5 Keys: Bruins at Lightning, Game 2

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Bruins lead best-of-7 series 1-0

TAMPA -- The Tampa Bay Lightning will attempt to get even with the Boston Bruins in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Second Round at Amalie Arena on Monday.
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The Bruins won 6-2 in Game 1 on Sunday. Goalie Tuukka Rask made 34 saves and Boston's top line of Patrice Bergeron (two goals, one assist), Brad Marchand (one goal, three assists) and David Pastrnak (four assists) combined for 11 points.
Here are 5 keys for Game 2:

1. Finishing touch

The Lightning's top line of Steven Stamkos, Nikita Kucherov and J.T. Miller had seven shots on goal and 18 shot attempts in Game 1. But they didn't have a point because they couldn't finish.
That they were outplayed by Bergeron's line irked them.
"They did their job and we need to do our job," Stamkos said. "We need to find a way to score."

2. Who checks Tampa Bay's top line?

If the matchups stay the same, the Lightning, who have the last-change advantage as the home team, again will try to match their second line of Brayden Point, Ondrej Palat and Tyler Johnson against Bergeron's line. Boston will counter with its third line against Stamkos' line.
It's not clear who will center Boston's third line, Riley Nash or Sean Kuraly.
Nash started Game 1 against Stamkos' line, with David Backes and Danton Heinen on his wings, but he struggled with the assignment and Bruins coach Bruce Cassidy shifted Kuraly into that spot midway through the first period.
"Riley is a little bit more methodical in his approach and Sean is all about closing, taking away time and space," Cassidy said. "Whatever the best fit is, that's how we'll determine that."

3. Tuukka Time, Part 2

Rask debuted new pads in Game 1 and delivered the type of performance that should silence some of his critics, who were vocal after he had a 2.94 goals-against average and .899 save percentage in seven games against the Toronto Maple Leafs in the first round.
He'll need a repeat performance, but he'll also have to buck a bad trend. Rask is 2-4 with a 3.56 GAA and .882 save percentage in games following a win in the playoffs since last season.

4. Lightning's defensive-zone coverage

The Lightning had a 78-37 advantage in shot attempts in Game 1. Their problem is they were too loose with their coverage on the rare times they were stuck in the defensive zone. They missed checks and assignments, which allowed Bergeron's line to produce 11 points.
"At the end of the game you want [the Bruins] to be like, 'Oh man, we've got to play them again,'" Cooper said. "We didn't make them feel like that. It was more, 'Oh man, can't wait to play those guys again.' That's got to change."

5. Beating Bergeron at the dot

The Bruins spent eight seconds on the power play in Game 1. Bergeron won the face-off, the puck got to Pastrnak at the point with Rick Nash set up in front. He scored off a double deflection.

The lesson the Lightning learned is one they already knew, that the key to defending the Bruins' power play is to win the first face-off. It's easier said than done against Bergeron, who has won 19 of 28 face-offs on the power play (67.8 percent) in the playoffs.
"Bergeron is going to win some face-offs, but he can't win them all and it can't be so clean," Cooper said. "Disrupt how that face-off is won so it takes them a little bit out of their rhythm."

Bruins projected lineup

Brad Marchand -- Patrice Bergeron -- David Pastrnak
Jake DeBrusk -- David Krejci -- Rick Nash
Danton Heinen -- Sean Kuraly -- David Backes
Tim Schaller -- Riley Nash -- Noel Acciari
Zdeno Chara -- Charlie McAvoy
Torey Krug -- Kevan Miller
Matt Grzelcyk -- Adam McQuaid
Tuukka Rask
Anton Khudobin
Scratched:Tommy Wingels, Brian Gionta, Ryan Donato, Nick Holden
Injured: Anders Bjork (shoulder), Brandon Carlo (ankle)

Lightning projected lineup

J.T. Miller -- Steven Stamkos -- Nikita Kucherov
Ondrej Palat -- Brayden Point -- Tyler Johnson
Yanni Gourde -- Anthony Cirelli -- Alex Killorn
Chris Kunitz -- Cedric Paquette -- Ryan Callahan
Victor Hedman -- Dan Girardi
Ryan McDonagh -- Anton Stralman
Braydon Coburn -- Mikhail Sergachev
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Louis Domingue
Scratched:Andrej Sustr, Jake Dotchin, Slater Koekkoek, Cory Conacher, Peter Budaj
Injured: Adam Erne (lower body)

Status report

Krejci and Miller, who didn't practice Sunday, participated in the Bruins' optional skate Monday and are expected to play. … Point and Palat skated Monday morning after taking Sunday off and are expected to play.