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Open Post- Day 30 Of The Stanley Cup Playoffs

06/15/2021 at 7:46pm EDT

The Tampa Bay Lightning certainly want to avoid going down 0-2 before heading to Long Island for games 3 & 4.

We are about to find out if the Bolts have made the right adjustments to get them back into the series.

Below find some useful information pertaining the series.

via the NHL PR department,

* Nikita Kucherov leads all players with 5-14—19 in 12 GP in the 2021 Stanley Cup Playoffs after leading all skaters with 7-27—34 in 25 GP in the 2020 postseason. He sits one point back of becoming the fifth player in the last 10 years to record 20+ points in consecutive playoff years. The others to do so since 2011: Sidney Crosby (2017 and 2018), Jake Guentzel (2017 and 2018), Phil Kessel (2016 and 2017) and Patrick Kane (2014 and 2015).

* Brayden Point (9-4—13 in 12 GP) has scored an NHL-leading six power-play goals during the 2021 postseason. He needs one to match Brad Richards (7 in 2004) for the most in a single playoff year in franchise history.

* Brayden Point can become the fifth player in the last 20 years to score seven or more power-play goals in a single playoff year, joining Brad Richards (7 in 2004 w/ TBL), Eric Staal (7 in 2006 w/ CAR), Evgeni Malkin (7 in 2009 w/ PIT) and Patrice Bergeron (7 in 2019 w/ BOS).

* The Islanders have already held the lead longer in one game against the Lightning (27:28 in Game 1) than Tampa Bay trailed in the entire five-game series against Carolina (22:23 in 5 GP).

* The Islanders enter Game 2 with a win in each of their last three road games. They have only won four or more consecutive road games within a single postseason four times in franchise history: 5 GP in 2020, 7 GP in 1982, 5 GP in 1981 and 7 GP in 1980.

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