![]() ![]() They reached the Stanley Cup Finals last season, when they lost to Colorado in six games. The Lightning won the Stanley Cup in 20 after eliminating the Islanders in the Eastern Conference finals. Tampa Bay, which clinched a postseason spot earlier this week for the sixth straight season, will face Toronto in the opening round of the playoffs. ![]() Lightning forward Tanner Jeannot left midway through the second and didn’t return after he fell awkwardly and twisted his lower right leg while tangled with Islanders defenseman Scott Mayfield. Bo Horvat closed out the scoring in the final minute. Holmstrom added his sixth at 15:14 of the third. Pulock increased the lead to 4-1 with his fifth goal with 20 second left in the second. Nelson made it 2-0 with his 33rd goal at 9:54 before Palmieri scored 49 seconds later to give the Islanders a three-goal cushion. Pelech’s shot eluded a cluster of traffic in front of Brian Elliott for the defenseman’s sixth goal of the season. Pelech scored at 3:46 of the middle period after a scoreless first during which the Islanders outshot the Lightning 13-3. It’s the sixth time in nine seasons Kucherov has reached the 30-goal mark. Kucherov ruined Sorokin’s shutout bid at 16:47 of the second with his 30th goal. The Panthers and Islanders are tied with 89 points, with the Penguins just one point behind.
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