Tampa Bay Lightning
BRANDON — After missing more than a month with a lower body injury, Tampa Bay D Braydon Coburn looks set to get back in the lineup on Thursday when the Lightning opening the first round of the playoffs at home against Detroit.
Coburn has been skating with the team for more than a week and was cleared for contact late last week. On Tuesday, he was on the ice during an optional practice and remained afterward hoping to improve his conditioning — all with an eye toward playing on Thursday.
“I think that’s a possibility,’’ Coburn said of a return for Game 1.