playoffs: 2018-19 | ECQF | Tampa Bay Lightning (A1) v. Columbus Blue Jackets (WC2)

[Phil]

 

EASTERN CONFERENCE

QUARTER FINALS

 

 

 

 

 

SERIES SCHEDULE:

 

 

 

USEFUL LINKS:

 

NHL.com • Sportsnet.ca

 

lightning.nhl.com • bluejackets.nhl.com

 

Series Preview

 

 

 

 

 

 

Team Leaders:

 

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[TD]PIM:[/TD]

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[TD]TOI/G (D):[/TD]

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[TD]TOI/G (F):[/TD]

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Lineup:^

 

Yanni Gourde / Steven Stamkos C / Nikita Kucherov

Ondrej Palat / Tyler Johnson / Mathieu Joseph

Adam Erne / Anthony Cirelli / Alex Killorn

Danick Martel / J.T. Miller / Ryan Callahan A

 

Ryan McDonagh A / Erik Cernak

Braydon Coburn / Dan Girardi

Cameron Guance / Jan Rutta

 

Andrei Vasilevskiy

Louis Domingue

 

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Extras: Brayden Point, Cedric Paquette, Mikhail Sergachev, Anton Stralman

 

^ Subject to change

 

 

Injuries, Suspensions, Misc:

 

F Ryan Callahan [iR] — Undisclosed injury; Unclear if he will be available for the first round

D Victor Hedman [iR] — Upper-body injury

G Louis Domingue [iR] — Lower-body injury; Unclear if he will be available for the first round

 

 

 

 

 

 

Team Leaders:

 

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[TD]Assists:[/TD]

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[TD]Points:[/TD]

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[TD]+/-:[/TD]

[TD]N/A[/TD]

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[TD]PIM:[/TD]

[TD]N/A[/TD]

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[TD]TOI/G (D):[/TD]

[TD]N/A[/TD]

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[TD]TOI/G (F):[/TD]

[TD]N/A[/TD]

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Lineup:^

 

Artemi Panarin / Matt Duchene / Cam Atkinson

Ryan Dzingel / Pierre-Luc Dubois / Josh Anderson

Nick Foligno C / Boone Jenner A / Oliver Bjorkstrand

Brandon Dubinsky / Riley Nash / Alexandre Texier

 

Zach Werenski / Seth Jones

Markus Nutivaara / David Savard

Dean Kukan / Scott Harrington

 

Sergei Bobrovsky

Joonas Korpisalo

 

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Extras: Markus Hannikainen, Eric Robinson, Lukas Sedlak, Alexander Wennberg, Andrew Peeke

 

 

^ Subject to change

 

 

Injuries, Suspensions, Misc:

 

D Adam McQuaid [iR] Head injury; Uncertain if he will be available for the first round

D Ryan Murray [iR] Upper-body injury; No timetable for recovery

 

 

 

[Albatrosss]

I think tampa will sweep this one

[Abe Froman]

Columbus has zero chance of pulling this off.

[BrooksBurner]

Blue Jackets have plenty of talent to steal 1 or 2 games. TB in 5.

[BlairBettsBlocksEverything]

Sucks that their GM is going to have to get fired after going all in at the deadline only to end up against Tampa, and facing yet another first round exit.

 

I think they can win a couple of games though. TB in 6

[paddynyc]

CBJ will win a game or 2 but TB just to good

[Morphinity 2.0]

Only thing CBJ has going for them is that Bobrovsky has sky high potential. But he's never been great in the playoffs and even if he was, I'm not sure it would be enough.

 

Lightning have proven in the past that they close out weaker opponents with haste. They'll get the gentlemen's sweep here.

[Gravesy]

I think CBJ are a tougher draw for the Lightning than many give them credit for. I'm sure they would much rather have faced The Canes or the Habs.

Certainly, if Bobrovsky plays to his potential the Lightning are going to have to work very hard for this, but at the end of the day I think they're too good not to win.

[Stephen]

Blue Jackets have plenty of talent to steal 1 or 2 games. TB in 5.

 

You might be too kind for CBJ. TB will sweep them.

 

This will prove my case how MTL would've been the better 2nd WC in the east. They have a more proven team than CBJ

 

And maybe the Habs would've stolen a couple of games.

 

You're right to say they have the skill to win at least game 3 at home, but was their win against us really worth it?

[LindG1000]

Playoff Bob in top form here. Jackets might lose by 30

[Abe Froman]

Broom at the ready. This is going to be the worst series of all.

[LindG1000]

well that comment aged well.

[paddynyc]

What a great come back

 

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[Parsley]

Go Torts Go!

 

 

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[Morphinity 2.0]

So uhhh....

[Abe Froman]

I'm very happy to be wrong. I hope I continue to be wrong.

[Blue Heaven]

Well that sucked.

 

 

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[Parsley]

Fuck the Lightning. Torts4LIFE.

 

 

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[fletch]

great grit from cbj, but unbelievable letdown from tb. give up 3 goals in the third to lose. series just got a lot more interesting

[Albatrosss]

Well...im out

[Dunny]

 

I don't get it, he didn't even have a spreadsheet handy to go over corsi.

[Vodka Drunkenski]

Blown lead! Omg!

[phillyb]

Fuck the Lightning. Torts4LIFE.

 

This!

 

 

I don't get it, he didn't even have a spreadsheet handy to go over corsi.

 

Fucking love Torts so much.

Didn?t get a chance to watch the game, but from the condensed game, it seemed like first period Bobrovsky was terrible and then he was lights out. Second and third period Bobby was a completely different tender.

[Vodka Drunkenski]

I don't understand why any Rangers fan would want Tampa to lose

[phillyb]

Fuck TBL. It's not objective. I understand the pick.

I fucking hate them though, still bitter to say the least.