Facts and Figures: Point, Kucherov power Lightning in Game 1

Brayden Point and Nikita Kucherov combined for 10 points, and the Tampa Bay Lightning tied their record of eight goals in one Stanley Cup Playoff game in an
8-2 win against the New York Islanders
in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Final at Rogers Place in Edmonton on Monday.

The Lightning defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins 8-2 in
Game 5 of the 2011 Eastern Conference Quarterfinals
. Against the Islanders, they became the first team to score eight goals in a conference final game since the Chicago Blackhawks defeated the Edmonton Oilers 8-2 in
Game 1 of the 1992 Campbell Conference Final
.
Point (two goals, three assists) and Kucherov (one goal, four assists) are
the first players in Lightning history to score five points in one postseason game
. Four players in Tampa Bay history had four points in a postseason game (Kucherov, Tyler Johnson, Point, Vincent Lecavalier).
Point and Kucherov are the second set of teammates each with five points in one conference final game since the series was introduced in 1982, joining Oilers defenseman Paul Coffey (one goal, five assists) and forward Jari Kurri (three goals, two assists) from a 10-5 win against the Blackhawks in
Game 5 of the 1985 Campbell Conference Final
.
Kucherov has 16 assists in 14 games, passing Martin St. Louis (15 in 2004) for the most in a single postseason in Tampa Bay history. Point has 15 assists.
Islanders forward Derick Brassard was the last player with five points in a conference final game before Point and Kucherov. He had three goals and two assists for the New York Rangers in a 7-3 victory against the Lightning in
Game 6 of the 2015 Eastern Final
.
Game 2 between the Lightning and Islanders is in Edmonton, the hub city for the conference finals and Stanley Cup Final, on Wednesday (8 p.m. ET; NBCSN, CBC, TVAS). The team that wins Game 1 is 488-221 (68.8 percent) winning a best-of-7 Stanley Cup Playoff series, including 10-2 in the first two rounds this season.

Lightning extend several streaks in Game 1

* Point has 16 points (four goals, 12 assists) during a seven-game point streak. Two other Lightning players have a playoff scoring streak of at least seven games in a single postseason: In 2018, defenseman Victor Hedman scored 11 points (one goal, 10 assists) in eight games and forward Steven Stamkos scored 10 points (six goals, four assists) in seven games.
* Ondrej Palat has scored six goals during a five-game goal streak, passing Stamkos' Lightning record (four goals in four games) for longest in one postseason.
* The Lightning are 5-0 since a 4-3 overtime victory against the Boston Bruins in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Second Round on Aug. 25. They've outscored opponents 25-9 in their fifth postseason winning streak of at least five games and first since 2016.
* Andrei Vasilevskiy has won each of those games. Two Tampa Bay goalies have a winning streak of at least five games in the playoffs: Nikolai Khabibulin in 2004 (8-0) and Dwayne Roloson in 2011 (8-0).