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The Lightning will face the Toronto Maple Leafs in the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs.

Andrei Vasilevskiy made 38 saves, Nikita Kucherov and Steven Stamkos scored 1:48 apart midway through the second period, and the Tampa Bay Lightning earned their sixth straight playoff berth with a 5-0 win over the New York Islanders on Saturday night.

Just as the playoffs began to look inevitable for the Islanders, there came the team that twice prevented them from playing for a Stanley Cup.

The Lightning will face the Toronto Maple Leafs in the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs.

The Bruins took care of business while simultaneously keeping a potential playoff opponent reeling on Saturday at the Garden.

Garnet Hathaway looks ready for the playoffs to start. And the Maine native has looked ready to be a Bruin his whole life.

Ottawa Alex DeBrincat had two goals and an assist, Brady Tkachuk scored twice, and the Senators pounded the visiting Tampa Bay Lightning 7-2 on Thursday night

The New Jersey Devils went down two goals to the Tampa Bay Lightning before scoring five unanswered against the veteran, big, heavy Lightning to win 5-2. Jesper Bratt led the comeback with a hat trick, which was supported by Vitek Vanecek, the defense, the penalty kill, and more.

Take solace in the fact that this game would not have ended five minutes into a playoff overtime.

Whos moving up and down this week, as the playoff races tighten? Heres our updated 1-32 list.