Nuts & Bolts: A quick turnaround for the Lightning in Game 3

WEDNESDAY'S MATCHUP
The Lightning and the Bruins are playing Game 3 of their Second Round, best-of-seven 2020 Stanley Cup Playoffs series...Tampa Bay has won six of its last seven playoff meetings against Boston, including a 3-2 win in the second Round Robin game this postseason...Brayden Point paces the Lightning for goals and scoring this season vs. BOS, posting 3-4--7 pts. over seven games (reg. season and playoffs)...Victor Hedman (2-4--6 pts.), Nikita Kucherov (2-3--5 pts.), Tyler Johnson (1-3--4 pts.) and Alex Killorn (2-2--4 pts.) have also contributed heavily offensively in the Bolts' games this season against the Bruins.

WEDNESDAY'S STORYLINES
Tampa Bay is 15-10 all-time in Game 3s...The Lightning are 9-6 all-time in Game 3s when entering with the series tied 1-1...The Bolts are 14-10 all-time in a game following an overtime game in a best-of-seven playoff series but are 0-2 this season...The Lightning are 9-6 all-time in a best-of-seven playoff series when tied 1-1 after two games...Tampa Bay is playing its fourth-ever playoff back-to-back (also: 2003 ECQF Games 3 &4 vs. WSH; 2011 ECSF Games 3 &4 vs. WSH; 2015 ECSF Game 3 &4 vs. MTL)...The Lightning improved to 4-0 in the first half of a playoff back-to-back by virtue of their Game 2 win over Boston; the Bolts are 2-1 in the second half of a playoff back-to-back...Tampa Bay is 4-0 this postseason when leading after one period and 0-3 when trailing after the first...The Lightning improved to 2-3 this postseason when giving up three or more goals following their Game 2 victory (the Bolts are 5-0 in the 2020 Playoffs when allowing two or fewer goals)...Since the 2015 playoffs, the Lightning rank first in the NHL for postseason wins with 43 (2nd: WSH - 41 wins).
VASY FOR VEZINA
Tampa Bay goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 22-of-25 shots in Game 2 to improve to 7-3 this postseason...Vasilevskiy ranks third in the NHL playoffs for wins...Vasilevskiy collected his 22nd career playoff victory (all with the Lightning) and moved past Ben Bishop and Nikolai Khabibulin to take over as Tampa Bay's all-time leader for playoff wins.
TBL ALL-TIME PLAYOFF WINS LEADERS
1. Andrei Vasilevskiy - 22 wins (43 GP)
T-2. Nikolai Khabibulin - 21 wins (33 GP)
T-2. Ben Bishop - 21 wins (36 GP)
4. Dwayne Roloson - 10 wins (17 GP)
Since the start of the 2018 Playoffs, Vasilevskiy ranks tied for third in the NHL for postseason wins.
NHL GOALIE WINS SINCE 2018
T-1. Tuukka Rask (BOS) - 21 wins (40 GP)
T-1. Braden Holtby (WSH) - 21 wins (38 GP)
T-3. Andrei Vasilevskiy (TBL) - 18 wins (31 GP)
T-3. Marc-Andre Fleury (VGK) - 18 wins (29 GP)
RAKING 'EM OVER THE COLES
Lightning forward Blake Coleman scored a pair of goals in Game 2 vs. BOS for his first career playoff multi-goal game and the eighth multi-goal game of his career (reg. season and playoffs)...Coleman registered his first career multi-point game in the postseason...Coleman has scored three goals in the 2020 Playoffs, all three coming in the last three games...Coleman entered the 2020 Playoffs having scored two career playoff goals in five postseason games.
POINTING THE WAY
Bolts center Brayden Point supplied an assist in Game 2 vs. BOS for his third-straight game with a point (1-4--5 pts.)...Point has recorded at least one point in nine of 10 games so far this postseason and continues to pace the Lightning for goals and scoring (5-7--12 pts.)...Point ranks tied for fifth in the NHL for scoring and tied for seventh for goals this postseason...Point is the only player this postseason to score two overtime goals (Game 1 and Game 5 of 1st Rd. series vs. CBJ)...Since the start of the 2018 playoffs, Point leads the Lightning for playoff goals (13) and ranks tied for first for playoff scoring (13-16--29 pts.) with Nikita Kucherov (10-19--29 pts.).
IN THE NIK OF TIME
Tampa Bay right wing Nikita Kucherov scored a goal in Game 2 vs. BOS for his first goal of the Second Round and third goal overall this postseason...Kucherov registered his first point of the Second Round in Game 2...Kucherov scored his 32nd career playoff goal and moved to within one goal of tying Martin St. Louis as Tampa Bay's all-time leading playoff goal scorer.
TBL ALL-TIME LEADING PLAYOFF GOAL SCORERS
1. Martin St. Louis - 33 goals (63 GP)
2. Nikita Kucherov - 32 goals (75 GP)
3. Tyler Johnson - 27 goals (78 GP)
Kucherov (71 playoff points) passed Martin St. Louis (68 playoff points) and became Tampa Bay's playoff scoring leader after notching three assists in the series-clinching Game 5 win vs. CBJ in the First Round... Since the start of the 2015 Playoffs, Kucherov ranks second in the NHL for playoff goals (31) and tied for second for playoff scoring.
NHL PLAYOFF SCORING LEADERS SINCE 2015
1. Sidney Crosby (PIT) - 27-48--75 pts. (73 GP)
T-2. Nikita Kucherov (TBL) - 31-39--70 pts. (72 GP)
T-2. Alex Ovechkin (WSH) - 38-32--70 pts. (78 GP)
4. Logan Couture (SJS) - 30-35--65 pts. (60 GP)
Kucherov has posted a point in 30 of the last 34 games he's played going back to the regular season, notching 19 goals and 27 assists over that stretch...Kucherov has posted a point in all but six games he's played in the 2020 calendar year (35 out of 41 games with a point), posting 23 goals and 31 assists over that stretch.
HED OF THE CLASS
Lightning defenseman Victor Hedman tallied an assist in Game 2 vs. BOS for his first assist of the Second Round and his third assist of the playoffs...Hedman leads the Bolts for scoring in the Second Round (2-1--3 pts.)...With his Game 2 assist, Hedman passed Steven Stamkos and moved into fourth place among Tampa Bay's all-time playoff scoring leaders.
TBL ALL-TIME PLAYOFF SCORING LEADERS
3. Tyler Johnson - 27-29--56 pts. (78 GP)
4. Victor Hedman - 10-44--54 pts. (94 GP)
5. Steven Stamkos - 23-30--53 pts. (70 GP)
6. Vincent Lecavalier - 24-28--52 pts. (63 GP)
THE ROAD AHEAD
Game 4 - Friday August 28 - 7:30 p.m.
Game 5 - Sunday, August 30 - TBD
Game 6* - Tuesday, September 1 - TBD
Game 7* - Wednesday, September 2 - TBD
\If necessary
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