Lines from Saturday's game (subject to change)
Forwards
Ondrej Palat - Brayden Point - Nikita Kucherov
Alex Killorn - Anthony Cirelli - Steven Stamkos
Ross Colton - Yanni Gourde - Blake Coleman
Pat Maroon - Tyler Johnson
Defensemen
Victor Hedman - Jan Rutta
Ryan McDonagh - Erik Cernak
Mikhail Sergachev - David Savard
Luke Schenn
Goaltenders
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Curtis McElhinney
Monday's Matchup
The Lightning and the Panthers are playing Game 5 of their best-of-seven First Round Stanley Cup Playoffs series...Tampa Bay owns a 3-1 lead in the series and can eliminate the Panthers and move on to the next round with a victory tonight...The Lightning have never lost a playoff series when owning a 3-1 lead, winning all 10 previous playoff series when up 3-1 and ending the series in Game 5 in seven of those situations (needed Game 6 to win 2015 Second Rd. vs. MTL, 2020 ECF vs. NYI and 2020 SCF vs. DAL; TBL has never gone to a Game 7 when up 3-1 in a series)...Tampa Bay is 13-11 all time in Game 5s but has lost its last two Game 5s with a chance to clinch a series (2020 ECF vs. NYI and 2020 SCF vs. DAL)...The Lightning are 3-6 all time in Game 5s on the road.
Monday's Storylines
Tampa Bay is 18-11 all-time in playoff games with a chance to clinch a series...The Lightning are attempting to advance to the second round of the playoffs for the eighth time in franchise history...The Bolts are 2-0 on the road in the First Round series and have won seven-straight road playoff contests going back to the 2020 Playoffs...Tampa Bay has won seven of its last nine playoff contests...The Lightning own the best playoff win percentage in overtime contests (22-11, .667) and are 14-4 in road playoff contests.
Injuries
2020-21 Reg. Season Man Games Lost: 154
2021 Stanley Cup Playoffs Man Games Lost: 4
Current injuries
Barclay Goodrow (Upper-body injury May 8; Out indefinitely) 4 Games
The Road Ahead
Game 6 Lightning vs. Panthers | Wednesday, May 26, 2021*
Game 7 Lightning at Panthers | Friday, May 28, 2021*
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