The prevailing thought heading into the Eastern Conference Final is that the Tampa Bay Lightning would have to work hard to find the space needed to get their offense going against the New York Islanders. While there is still a long way to go in the series, for one night it was the skill and speed of the Lightning that created that space.
It didn’t take long for Lightning to strike on Monday night. Less that two minutes into the game, Brayden Point wheeled into the zone on a line change and around an Islanders defender before tucking it past goaltender Thomas Greiss to open the scoring.