Stanley Cup Final blog: Nicholas Paul

Tampa Bay Lightning forward Nicholas Paul will be keeping his own blog throughout the 2022 Stanley Cup Final against the Colorado Avalanche, He will check in regularly with behind-the-scenes access.
In the fourth entry, Paul talks about the Lightning's 6-2 win against the Avalanche in Game 3 on Monday at Amalie Arena, in which he scored and sparked a four-goal second period. The forward, who played 13:43 of ice time, also speaks on Tampa Bay refocusing after a 7-0 loss in Game 2, being back at home and what they need to do to build on after the Game 3 win.

We really didn't think about what was being said after Game 2. We just shut out all the talk and focused on the team, focused on practice and what we're going to do to be better during the next game. We just kind of shut out all that other stuff.
After Game 2, we just were refocusing on coming home, getting that attitude back and playing our hockey, playing the way we need to be successful. I think we got away from that a little bit, the execution and details and I think we did that tonight. We just kept building on tonight. We had a plan and we stuck to it. We didn't stay away from what was working.
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It was nice to be back home in front of our fans at Amalie Arena. It was electric in there, it was loud and the crowd was really good. We felt good, real good tonight.
As for my goal, it was good. I had just taken a shot off my knee and came back, and on the first shift, to get set up in the slot like that was perfect. So, it was definitely huge and the team just kept building on it. Anthony Cirelli's goal was huge, Steven Stamkos' goal was huge and you go down the list, Corey Perry, everyone had a great effort tonight. We just kind of build off each other.

As for tomorrow, we will just build on it. We'll snap it around and practice and just stay positive. It's such a positive group and we have confidence in there. We have that good feeling, but you don't want to feel too good that you take the foot off the gas.
Everyone in that room knows exactly what we're going to do and what we need to do, and it's just full focus and determination.