It looked like the Islanders might close the game without any drama until Ondrej Palat intercepted Pulock’s clearing attempt along the right-wing boards with seven seconds left and backhanded the puck to Nikita Kucherov to the right of the net.
“I couldn’t see really anything,” McDonagh said.
Pulock said his only goaltending experience was from playing street hockey as a kid.
“I just tried to make myself big,” Pulock said.
Lightning coach Jon Cooper said, “They’re desperate and he came in and made that save.
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