DAN GARTLAND

Good morning, I'm Dan Gartland. I think NHL officials were the only ones happy about how cold it was in Florida yesterday. 

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The NHL got exactly what it wanted with its last big showcase event before the league takes a break for the Olympics. Sunday night's outdoor Stadium Series game in Tampa between the Lightning and Bruins was one of the best games of the season—and a historic one for Tampa Bay. 

The Lightning's 6–5 shootout victory featured the largest comeback in franchise history. Tampa Bay's Brandon Hagel scored just 11 seconds into the game (the fastest goal ever scored in an outdoor NHL game), but the Bruins then scored five unanswered goals to take a 5–1 lead midway through the second period. Oliver Bjorkstrand's goal cut it to 5–2 before the real turning point occurred: a goalie fight. 

With nine minutes left in the second period, Hagel stuck his stick in Boston goalie Jeremy Swayman's pads after Swayman saved a long shot. The netminder objected to Hagel's prodding and jumped to his feet to take a swing at him. Several Bruins teammates rushed in to join the fray, at which point Lightning goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy skated out of his crease to challenge Swayman to a tilt. Swayman ditched his glove, blocker and mask (and pulled Hagel's stick out of his leg pads) and threw down with his Tampa Bay counterpart. Vasilevskiy landed a few big left-handed punches that quickly dropped Swayman and the officials broke up the brawl. 

After the game, Lightning players credited Vasilevskiy's tilt with helping to turn the tide.

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… things I saw yesterday: 

5. Ohio State guard Kennedy Cambridge's nasty spin move. 

4. Lightning coach Jon Cooper's gaudy suit that paid tribute to Tampa's mafia history. 

3. Reggie Miller's reaction to a big dunk by LeBron James. 

2. A classic no-look assist by Nikola Jokić.

1. This pair of outrageous blocks by Victor Wembanyama. First, in the second quarter, he swatted a layup attempt off the top of the backboard. Then, in the third, he had another acrobatic rejection. 

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