CALGARY, Alberta, May 31 (UPI) -- Nikolai Khabibulin stopped 29 shots and made Brad Richards' goal stand up Monday as Tampa Bay evened the Stanley Cup finals, 1-0 over Calgary.
The best-of-seven series stands at 2-2.
Coming off Saturday's 3-0 loss, Tampa Bay was in danger of falling into a three games to one hole from which only one team has been able to escape. The Lightning also were without All-Star defenseman Pavel Kubina and leading goal-scorer Ruslan Fedotenko, both of whom were injured in Game Three.
But Tampa Bay has not lost consecutive games in the postseason. Khabibulin, a 31-year-old Russian, tied Calgary counterpart Miikka Kiprusoff for the league lead with his fifth playoff shutout and improved to 6-0 with a 0.83 goals-against average.
During a two-man advantage 2:48 into the opening period, Richards got a pass from Dave Andreychuk and blasted a one-timer over Kiprusoff's left shoulder.
