Sports Briefs 7.8.21

NHL

The Tampa Bay Lightning are the Stanley Cup champions, having defeated the Montreal Canadiens 1-0 in Game Five last night in Tampa. Tampa Bay is the first team since the 2016-17 Pittsburgh Penguins to successfully defend their Stanley Cup championship. Ross Colton scored the only goal of the game, which came in the second period.

NBA

The Phoenix Suns and Milwaukee Bucks will battle in Game Two of the NBA Finals in Phoenix tonight. Milwaukee is looking to even the series up after dropping Game One 118-105 on Tuesday night. It’s the first time in franchise history the Suns have held a series lead in the NBA Finals.