Tampa Bay forces Game 7 with 2OT win

CALGARY, Alberta -- The Tampa Bay Lightning were as good as guaranteed.

Martin St. Louis, the onetime Calgary reject, knocked in a rebound in the opening seconds of the second overtime and the Lightning forced a decisive Game 7 in the Stanley Cup finals by beating the Calgary Flames 3-2 Saturday night.

Brad Richards scored two power play goals in regulation -- almost a sure sign the Lightning would win. Tampa Bay is 31-0-2 overall and 9-0 in the playoffs when Richards scores.

The last seven multiple overtime playoff games have been won by the visiting team.

Breaking an entire city's heart for at least two nights -- and the hearts of millions more in hockey-loving Canada -- the Lightning now go home for a game the Flames were determined not to play. Not with the possible once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to win the Cup at home and a chance to become one of the most improbable champions in NHL history.

The Flames will try to avoid becoming only the second team in 33 years to squander a 3-2 series lead.