Lightning's Garrison scores winner in thrilling 1st 3-on-3 OT
Kim Klement / USA TODAY Sports
Three-on-three overtime will be just fine, thank you very much.
Tampa Bay Lightning blue-liner Jason Garrison ended what was an exhilarating - and most importantly, successful - debut for the league's new 3-on-3 overtime format Thursday night, sinking the Philadelphia Flyers with this cool backhand deke.
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The overtime period, which lasted two minutes and 17 seconds, saw three breakaways, a handful of incredible saves from both goaltenders, and even a failed penalty shot before Garrison's winner.
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