scoring summary
Period 	Team 	Goal 	Assist(s) 	Time 	Score
1st 	DAL 	Corey Perry (4) 	Tyler Seguin (9), Jamie Oleksiak (4) 	17:52 	1–0 DAL
2nd 	TBL 	Ondrej Palat (11) 	Nikita Kucherov (26), Brayden Point (18)	04:37 	1–1
3rd 	TBL 	Mikhail Sergachev (3)	Brayden Point (19) 	03:38 	2–1 TBL
3rd 	DAL 	Joe Pavelski (13) 	Miro Heiskanen (20), Tyler Seguin (10) 	13:15 	2–2
OT 	None 	None 	None 	None 	None
2OT 	DAL 	Corey Perry (5) 	John Klingberg (17), Tyler Seguin (11) 	09:23 	3–2 DAL
Penalty summary	Penalty summary	Penalty summary 	Penalty summary 	Penalty summary	Penalty summary
Period 	Team 	Player 	Penalty 	Time 	PIM
1st 	DAL 	Tyler Seguin 	High-sticking 	04:19 	2:00
2nd 	TBL 	Carter Verhaeghe 	Slashing 	12:33 	2:00
3rd 	TBL 	Erik Cernak 	High-sticking 	11:06 	2:00
OT 	None 	None 	None 	None 	None
2OT 	None 	None 	None 	None 	None
Shots by period	Shots by period	Shots by period	Shots by period	Shots by period	Shots by period	Shots by period
Team 	1 	2 	3 	OT 	2OT 	Total
 	8 	6 	13 	2 	4 	33
 	10 	13 	7 	7 	4 	41
=== Game six ===
In game six, the Lightning took a 1–0 lead in the first period. After John Klingberg was penalized for tripping, Brayden Point fired a wrist shot that flew past Anton Khudobin. Tampa Bay gained a 2–0 lead in the second period when a Stars turnover to Patrick Maroon got to Cedric Paquette, who set up Blake Coleman for a one-timer. The Stars remained scoreless for the rest of the game, but they had a close chance in the second period when Joel Kiviranta's shot was stopped by Andrei Vasilevskiy with his skate. Vasilevskiy continued his shutout in the third period, stopping all 22 shots by Dallas. With a 2–0 victory, the Tampa Bay Lightning won their second Stanley Cup. Lightning defenceman Victor Hedman was given the Conn Smythe Trophy as the most valuable player of the playoffs.
Scoring summary	Scoring summary	Scoring summary 	Scoring summary 	Scoring summary	Scoring summary
Period 	Team 	Goal 	Assist(s) 	Time 	Score
1st 	TBL 	Brayden Point (14) – pp	Nikita Kucherov (27), Victor Hedman (12)	12:23 	1–0 TBL
2nd 	TBL 	Blake Coleman (5) 	Cedric Paquette (3), Patrick Maroon (5) 	07:01 	2–0 TBL
3rd 	None 	None 	None 	None 	None
Penalty summary	Penalty summary	Penalty summary 	Penalty summary 	Penalty summary	Penalty summary
Period 	Team 	Player 	Penalty 	Time 	PIM
1st 	DAL 	Andrew Cogliano 	Tripping 	06:32 	2:00
1st 	DAL 	John Klingberg 	Tripping 	11:58 	2:00
1st 	TBL 	Victor Hedman 	Interference 	18:36 	2:00
2nd 	TBL 	Ryan McDonagh 	Interference 	08:02 	2:00
2nd 	DAL 	Corey Perry 	Goaltender interference 	08:22 	2:00
3rd 	TBL 	Ryan McDonagh 	Tripping 	15:27 	2:00
Shots by period	Shots by period	Shots by period	Shots by period	Shots by period	Shots by period	Shots by period
Team 	1 	2 	3 	Total 	 	
 	11 	10 	8 	29 	 	
 	4 	4 	14 	22 	 	
== Team rosters ==
Years indicated in boldface under the "Finals appearance" column signify that the player won the Stanley Cup in the given year.
