Lightning vs. Devils: Projected lines, storylines, injuries

The Lightning head to New Jersey for Games 3 and 4 versus the Devils, looking to carry momentum after winning the first two games of the series at home.
Tampa Bay won Game 1 on Thursday 5-2 and followed that up with a 5-3 win over the Devils in Game 2 on Saturday afternoon.

Lines from Monday's morning skate. Subject to change.
Forwards
J.T. Miller - Steven Stamkos - Nikita Kucherov
Ondrej Palat - Brayden Point - Tyler Johnson
Alex Killorn - Anthony Cirelli - Yanni Gourde
Chris Kunitz - Cedric Paquette - Cory Conacher
Defensemen
Victor Hedman - Dan Girardi
Anton Stralman - Ryan McDonagh
Braydon Coburn - Mikhail Sergachev

Goaltenders
Andrei Vasilevskiy expected to start
Monday's Matchup
Tampa Bay will try to take a three-games-to-none lead in its best-of-seven series against New Jersey Monday at Prudential Center...The Lightning have scored five goals in each of the first two games in the series and ranks tied for second in the 2018 Stanley Cup Playoffs for goals (10) and goals per game (5)...The Bolts are 7-3-1 over their last 11 games overall versus New Jersey (reg. season and playoffs)...Tampa Bay has lost three in a row at Prudential Center however...The Lightning are 5-8 all-time against the Devils in the playoffs... Nikita Kucherov has tallied points in eight of his last nine games vs. NJD (5-9--14)... Brayden Point has recorded points in seven of his eight career games vs. NJD (3-5--8)... Mikhail Sergachev registered his first career multi-point game (0- 2--2) vs. NJD on Oct. 17, 2017 and has points in four of his five career meetings vs. NJD (0-5--5)... Ondrej Palat is on a four-game point streak vs. NJD (3-3--6), three of his six points coming on the power play.
Monday's Storylines
The Lightning won the first two games of a playoff series for the fifth time in 21 all-time series...Tampa Bay has never lost a playoff series when going up 2-0...The Lightning are 3-1 in Game 3s when winning the first two games in a series...The Bolts are 12-8 all-time in Game 3s and 6-4 in Game 3s on the road...Tampa Bay is 4-4 in Game 3s under head coach Jon Cooper...The Lightning own an all-time playoff record of 64-54, including a 32-26 mark on the road...The Bolts are 27-22 in the postseason under head coach Jon Cooper ...Tampa Bay enters Game 3 with 1,190 games of postseason experience on the roster, ranking third among NHL playoff teams for most games... Chris Kunitz has played in the most playoff games (163) and is looking for his third-straight Stanley Cup and fifth overall while Victor Hedman has played in the most playoff games (67) while with the Bolts and ranks first all-time in franchise history for playoff games...Tampa Bay set new franchise records for wins (54), road wins (25), points (113), road points (53), goals (290), home goals (145) and road goals (145) during the 2017-18 regular season...The Lightning won their third all-time Atlantic Division title in 2017-18 (also: 2002-03 & 2003-04) and finished as the No. 1 team in the Eastern Conference for the second time in franchise history (also: 2003-04).
Injuries
2017-18 Regular Season Man Games Lost: 132
2017-18 Playoff Man Games Lost: 2
Current injuries
Adam Erne - Lower body (out indefinitely; injured March 26) - 8 games (2 playoff games)
Transactions
April 1 - Signed D Cal Foote to a 3-year, entry-level contract
Power Surge
The Lightning have connected on three of their four power plays through the first two games of their Eastern Conference Quarterfinal versus New Jersey and lead the NHL for power-play percentage (75%)...Tampa Bay ranks second in the 2018 playoffs for power-play goals (3) behind only Boston (5)...The Bolts finished second in the League for power-play goals (66) and third for power-play percentage (23.9%) during the regular season...The Lightning led the NHL for road power-play goals (32) during the regular season.
The Big Cat
Tampa Bay goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 41-of-44 shots in Game 2 vs. NJD to win his second-straight game to start the 2018 playoffs...Vasilevskiy's 41 saves were the second most he's made in a playoff game for his career (most: 44 saves in Game 3 of 2016 Eastern Conference Final vs. PIT)...Vasilevskiy made 18 saves in the third to match a Lightning franchise record for saves in a period set previously by Dwayne Roloson in Game 1 of the 2011 Eastern Conference Quarterfinals at Pittsburgh (2nd period)...Vasilevskiy improved to 6-5 all-time in the postseason with his win Saturday.
In the Nik of Time
Lightning right winger Nikita Kucherov recorded a goal and two assists in Game 2 vs. NJD for his 14th career multi-point playoff game...All three of Kucherov's points came in the second period to set a Lightning franchise record for points in a single playoff period...Kucherov also matched a Bolts franchise record for assists (2) in a single playoff period...Kucherov scored his 24th career postseason goal Saturday to pull into a tie with Vincent Lecavalier for second place on the Bolts' all-time playoff goals leaderboard.
Since the start of the 2015 playoffs, no player in the NHL has scored more playoff goals than Kucherov.
Since the start of the 2015 playoffs, Kucherov ranks tied for third for playoff scoring (45 pts.)...Since the start of the 2015 playoffs, Kucherov owns the best postseason plus/minus (+21), edging teammate Tyler Johnson (+18) for the top spot... Kucherov ranks tied for fifth in the 2018 playoffs for scoring.
Killing It
Bolts forward Alex Killorn scored two power-play goals in Game 2 vs. NJD for his second career multi-goal playoff game (also: Game 2 of 2015 Eastern Conference Final at NYR)...Killorn (18 career playoff goals) pulled into a tie with Brad Richards for the fifth-most playoff goals in Lightning history...Killorn's two second period goals tied a Lightning franchise record for most goals in a period all-time in the playoffs...Killorn ranks tied for second in the 2018 playoffs for goals.
Killorn ranks tied for first with WSH's Evgeny Kuznetsov for most power-play goals (2) in the 2018 playoffs.
Proving a Point
Tampa Bay second year center Brayden Point netted his first career playoff goal in his second career postseason game in Game 2 vs. NJD and added an assist for his first multi-point game of the postseason...Point has registered at least one point in both games to start his NHL playoff career.