VIDEO: Taylor Hall shovels in own goal to spur Lightning's late rally
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Here come the Oilers.
Edmonton built a two-goal cushion over the defending Eastern Conference champion Tampa Bay Lightning on Friday with a rock-solid opening 40 minutes. Then it quite literally gave the lead away.
A hustling Taylor Hall touched the puck over Cam Talbot's shoulder on the backcheck just 61 seconds before Darnell Nurse had Steven Stamkos' go-ahead goal haplessly bank off his skate.
Hands like that are why Taylor Hall is an All-Star pic.twitter.com/Z1gwdmwNcL
— Jeanshorts (@JSBMjeanshorts) January 9, 2016
Tampa Bay won 3-2.
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