The Tampa Bay Lightning appeared to be one of the NHL's most dangerous teams in the final weeks of the regular season. At one point in the season, the Lightning appeared to be in jeopardy of missing the playoffs, but they rode the hot hand of Nikita Kucherov and leadership of Steven Stamkos to secure the top Wild Card spot in the Eastern Conference. The Panthers have won the first three games of the series, coming through with clutch efforts when each game was on the line.
Sergei Bobrovsky made 26 saves, Matthew Tkachuk scored twice and the Florida Panthers beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 5-3 on Thursday night to take a 3-0 lead in the first-round playoff series. Brandon Montour, Sam Reinhart and Steven Lorentz also scored for the Panthers, who will seek a sweep Saturday night in Tampa.
Everything you need to know ahead of Tampa Bay's matchup against the Florida Panthers on Saturday. When: Saturday, April 27 - 5:00 p.m. ET Where: AMALIE Arena - Tampa, FL TV coverage: Bally Sports Sun (check local listings) Radio coverage: 102.5 MHz-FM , Lightning Radio 24/7 Where to stream it: BallySports.com Lines from Thursday's Game (subject to change) Forwards Brandon Hagel - Brayden Point - Nikita Kucherov Steven Stamkos - Anthony Cirelli - Anthony Duclair Mitchell Chaffee - Nick Paul - Mikey Eyssimont Tanner Jeannot - Luke Glendening - Tyler Motte Defensemen Victor Hedman - Darren Raddysh Nick Perbix - Erik Cernak Emil Lilleberg - Matt Dumba Goaltenders Andrei Vasilevskiy Jonas Johansson
No | Player | P |
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81 | D | |
41 | RW | |
71 | C | |
65 | D | |
10 | LW | |
24 | D | |
23 | C | |
7 | D | |
11 | C | |
38 | LW | |
77 | D | |
84 | LW | |
31 | G | |
86 | RW | |
78 | D | |
64 | LW | |
20 | LW | |
48 | D | |
21 | C | |
43 | D | |
98 | D | |
73 | LW | |
91 | C | |
90 | G | |
88 | G | |
51 | LW | |
44 | D |