The Tampa Bay Lightning have taken a 2-0 lead in the series against the Carolina Hurricanes. Once again, the Lightning have gone on the road to start a series and won the first two games. On the road. This doesn’t happen often. But the Lightning have done it twice now.
The Lightning opened up the first round by beating the Florida Panthers 5-4 and 3-1 on the road. Against the Hurricanes, they’ve now done it 2-1 twice. While the Panthers had some leaky goaltending, and Vasilevskiy did turn in a strong performance in game two of that series, the Lightning have leaned heavily on Vasilevskiy in the first two games against Carolina.