CHICAGO (AP) – So much for Ryan Callahan’s quiet postseason. The veteran forward is making a lot of noise in the Stanley Cup Final.
Callahan had a goal and an assist in Tampa Bay’s 3-2 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks in Game 3 on Monday night. He has four points in the series after totaling four points in his first 19 games in the playoffs.
“He’s a gamer,” Lightning coach Jon Cooper said. “That’s the word. He’s a gamer.”
Callahan was acquired in a 2014 trade that sent Martin St. Louis to the New York Rangers in a rare exchange of team captains. He then re-signed with Tampa Bay after the season.
Callahan missed Game 6 of the Lightning’s second-round series against Montreal after he had an emergency appendectomy. But he returned in time for the opener of the Eastern Conference finals against New York and scored his first goal of the playoffs in Game 6 against the Rangers.