Lightning vs. Devils: Projected lines, storylines, injuries

The Bolts are back in action on Saturday afternoon as they host the Devils in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals at 3 p.m.
Five different Bolts scored as Tampa Bay took a 1-0 lead in the series with a 5-2 win over New Jersey in Game 1 on Thursday.

Lines from Thursday's game. 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 - Ryan Callahan
Defensemen
Victor Hedman - Dan Girardi
Ryan McDonagh - Anton Stralman
Braydon Coburn - Mikhail Sergachev
Goaltenders
Andrei Vasilevskiy, Louis Domingue, or Peter Budaj
Saturday's Matchup
The Lightning will try to take a two-games-to-none lead in their best-of-seven series against New Jersey today at AMALIE Arena...The Bolts have gone up 2-0 in a playoff series just four times in 20 previous series...The Lightning are 1-2-1 against New Jersey in 2017-18...The Bolts are 5-1-0 over their last six home games versus New Jersey (reg. season and playoffs)...The Lightning are 6-3-1 over their last 10 games overall versus the Devils (reg. season and playoffs)...Brayden Point has recorded points in six of his seven career games vs. NJD (2-4--6)...Nikita Kucherov has tallied points in seven of his last eight games vs. NJD (4-7--11)...Mikhail Sergachev registered his first career multi-point game (0-2--2) vs. NJD on Oct. 17, 2017 and has points in all four career meetings vs. NJD (0-5-5)...Ondrej Palat is on a three-game point streak vs. NJD (3-2--5), three of his five points coming on the power play (2-1--3).
Saturday's Storylines
Tampa Bay is 14-6 all-time in Game 2s and 6-4 in Game 2s at AMALIE Arena...The Lightning have won six of their last seven Game 2s dating back to the start of the 2015 postseason...Tampa Bay is 4-4 all-time in Game 2s after opening a playoff series with a win...The Lightning own an all-time playoff record of 63-54, including a 31-28 record at home and a 30-26 record at AMALIE Arena...The Bolts are 26-22 in the postseason under head coach Jon Cooper...Tampa Bay enters Game 2 with 1,171 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 (162) and is looking for his third-straight Stanley Cup while Victor Hedman has played in the most playoff games (66) 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: 1
Current injuries
Adam Erne - Lower body (out indefinitely; injured March 26) 7 games (1 playoff game)
Transactions
April 1 - Signed D Cal Foote to a 3-year, entry-level contract
Putting Up Palat of Points
Tampa Bay forward Ondrej Palat registered a goal and two assists in Game 1 vs. NJD for his eighth career multi-point playoff game...Palat matched his career high for scoring in a playoff contest set previously in Game 3 of the 2015 Eastern Conference Final vs. NYR...Palat scored the opening goal of Tampa Bay's Eastern Conference Quarterfinal vs. New Jersey and has now scored the first goal of the 2017-18 regular season, the final goal of the 2017-18 regular season and the first goal of the playoffs for the Lightning... Palat is on a three-game point streak (2-3--5) going back to the regular season and has scored a goal in three of his last five games going back to the regular season...Palat's first period goal and assist tied a Lightning playoff record for most points in a single period...Palat ranks tied for seventh all-time in Bolts history for playoff goals (15) and ninth for playoff points (32).
Johnny on the Spot
Lightning forward Tyler Johnson tallied a goal and an assist in Game 1 vs. NJD for his 12th career multi-point playoff
game...Johnson's first period goal and assist tied a Lighnting playoff record for most points in a single period ...Johnson ranks fourth alltime in Bolts history for playoff goals (22) and playoff scoring (44 pts.) and fifth for playoff assists (22)...Since the start of the 2015 postseason, Johnson ranks second in the NHL for playoff goals (21) and playoff plus/minus (+17) and tied for fifth for playoff scoring (42 pts.).
Squashing Rookie Records
Bolts forward Yanni Gourde made his NHL playoff debut in Game 1 vs. NJD and registered a goal and an assist...Per the Elias Sports Bureau, Gourde joins Alex Killorn (1-1--2 in 5-4 OT loss in Game 1 of 2014 ECQF vs. MTL) as the only Lightning players to record multiple points in his playoff debut...Gourde established Lightning rookie records during the 2017-18 regular season for goals with 25 (previous best: 24 - Tyler Johnson in 2013-14) and for points with 64 (previous best: 62 - Brad Richards in 2000-01)...Gourde finished fourth among NHL rookies for goals and third for scoring during the regular season.
Gourde finished the regular season with a +34 plus/minus rating, tops among NHL rookies and tied for third among all NHL players...Gourde's +34 rating is the third highest in Lightning franchise history...Gourde's 18.4% shooting percentage during the regular season led all NHL rookies and ranked tied for fourth overall in the League.