2020 ECF: Tampa Bay Lightning vs. New York Islanders | TBL leads 3-2 (Pt.2)

[Master P]

im just thankful the game ended in OT. when they end in regulation, Kutcherov uses the opportunity to start chopping away at peoples knees and ankles..

You made that same joke in gdt last night. Get some better material

 

[Tahoeblue]

"Ok boys, let's turtle for 5 periods and hope the other guys flob a shot!"

-Barry Trots

At least spell his name right! LGI

 

[Tahoeblue]

I see you Tampa, buying time for Stamkos before the finals. Clever.

I say play him now so he can get to know Martin, Clutterbuck and a rested Boychuk!

 

[notDatsyuk]

Yea. This is a crazy brutal schedule. Kuch just played 36 mins and has to lace em up in less than 48 hrs lol

Kuch and Hedman over 36 minutes, nobody on the Isles over 32.

 

[ThreeLeftSkates]

You made that same joke in gdt last night. Get some better material

Well, there was the whining when the puck was scooped behind the net. Kuch has a way of acting that fans of other teams find infantile. We get it, you guys love him. He is an acquired taste, and makes me want to barf.

 

[notDatsyuk]

Classic Lightning. Hold the Islanders to like 5 shots a period and lose on a slap shot whiff.

Classic Isles. Hold Tampa to like 9 shots a period and win on a turnover.

 

[VVP]

Isles will try to play a shutdown hockey in Game 6, trying to win another 2:1 or 1:0 hockey game. They can do it really well! They still have a chance against Tampa.

 

[Mr Misunderstood]

Kuch and Hedman over 36 minutes, nobody on the Isles over 32.

Partly due to PP time though, no?

 

[serp]

I was wondering if the fact that the Lightning dress 3 defenseman with somewhat questionable resumees ( Schenn , Bogosian and Shattenkirk ) would bite them in the ass at some point . This was the first game where it did.

 

[Oan]

Really hope Tampa loses because of how smug non Tampa fans are being about them. All I see are posts about how they got it in the bag.

Let’s go Isles, show these clowns hockey isn’t played on paper.

Same sentiments here, I have to wonder why neutral fans downright hate Isles.

 

[Anisimovs AK]

Fixed that for you. A textbook definition of a choker.

So a choker is any team that doesnt win the cup? Or just any team that goes far and doesnt win the cup?

3 of those times they lost to the eventual cup champion. Clearly, a bunch of choking losers

 

[wingnutks]

Kuch and Hedman over 36 minutes, nobody on the Isles over 32.

Kuch had a rough game. Lot of minutes for sure.

 

[KevFu]

Mayfield says thank you to the hockey gods after his stick mishap vs Philly. I guess they had to get paid back eventually. Now win 2 more games and play the coach who ran the Isles during the fisherman era.

By that logic, Shattenkirk will open the game six scoring.

 

[notDatsyuk]

Partly due to PP time though, no?

Isles had a few seconds less PP time, but only because they scored.

 

[Whoshattenkirkshoes]

Game 2: Point misses the last ~35 minutes, Lightning score one goal.
Game 3: Point doesn't play - Lightning score three goals
Game 4: Point doesn't play last ~10 minutes, Lightning score zero goals with a goalie in net (had a 3-1 lead so this one is a little easier to disregard)
Game 5: Point doesn't play - Lightning score one goal in ~92 minutes of hockey

35 + 60 + 92 = 187 (+10 if you include Game 4)

187 minutes of hockey, or just a little over the equivalency of three games worth of play...Lightning have scored five goals in that time. They are obviously already without Stamkos. When either Kucherov or Point is also missing, there is ZERO goal scoring ability left on the roster. If it wasn't Kuch or Hedman last night, nobody was going to score the winning goal. Lord knows Kucherov had his chances and could've had a breakaway if Cirelli had pulled the trigger on a pass quickly enough (and he had the opportunity; he saw Kucherov and had the puck, but he was a second late getting the pass away and the chance was gone by then). But if it's not going to be them, nobody else can do it. The second line is completely useless. The third line is certainly a good energy line but they aren't much for creating goal scoring chances. None of the D's other than Hedman can get a shot through.

