3 Keys: Stars vs. Lightning, Game 2 of Stanley Cup Final

Stars vs. Lightning
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Dallas leads best-of-7 series, 1-0

The Tampa Bay Lightning look to even the Stanley Cup Final against the Dallas Stars in Game 2 at Rogers Place in Edmonton on Monday.
The Lightning lost Game 1 of the best-of-7 series 4-1 in Edmonton, the hub city for the Cup Final, on Saturday. They are 5-0 in games following a loss this postseason, outscoring opponents 16-9. Andrei Vasilevskiy has won each of those games with a 1.32 goals-against average and .943 save percentage.
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Tampa Bay outshot Dallas 22-2 in the third period of Game 1 but couldn't score against Anton Khudobin, who finished with 35 saves.
"I would expect us to take the fight to them moving forward," Lightning forward Blake Coleman said. "Part of that is game plan and the other part of that is us executing it. I'm excited to see the response from the boys."
The Stars are looking for their fifth straight win. They haven't lost since Game 2 of the Western Conference Final, allowing six goals in the past four games.
Since the Stanley Cup Final went to a best-of-7 format in 1939, teams that take a 2-0 lead have gone on to win the series 46 of 51 times (90.2 percent).
Here are 3 keys to Game 2:

1. Dominant 'Dobby'

Khudobin is 9-0 with a .934 save percentage in the past nine games when he has made at least 30 saves.
"It looks like whenever he's out there he's having fun," Stars defenseman Jamie Oleksiak said. "I think we're feeding off that energy. He's been great. I can't say enough about him."

2. Take away his eyes

The Lightning need to create layers of traffic in front of Khudobin, who didn't have much trouble seeing many of the 36 shots he faced in Game 1.
The Stars do a good job keeping the front of the net clean and the shots to the outside. Khudobin often sees the puck, and the Stars don't give up many second-chance opportunities if there are rebounds because of how they control the inside of the zone.
"We don't get running," Stars forward Jason Dickinson said. "When we're in doubt, we pack it in and expand from there, but protect the house first."

3. Stay with it

The Lightning must avoid frustration, especially if they have the puck a lot, like they did in the third period of Game 1, and Khudobin is on his game again.
They also need to have a better start. The Lightning have allowed the first goal in six straight games, going 3-3.
"It's one game, but we've learned a lot about our opponent already," Coleman said. "Now we know what to expect and what we're in for. I expect this to be a long and hard-fought series."

Stars projected lineup

Jamie Benn -- Tyler Seguin -- Alexander Radulov
Mattias Janmark -- Joe Pavelski -- Denis Gurianov
Joel Kiviranta -- Roope Hintz -- Corey Perry
Andrew Cogliano -- Jason Dickinson -- Blake Comeau
Esa Lindell -- John Klingberg
Jamie Oleksiak -- Miro Heiskanen
Andrej Sekera --
Joel Hanley
Anton Khudobin
Jake Oettinger
Scratched: Nick Caamano, Ty Dellandrea, Jason Robertson, Gavin Bayreuther, Thomas Harley, Landon Bow, Justin Dowling, Taylor Fedun
Unfit to play: Stephen Johns, Ben Bishop, Radek Faksa

Lightning projected lineup

Ondrej Palat -- Brayden Point -- Nikita Kucherov
Alex Killorn -- Anthony Cirelli -- Tyler Johnson
Barclay Goodrow -- Yanni Gourde -- Blake Coleman
Pat Maroon -- Cedric Paquette
Victor Hedman -- Kevin Shattenkirk
Ryan McDonagh -- Zach Bogosian
Mikhail Sergachev -- Erik Cernak
Luke Schenn
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Curtis McElhinney
Scratched: Carter Verhaeghe, Mathieu Joseph, Mitchell Stephens, Alexander Volkov, Braydon Coburn, Scott Wedgewood
Unfit to play: Jan Rutta, Steven Stamkos

Status report

Stars coach Rick Bowness said Hintz is expected to play after getting injured blocking a shot with his foot in the third period of Game 1.. … Stamkos took part in an optional morning skate Monday but is not expected to make his postseason debut in Game 2. Lightning coach Jon Cooper hasn't ruled the forward out completely.