The NHL power system Play is on Tampa Bay at 3:05 eastern. Tampa is 8-3 in game 2 when losing game 1 and has won 15 of 22 off a 2+ goal loss. The Lightning are 31-14 at home off a home favored loss. Road teams in round 2 off a road win in game 1 lose over 60% of the time and that number goes up even further if they won on the road to clinch in their close out game in round 1. The Islanders have lost 8 of 11 off 3+ wins and are a dismal 21-43 on Saturdays. Taking Tampa Today.





HISTORICAL VICTORY PROBABILITIES: Leading 1-game-nil @ V:
Ignoring win order; considering site order: The team leading 1-game-nil with site order V (N.Y. Islanders) has the following best-of-7 playoff series and games record through the 2016 NHL Preliminary round:
series record, all best-of-7 sports, all rounds: 244-187 (.566)
series record, all best-of-7 sports, Quarterfinals round: 60-51 (.541)
series record, NHL only, all rounds: 131-99 (.570)
series record, NHL only, Quarterfinals round: 37-25 (.597)
Game 2 record, all best-of-7 sports, all rounds: 144-287 (.334)
Game 2 record, all best-of-7 sports, Quarterfinals round: 35-76 (.315)
Game 2 record, NHL only, all rounds: 87-143 (.378)
Game 2 record, NHL only, Quarterfinals round: 25-37 (.403)