"You don't approach it different, [but] you're aware of it," Lightning goalie Ben Bishop said. "You know what they're capable of. I would say [the Islanders are] a little bit like this; they like to be offensive, they like to be on the go, they want to push the pace and create chances. I guess these guys are like that, but just with more skilled players and a little bit more speed almost. We're going to have to be aware of it. We can't get into that run-and-gun game that they're going to want to play.
"We're going to keep them off the score sheet as much as possible, but you know that they've got too much skill over there to shut them out every single game. It's just going to be important to try to limit it. And obviously they're going to have some opportunities, and we just have to stop them as often as possible."
Defenseman Victor Hedman, who had eight points against the Islanders, agreed that the Lightning can't change their style against the Penguins.
"I try to play as good as I can," he said. "We've got to play at a tougher level. We've got to raise our game to another level since the last two series. We know we're playing the best team we've faced so far. We're going to have our hands full.
"We can only focus on what we can control. We have to try and limit their space with the puck for us to execute our game plan to a T."