Tampa Bay saw it's series lead drop to 2-1 over the Devils after a 5-2 loss at the Prudential Center on Monday night.
Power play goals from Alex Killorn and Steven Stamkos weren't enough as New Jersey scored four times in the third period - including two empty-netters - to earn their first win of the series.
Lightning vs. Devils: Projected lines, storylines, injuries
The Bolts will look for the power play unit to stay hot in Game 4
Lines from Tuesday's practice. Subject to change.
Forwards
J.T. Miller - Steven Stamkos - Nikita Kucherov
Ondrej Palat - Brayden Point - Matthew Peca
Alex Killorn - Anthony Cirelli - Yanni Gourde
Chris Kunitz - Cedric Paquette - Cory Conacher
Defensemen
Victor Hedman - Dan Girardi
Ryan McDonagh - Anton Stralman
Braydon Coburn - Mikhail Sergachev
Goaltenders
Andrei Vasilevskiy, Louis Domingue or Peter Budaj
INJURY UPDATE: Cooper on whether Johnson will be ready to play in game four, “We hope, we’ll have to see in the morning.” He did not confirm whether or not Callahan will return and said Erne will not play in this series. #tblightning
— Caley Chelios (@CaleyChelios) April 17, 2018
Wednesday's Matchup
Tampa Bay is looking to win its first road game of the 2018 playoffs and take a three-games-to-one lead in its best-of-seven series against New Jersey Wednesday at Prudential Center...The Lightning have lost four-consecutive games in Newark (reg. season and playoffs), however...The Lightning have scored the opening goal in all three games to start the series...Alex Killorn has registered at least one point in all three games so far in the series (4-1--5) and has tallied multiple points in the last two games (3-1--4)...Nikita Kucherov has recorded at least one point in all three games so far in the series (2-4--6) and multiple points in the last two games (1-4--5)...Kucherov has points in nine of his last 10 games vs. NJD (5-11--16)...Steven Stamkos has tallied at least one point in all three games so far in the series (1-3--4).
Wednesday's Storylines
Tampa Bay is 10-10 all-time in Game 4s and 7-3 all time in Game 4s on the road...The Lightning are 4-4 in Game 4s under Jon Cooper, winning the last three in a row...The Lightning own an all-time playoff record of 64-55, including a 32-27 mark on the road...The Bolts are 27-23 in the postseason under head coach Jon Cooper...Tampa Bay enters Game 4 with 1,209 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 (164) and is looking for his third-straight Stanley Cup and fifth overall while Victor Hedman has played in the most playoff games while with the Bolts (68) 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: 4
Current injuries
Ryan Callahan - Upper body (day-to-day; injured March 14) 1 game
Adam Erne - Lower body (out indefinitely; injured March 26) - 9 games (3 playoff games)
Transactions
April 15 - Recalled F Matthew Peca from AHL Syracuse
April 1 - Signed D Cal Foote to a 3-year, entry-level contract
Power Surge
Tampa Bay scored two power-play goals in Game 3 vs. NJD to account for both of its goals in the 5-2 loss...The Lightning have scored at least one power-play goal in the first three games of the series, the second time in franchise history the Bolts have netted a powerplay goal in each of the first three games of a playoff series (also: 2015 Eastern Conference Final vs. NYR - 5 PPGs total)...The Bolts have never scored a power-play goal in four-consecutive games to start a playoff series...Tampa Bay has connected on five of its nine power-play opportunities and owns the top power-play percentage (55.5%) in the NHL playoffs...The Lightning rank tied for second in the NHL for playoff power-play goals.
Killing It
Tampa Bay left wing Alex Killorn scored a power-play goal and added a power-play assist in Game 3 at NJD for his second-straight multi-point game of the postseason...Killorn scored his third power-play goal this postseason and leads the 2018 NHL playoffs for power-play goals...Killorn already has more power-play goals this postseason than he did during the entire 2017-18 regular season (2)...Killorn has four goals total during the 2018 playoffs and is tied for the NHL lead for playoff goals.
Killorn is the second player in Lightning history to score at least one goal in each of the first three contests of a playoff year, joining Vincent Lecavalier (Games 1-4 of the 2007 Conference Quarterfinals vs. NJD)...Killorn (19 career playoff goals) passed Brad Richards (18) for fifth-most goals all-time in Lightning playoff history...Killorn played in his 50th career playoff game on Monday.
In the Nik of Time
Lightning right wing Nikita Kucherov tallied a pair of assists in Game 3 at NJD for his second-straight multi-point playoff game and third-straight game with at least one point to start the series...Kucherov recorded his 15th career multi-point playoff game, passing Brad Richards for second-most all-time in Lightning history (most: Martin St. Louis - 24)...Since the start of the 2015 playoffs, Kucherov ranks second in the NHL for multi-point playoff games (15) behind only PIT's Sidney Crosby (16)...With his two points in Game 3, Kucherov passed Brad Richards for most playoff points in Lightning history.
Since the start of the 2015 playoffs, no player in the NHL has scored more playoff goals than Kucherov.
Stammer Time
Bolts captain Steven Stamkos netted a goal and added an assist for his first multi-point game of these playoffs and 11th of his career...Stamkos' multi-point playoff game was his first since recording a goal and an assist in Game 5 of the 2015 Eastern Conference Final at the New York Rangers...Stamkos' goal was also his first of the postseason since that same 2015 Eastern Conference Final Game 5...Stamkos has recorded points in all three games so far in the first round series.
Johnny on the Spot
Tampa Bay forward Tyler Johnson owns the fifth-highest career playoff shooting percentage (20.5%) among active NHL players with at least 25 playoff games...Johnson played in his 50th career postseason game Monday.
