The Vegas Golden Knights have four players who were born in Quebec, including goalie Marc-Andre Fleury.
Golden Knights center Chandler Stephenson is day-to-day with an upper-body injury, as coach Pete DeBoer wouldn’t specify his status for Game 3 after his surprise scratch in Game 2.
The challenge for Vegas in Game 3: scoring first, as Montreal is 9-1 when doing so.
As great as the Islanders can be defensively, the Lightning are no slouches in keeping the puck out of their net, especially on the road, where they have a 1.71 goals-against average in the postseason.
They’ve learned over the years: Get the lead, protect the lead, extend the lead,” said Tampa coach Jon Cooper.
The goalie made 27 saves to secure a huge road win for the Bolts at a raucous Nassau Coliseum.
Point has 65 points in 58 playoff games, and is averaging 0.57 goals per game in his postseason career.
Lightning defenseman Erik Cernak tried to help his goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy by pushing the puck to him so he could freeze it.
Remember in Game 2, when an Islanders defenseman cross-checked Brayden Point into Semyon Varlamov and Point somehow got a penalty for goalie interference, and then the Islanders scored on the ensuing power play? Well, in Game 3, an Islanders defenseman checked Anthony Cirelli into Varlamov while Point — who was in the midst of being cross-checked himself! — scored the second goal of the game for Tampa.