The Lightning have not lost consecutive postseason games since the 2019 Eastern Conference First Round , including a 4-2 victory against the Islanders in Game 2 on June 15.
We focus on the task at hand and the job at hand at that moment in time, so guys do a good job, adjustments are made and the players kind of buckle up when they need to and play the right way when we need to.
“Looking back at the Game 5s, I think we might’ve stolen a couple of them, but we’re a confident group.
Of course you want to go out there and produce and help your team win, so that doesn’t change whether it’s Game 1 of the season or it’s going to be Game 5 of the Semifinals right now.
“We’re a comfortable team when we score the first goal, and when we give up the first goal we have a lot of character to fight for that goal.
“That energy and that passion we played with in the third period, we’ve got to come out and play like that from the puck drop,” Tampa Bay forward Ross Colton said.
Lightning coach Jon Cooper said everyone on the roster is available; Cernak briefly left in the third period of Game 4 following a hit from Martin.
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