Tampa Bay Lightning head coach Jon Cooper said injured defenseman Braydon Coburn, out since March 10 with a lower-body injury, should play in Thursday’s opening game of the Bolts’ First Round matchup with the Detroit Red Wings in the Stanley Cup Playoffs.
Coburn participated in four games with the Lightning after being dealt to the team on March 2 from Philadelphia and registered two assists in his short time on the ice.
Overall in 2014-15, Coburn has one goal and 10 assists in 43 games played between Philadelphia and Tampa Bay.
“(He’s) looking actually pretty good, so I would expect him to be in there,” Cooper said.