Brayden Point kept up his scoring touch with a tiebreaking goal late in the second period, Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 27 shots and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the New York Islanders 2-1.
Brayden Point and Ondrej Palat delivered early goals. Nikita Kucherov had three more assists to help the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the New York Islanders 4-2 in the Stanley Cup semifinals.
Semyon Varlamov made 30 saves as the New York Islanders beat the defending champion Tampa Bay Lightning 2-1 on Sunday in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup semifinals.
Brock Nelson scored twice in another big second period by New York, Semyon Varlamov stopped 23 shots and the Islanders beat the Boston Bruins 6-2 advancing to the semi-finals
Brayden Point and Ross Colton scored and Andrei Vasilevskiy controlled the crease, helping the advancing Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Carolina Hurricanes 2-0.
Jordan Staal scored on a power play at 5:57 of overtime to give the Carolina Hurricanes a 3-2 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Thursday night in Game 3.
Andrei Vasilevskiy wrapped up a series with a Game 6 shutout for the second straight time, stopping 29 shots in the Tampa Bay Lightning’s 4-0 victory over the Florida Panthers.