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Rookie Paquette doing it all for Lightning

There are a ton of big names on the Tampa Bay Lightning, from Steven Stamkos to Tyler Johnson to Nikita Kucherov to Ondrej Palat.

But other than goalie Ben Bishop, it's 21-year-old rookie Cedric Paquette who is stealing the headlines for coach Jon Cooper's squad in the Stanley Cup Final. Not only did the Canadian center score the game-winning goal in Tampa Bay's 3-2 win in Game 3 on Monday, he also scored the first goal during Game 2 and he's played a sensational two-way game that has his teammates in awe.

"He's a complete player out there," said defenseman Anton Stralman. "I really can't say enough about him. He goes against maybe the best centerman in the league (in Jonathan Toews) and does an unbelievable job at it."

Paquette scored with just 3:11 left in the game when he got good position in front of Kyle Cumiskey, then took a pass from Victor Hedman and easily beat Corey Crawford with a one-timer.

"We wouldn't have scored that third goal if (he) didn't win that faceoff (against Patrick Sharp)," Stralman said. "And then he's up there first guy to the net and gets rewarded. It's really fun to see."

Paquette, who played five games with the AHL's Syracuse Crunch this season before being called up, was asked what would have happened if someone would have told him in November that he'd have 2 goals in the Final and helping to shut down one of the league's best players.

"I would have said that he's crazy," Paquette said. "I really couldn't have predicted that."

Ready and able:

After missing Games 1 and 2 of the Stanley Cup Final because he was suffering from a case of vertigo, Bryan Bickell returned to the Hawks' lineup Monday for Game 3.

The 6-foot-4 winger said he started feeling weird the day before the Hawks played Game 7 of the Western Conference finals against Anaheim. He played for just four minutes, 22 seconds during 5-3 victory.

"I talked to everybody in the city and everybody on the phone about, 'What could I do?' " Bickell said. "You know, it was just tough sitting out and saying you had vertigo and you can't play."

Bickell played just 9:53 in Game 3, the second-lowest ice time by any non-defenseman on the Hawks. He had 4 hits and did not take a shot.

He's back:

After weeks of speculation about when coach Joel Quenneville finally would insert Trevor van Riemsdyk, that answer came Monday when the rookie was inserted for David Rundblad. Van Riemsdyk said he got some advice from his brother James, a winger for the Maple Leafs.

"Just to enjoy it," Trevor said. "Just remember it's a hockey game."

Van Riemsdyk hadn't played in an NHL game since fracturing his kneecap Nov. 16. He saw nine minutes of playing time.

"I thought it went all right for me personally, but obviously in a loss it never feels that great," van Riemsdyk said. "I'm going to go back, see what I did well, see what I did not so well. There's obviously room for improvement."

Tip-ins:

With 19 career postseason goals, Brent Seabrook is tied with Bob Murray and Doug Wilson for the most in franchise history among defensemen. He scores twice as often in the playoffs (.18 goals per game) as he does in the regular season (.09 per game). … Jonathan Toews became the 92nd player in NHL history to amass 100 points in the playoffs with an assist in Game 2. He joins teammates Marian Hossa (141), Patrick Kane (111) and Brad Richards (101) among the 14 active players to reach that milestone.

He said it:

"I feel like Marshawn Lynch right now."

- Lightning goalie Ben Bishop, being completely evasive and not telling the media if he could play in Game 3

The Blackhawks were without left winger Bryan Bickell for Games 1 and 2 due to a bout of vertigo. He is expected to be available for Game 3. Associated Press/file
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