Saturday's Matchup
The Lightning and the Maple Leafs are playing Game 6 of their best-of-seven First Round series in the 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs...Tampa Bay trails in the series 3-2…The Bolts are 4-5 all-time in playoff series when trailing 3-2, including a 2-4 record in series they started on the road…The Lightning are 11-9 all-time in Game 6s, including a 6-5 mark in home Game 6s…The Lightning are 6-6 all-time vs. TOR in the postseason…Brandon Hagel is riding a three-game point streak and has found the scoresheet in four of the five games this series (1-4-5), along with seven of his last 11 playoff games vs. TOR (2-7-9)…Along with Hagel, Alex Killorn is riding a three-game point streak and has pointed in four of the five games this series (3-2-5), as well as eight of his last 11 playoff games vs. TOR (3-6-9)…Anthony Cirelli has scored a goal in three of the five games this series (3-2-5) and has six points over his last seven playoff games vs. TOR (4-2-6)…Ross Colton has picked up points in three of the five games this series (1-3-4) and seven of his last 10 playoff games vs. TOR (4-5-9)…Victor Hedman has recorded three assists over his past two games (0-3-3) and has 10 points over his last 10 playoff games vs. TOR (2-8-10)…Nick Perbix has recorded an assist in two consecutive games and has points in three of the five games this series (0-3-3)…Nikita Kucherov has found the scoresheet in six of his last nine playoff games vs. TOR (2-9-11) with four multi-point efforts during that span…Brayden Point has points in four of his last seven playoff games vs. TOR (3-3-6)…Steven Stamkos has pointed in six of his last nine playoff games vs. TOR (3-3-6)…Corey Perry has picked up seven points over his last 11 playoff games vs. TOR (4-3-7)…Stamkos (25-43-68) holds the Tampa Bay franchise record for career points vs. TOR (reg. season + playoffs).
Saturday's Storylines
The Lightning are facing elimination for the second-consecutive game following a 4-2 win Game 5 at TOR…The Bolts are 11-9 all-time in Game 6s…The Bolts have scored at least one power-play goal in seven of their last 11 playoff games vs. TOR…The Lightning are 123-90 all-time in the postseason, tied with MTL for the fourth-best playoff win percentage (.577) among all NHL teams…The winning team has scored four or more goals through the first five contests of the First Round series…Tampa Bay has fired 30 or more shots on goal in four of the five games this series.
Injuries
2022-23 Regular Season Man Games Lost: 110
2023 Playoffs Man Games Lost: 8
Current Injuries:
Erik Cernak (Day-to-day) 4 Games
Tampa Bay Sports Item of the Game
Lightning vs. Leafs Round 1 Match-up Puck
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The Road Ahead
Game 7 | Lightning at Maple Leafs, Monday, May 1\
\If necessary
