The NBC Sports Edge Staff gives their Stanley Cup second round predictions as well as their reasons why. (Ron Chenoy-USA TODAY Sports)
The Tampa Bay Lightning continue their push toward a third consecutive Stanley Cup championship on Tuesday against the Florida Panthers in the second round of the playoffs. The Lightning advanced with a 2-1 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs in Game 7 on Saturday. Nick Paul — acquired in a trade with the Ottawa Senators this season — scored both Lightning goals, including the tiebreaking score late in the second period.
Star forward Brayden Point is “highly doubtful” for Game 1 of the Lightning’s second-round series against the Panthers Tuesday in Sunrise, coach Jon Cooper said Monday. Point will be considered day-to-day after that, Cooper added. Point was competing for a puck with Maple Leafs defenseman Mark Giordano in the offensive zone late in the first period of Game 7 of their opening-round series Saturday in Toronto when he lost his balance and fell awkwardly into the boards.
No | Player | Pos |
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41 | C | |
24 | D | |
81 | D | |
71 | LW | |
79 | RW | |
1 | G | |
52 | D | |
38 | LW | |
77 | D | |
17 | RW | |
86 | RW | |
14 | LW | |
27 | D | |
16 | C | |
18 | LW | |
20 | C | |
10 | RW | |
21 | C | |
44 | D | |
6 | D | |
87 | D | |
98 | D | |
91 | C | |
88 | G |