Having missed Game 3 and suffered a re-aggravation of his injury which caused him to miss Game 5, there's no reason to assume Point will be good to go in Game 6. Hopefully he is, but there's no way you can say he will with any kind of certainty. And if he can't play in Game 6, then the Lightning are all-caps f***ED. Because, if this goes 7, with their history of collapsing in the Conference Finals, the Islanders are winning that 7th game. Winner of Game 6 wins this series, and the Lightning can't win without Point. Can't win because they can't score without him and, obviously, you can't win if you can't score. Vasi let one 100mph one-timed slapshot beat him last night, and that's all the Islanders needed to be assured of a coin-flip overtime game. Vasi is the starting pitcher on a team that can't score any runs and knows that he has to be perfect or he's going to end up losing, and that's a ridiculous amount of pressure for a goaltender to have to deal with. It broke him in 2018 when he cracked under the pressure in Game 7 with the Lightning in a goal scoring drought then, and I could see the same thing happening here if it continues.

TL;DR - Lightning need Point in Game 6 or the Islanders are most likely going to win this series.

You’ll get 5 or 6 to 1 betting Islanders so go put your money where your mouth is.


Btw Point is coming back tomorrow. How does that make you feel?

 

[FourRings]

At least spell his name right! LGI

Oh, I thought he was explaining what Trotz was doing.

 

[FourRings]

You’ll get 5 or 6 to 1 betting Islanders so go put your money where your mouth is.


Btw Point is coming back tomorrow. How does that make you feel?

Depends which Point is coming back.

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

Isles generated very little in this game 5v5. That doesn't really bode well for them moving forward.

Tampa wins comfortably in game 6.

 

[Chardo]

Depends which Point is coming back.

As long as it's not Multiple Point, Islanders will be ok.

 

[wingnutks]

You’ll get 5 or 6 to 1 betting Islanders so go put your money where your mouth is.


Btw Point is coming back tomorrow. How does that make you feel?

What injury can this guy have? Plays, gets hurt, sits. Plays, gets hurt, sits. Is her re injuring the same thing?

 

[FourRings]

What injury can this guy have? Plays, gets hurt, sits. Plays, gets hurt, sits. Is her re injuring the same thing?

I haven't seen anything about him coming back. Everything I read except the post from @Whoshattenkirkshoes has said he's still up in the air.

 

[serp]

What injury can this guy have? Plays, gets hurt, sits. Plays, gets hurt, sits. Is her re injuring the same thing?

The way he reacted to that check in game 4 it looks like he plays with an injured shoulder to me.

 

[God King Fudge]

Tampa playing a real dangerous game. There's a well documented history of them not getting it done in the ECF when having opponents on the ropes. There's well documented history of the offense not stepping up and guys getting hurt.

Here we are. Offense not producing. Guys hurt. Series 3-2. Islanders tried their best to lose the game last night and Tampa didn't want to take them up on it. Hard to not see this going to 7 now.

 

[CupsOverCash]

Isles will try to play a shutdown hockey in Game 6, trying to win another 2:1 or 1:0 hockey game. They can do it really well! They still have a chance against Tampa.

They definitely do. One thing last nights win for the Islanders does is it gives them confidence that they can beat tampa and it also makes tampa question themselves a little more since they have been in this position before. I think tampa needs to win next game or they will really put themselves in trouble not only with the islanders but if they do eventually advance dallas is waiting and resting while tampa gets their heads smashed in by the islanders. Tampa needs the next game in the big picture of things.

 

[leeroggy]

Classic Isles. Hold Tampa to like 9 shots a period and win on a turnover.

You're not THIS Jamason, are you?