Let’s start with the Tampa Bay Lightning. With a chance to clinch at home they made no doubt about it with a 6-2 win to take out the Bruins in six games. They went into Boston and stole Game 5 by a final score of 5-4 despite getting outshot 44-19. The Islanders lost Game 3 in overtime at home, but won 4-1 in Game 4 to even it up. They followed a similar path to their first-round series, actually. However, the Islanders rallied for a Game 2 overtime win to even the series. The Bruins dominated with a 5-2 final score and 40-22 final shot count. I thought that was a bit disrespectful, and took the Islanders to advance at +180 as well as my lock of Over 5.5 Games in the series at -139. They then won Game 5 in double overtime in Pittsburgh and closed things out with a 5-3 win (despite getting outshot 37-24) in Game 6.Īfter beating the Penguins as underdogs, the Islanders were even bigger underdogs at +180 against the Bruins. However, the Islanders got right back in it with a 4-1 win to even things up. They stole Game 1 in Pittsburgh with an overtime win, but dropped Games 2 and 3 as the Penguins took what appeared to be a commanding 2-1 series lead on Long Island. The Islanders had a tough matchup right out of the gate against the Pittsburgh Penguins and they were +125 underdogs. They came out of the East despite being the No. On the other side of things are the New York Islanders. They bounced back with a 6-4 win in Game 4 and closed it out with another shutout win (2-0) in Game 5 in Carolina. Tampa Bay once again took the first two games on the road –– with Andrei Vasilevskiy stealing Game 2 ––, but dropped Game 3 in OT at home. The Lightning were once again favorites at -139, w hich I listed as the best bet, and took the Hurricanes down in five games. Carolina gave Tampa trouble in the regular season, but it was all Tampa in the playoffs. 2 seeded Panthers, the Lightning took on the No. The Panthers pushed back at home in Game 5, but the Lightning shut out the Panthers (4-0) to take the series in six games.Īfter beating the No. The Lightning won Games 1 and 2 in Florida, dropped Game 3 in overtime at home, then won Game 4 at home to take a 3-1 series lead. Tampa Bay got back to 100% for the playoffs with Nikita Kucherov returning and it showed. I thought the Panthers would give them a good fight, and they did for a few games, but the Lightning proved to be too much. Now, however, they are the second-best team remaining, giving them the No.2 seed in the semifinals.ĭespite not having home-ice advantage, the Lightning were slight favorites at around -140 to beat the Panthers in the first round. 3 seed in the Central Division and did not have home-ice advantage in either of the first two rounds. *Friday, June 25, 8 p.m.: Islanders at Lightning | NBCSN, SN, CBC, TVAS How They Got Here *Wednesday, June 23, 8 p.m.: Lightning at Islanders | NBCSN, SN, CBC, TVAS *Monday, June 21, 8 p.m.: Islanders at Lightning | USA, SN, CBC, TVAS Saturday, June 19, 8 p.m.: Lightning at Islanders | USA, SN, CBC, TVAS Thursday, June 17, 8 p.m.: Lightning at Islanders | NBCSN, SN, CBC, TVAS Tuesday, June 15, 8 p.m.: Islanders at Lightning | NBCSN, SN, CBC, TVAS Sunday, June 13, 3 p.m.: Islanders at Lightning | NBC, SN, CBC, TVAS Islanders NHL Playoffs Series Schedule: Lightning vs. NHL Playoffs – Stanley Cup Semis: Lightning vs. Make sure to bookmark our daily NHL Picks page to get the best bets for every single game! Let’s take a look at how these teams got here, how they match up against each other, and what the best bets are for the series. The Lightning beat the Islanders in six games –– in the bubble –– en route to the Stanley Cup last year. The Tampa Bay Lightning won the Central Division and will take on the East Division champion New York Islanders. The first Stanley Cup Semifinal matchup of these NHL playoffs is a rematch of last year’s Eastern Conference Final. The Stanley Cup Semifinals are set and will get underway this weekend. We’re down to the final four teams in the NHL playoffs.
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