Everything you need to know ahead of the Lightning's Game 2 matchup against the Panthers on Thursday.
When: Thursday, May 19 - 7 p.m. ET Where: FLA Live Arena - Sunrise, FL TV coverage: TNT (check local listings) Radio coverage: 970 WFLA-AM, Lightning Power Play Where to stream it: tntdrama.com
Projected Lineup (subject to change) Forwards Steven Stamkos - Anthony Cirelli - Nikita Kucherov Ondrej Palat - Nick Paul - Alex Killorn Brandon Hagel - Ross Colton - Corey Perry Pat Maroon - Pierre-Edouard Bellemare
Defensemen Victor Hedman - Erik Cernak Ryan McDonagh - Zach Bogosian Mikhail Sergachev - Cal Foote Jan Rutta
Goaltenders Andrei Vasilevskiy Brian Elliott
Tuesday's Matchup The Lightning and the Panthers are playing Game 2 of their best-of-seven Second Round series in the 2022 Stanley Cup Playoffs...Tampa Bay is 3-1 all-time in the playoffs in Sunrise after going 2-1 there during a 2021 First Round series against Florida...The Lightning have taken a 1-0 lead in a best- of-seven series 14 times in their playoff history and have gone on to win 12 of those series, including a 4-2 mark when starting a series on the road with a victory (losses came in 2011 ECF vs. BOS and 2016 ECF vs. PIT)...Tampa Bay is 7-1 in its history in Second Round playoff series and has never lost a Second Round playoff series under head coach Jon Cooper (5-0)...The Lightning are 23-10 all-time in Game 2s and have won their last eight Game 2s...The Bolts are 9-3 all-time in road Game 2s.
Tuesday's Storylines The Lightning have won three-straight playoff games, including two road contests, and are looking for their first four-game playoff win streak since prevailing in Game 7 of the 2021 Stanley Cup Semifinal vs. NYI and winning the first three games of the Cup Final vs. MTL...Tampa Bay leads the NHL for road victories this postseason (3) and, with an all-time road playoff record of 57-37, owns the best road playoff win percentage (.606) of any NHL franchise...The Lightning are 38-21 (.644) in 59 road playoff contests under head coach Jon Cooper...Tampa Bay has scored at least one power-play goal in six of its eight games so far this postseason and leads the 2022 Playoffs for power-play goals (10), becoming the first playoff team to reach double digits for power-play goals.
Injuries 2021-22 Reg. Season Man Games Lost: 185 2022 Playoff Man Games Lost: 1 Current injuries Brayden Point (Lower-body injury May 14) 1 Game
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The Road Ahead Game 3: Lightning vs. Panthers, Sunday, May 22 Game 4: Lightning vs. Panthers, Monday, May 23 Game 5: Lightning at Panthers, Wednesday, May 25 (if necessary) Game 6: Lightning vs. Panthers, Friday, May 27 (if necessary) Game 7: Lightning at Panthers, Sunday, May 29 (if necessary)
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