=== Dallas Stars ===
# 	Nat	Player	Position	Hand	Age	Acquired	Place of birth 	Finals appearance
14	 	– C 	LW 	L 	31 	2007 	Victoria, British Columbia 	first
30	 	 	G 	L 	33 	2017 	Denver, Colorado 	second
17	 	 	RW 	L 	22 	2016 	Ancaster, Ontario 	first
11	 	 	LW 	L 	33 	2019 	Toronto, Ontario 	first
15	 	– A 	W 	R 	34 	2018 	Vancouver, British Columbia 	first
18	 	 	C/LW 	L 	25 	2013 	Georgetown, Ontario 	first
37	 	 	C 	L 	29 	2013 	Calgary, Alberta 	first
12	 	 	C 	L 	26 	2012 	Vítkov, Czech Republic 	first
42	 	 	D 	R 	32 	2018 	Edmonton, Alberta 	first
34	 	 	LW 	L 	23 	2015 	Togliatti, Russia 	first
39	 	 	D 	L 	29 	2018 	Keswick, Ontario 	first
4 	 	 	D 	L 	21 	2017 	Espoo, Finland 	first
24	 	 	C/LW 	L 	23 	2015 	Tampere, Finland 	first
13	 	 	LW 	L 	27 	2015 	Danderyd, Sweden 	first
28	 	 	D 	R 	28 	2015 	Ellwood City, Pennsylvania 	first
35	 	 	G 	L 	34 	2018 	Ust-Kamenogorsk, Soviet Union	second
25	 	 	LW 	L 	24 	2019 	Vantaa, Finland 	first
3 	 	– A 	D 	R 	28 	2010 	Lerum, Sweden 	first
23	 	– A 	D 	L 	26 	2012 	Helsinki, Finland 	first
29	 	 	G 	L 	21 	2017 	Lakeville, Minnesota 	first
2 	 	 	D 	L 	27 	2019 	Toronto, Ontario 	first
16	 	 	RW/C 	R 	36 	2019 	Plover, Wisconsin 	second
10	 	 	RW 	R 	35 	2019 	Haileybury, Ontario 	second
47	 	 	RW 	L 	34 	2017 	Nizhny Tagil, Soviet Union 	first
91	 	– A 	C 	R 	28 	2013 	Brampton, Ontario 	third
5 	 	 	D 	L 	34 	2019 	Bojnice, Czechoslovakia 	first
=== Tampa Bay Lightning ===
# 	Nat	Player	Position	Hand	Age	Acquired	Place of birth 	Finals appearance
24	 	 	D 	R 	30 	2020 	Massena, New York 	first
81	 	 	D 	R 	23 	2017 	Košice, Slovakia 	first
71	 	 	C 	L 	23 	2015 	Woodbridge, Ontario 	first
55	 	 	D 	L 	35 	2015 	Calgary, Alberta 	third
20	 	 	C 	L 	25 	2020 	Plano, Texas 	first
19	 	 	RW 	L 	27 	2020 	Toronto, Ontario 	first
37	 	 	LW 	L 	28 	2014 	Saint-Narcisse, Quebec 	first
77	 	– A 	D 	L 	29 	2009 	Örnsköldsvik, Sweden 	second
9 	 	 	C 	R 	30 	2011 	Spokane, Washington 	second
17	 	 	C 	L 	31 	2007 	Halifax, Nova Scotia 	second
86	 	 	RW 	L 	27 	2011 	Maykop, Russia 	second
14	 	 	LW 	L 	32 	2019 	St. Louis, Missouri 	second
27	 	– A 	D 	L 	31 	2018 	Saint Paul, Minnesota 	second
35	 	 	G 	L 	37 	2019 	London, Ontario 	first
18	 	 	LW 	L 	29 	2011 	Frýdek-Místek, Czechoslovakia	second
13	 	 	C 	L 	27 	2012 	Gaspé, Quebec 	second
21	 	 	C 	R 	24 	2014 	Calgary, Alberta 	first
44	 	 	D 	R 	30 	2019 	Písek, Czechoslovakia 	first
2 	 	 	D 	L 	30 	2019 	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan 	first
98	 	 	D 	L 	22 	2017 	Nizhmekamsk, Russia 	first
22	 	 	D 	R 	31 	2019 	New Rochelle, New York 	first
91	 	– C 	C 	R 	30 	2008 	Markham, Ontario 	second
67	 	 	C 	R 	23 	2015 	Peterborough, Ontario 	first
88	 	 	G 	L 	26 	2012 	Tyumen, Russia 	second
23	 	 	LW 	L 	25 	2017 	Waterdown, Ontario 	first
92	 	 	LW 	L 	23 	2017 	Moscow, Russia 	first
==Stanley Cup engraving==
The Stanley Cup was presented to Lightning captain Steven Stamkos by NHL commissioner Gary Bettman. The following players and staff qualified to have their names engraved on the Stanley Cup:
==Television and radio==
In Canada, the series was broadcast by Sportsnet and CBC Television in English, and TVA Sports in French. In the U.S., the Finals was split between NBC (Games 1, and 4 through 7) and NBCSN (Games 2 and 3). The NHL initially had plans to produce broadcasts for each game using a skeleton crew on-site, such as cameramen and producers, and then each media partners' commentators, both on TV and radio, called the games remotely. The league then allowed both Sportsnet and NBC commentators into the hubs. As he had been doing throughout the playoffs, 74-year-old NBC lead play-by-play commentator Mike "Doc" Emrick called the Cup Finals off of monitors from his home studio in Metro Detroit, citing his advanced age as a potential risk for severe illness from COVID-19. Both the Stars and Lightning radio commentators on their respectively flagship stations KTCK and WFLA broadcast remotely.
The fourth and fifth game of this series were played on consecutive nights to avoid a schedule conflict with NBC's Sunday Night Football coverage.
== References ==
 
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