New York Islanders at Tampa Bay Lightning : The Lightning will look to even the Stanley Cup Semifinals with a victory in Game 2 after the Islanders won 2-1 in Game 1 of the best-of-7 series Sunday.
He’s now 9-4 with a 1.84 GAA, .927 save percentage and one shutout in the Stanley Cup Playoffs, after being voted a finalist for the Vezina Trophy as the top goalie in the NHL for his play during the regular season.
The Montreal Canadiens have faced some formidable offensive defensemen during the first two rounds of the playoffs, like Morgan Rielly of the Toronto Maple Leafs and Josh Morrissey of the Winnipeg Jets.
Theodore’s goal that opened the scoring 9:15 into the first period Monday ended Montreal’s stretch of 447:08 without trailing, the second longest run in NHL playoffs history, dating to end of Game 4 of the first round.
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