![]() “Working with Tom’s group for the past few years, I have seen firsthand what he and our managing partners, David Blitzer and Josh Harris are building,” said Brodeur. Hall of Fame goaltender Martin Brodeur has been named executive vice president of hockey operations and given a new multi-year contract extension by the New Jersey Devils.ĭevils’ general manager Tom Fitzgerald announced that Brodeur will be staying with the organization after spending the last 2 1/2 years serving as an adviser to hockey operations and on the business side. Especially the way the game went tonight, it was physical on both sides and we expect that again.” “When you play a team back to back, there’s always something that carries over from the previous game. “I think it’s going to be the same,” said Kevin McCarthy, who coached the Capitals in Peter Laviolette’s absence. With some roughing mixed in, the incident added up to 26 penalty minutes and finished Mantha’s second career Gordie Howe hat trick - a goal, an assist and a fight.Įxpect another chippy game 48 hours later. The Capitals killed off all five minutes, and Sonny Milano - who was serving Aubel-Kubel’s penalty - scored coming out of the box on a breakaway 7 seconds after the Lightning power play expired.Ī few Washington goals later, a line brawl erupted with 5:40 left in the third with Tampa Bay’s Corey Perry fighting Anthony Mantha and teammate Vladislav Namestnikov dropping the gloves with Washington’s Erik Gustafsson. Nick Paul hopped off the bench for a second before being urged back by Lightning teammates to avoid what would have been an automatic 10-game suspension. That fired up the bench.”Ī handful of other players were involved in the initial scrum, and they exchanged some pushes and shoves around the fight before Maroon and Hathaway got separated. Maroon just didn’t wait until the next shift to express it. The Lightning were none too happy with Aubel-Kubel’s hit early in the second period that knocked Foote out of the game. If suspended, he’d miss at least the second half of the home-and-home series, if not more for a hit Tampa Bay coach Jon Cooper said “defines the word blindside.” That was a bad hit, and it set the tone for the rest of the game.”Īube-Kubel was ejected and assessed a match penalty, which is an automatic suspension pending review by the NHL’s department of player safety. “Two teams that want to win hockey games. “I don’t know about that but probably,” Lightning defenseman Victor Hedman said after his team lost 5-1. That was just the start of the fisticuffs as tensions boiled over Friday night between these teams, which face off again Sunday in what could be another feisty game for players with short memories. WASHINGTON (AP) - While officials reviewed Capitals forward Nicolas Aube-Kubel’s check to the head of Lightning defenseman Cal Foote, Tampa Bay’s Patrick Maroon dropped the gloves with Washington’s Garnet Hathaway during the lengthy stoppage. ![]() Game 1: Canadiens at Golden Knights, 9 p.m. *if necessary MONDAY’S NHL PLAYOFF SCHEDULE LIVE STREAM: You can watch the Lightning-Islanders stream on NBC Sports’ live stream page and the NBC Sports app. ON THE CALL: Kenny Albert, Eddie Olczyk, Brian Boucher WHAT: New York Islanders at Tampa Bay Lightning Tampa Bay finished third in the Central, beating the Panthers in six games before dispatching the top-seeded Hurricanes in five games.īoth of the Lightning’s Stanley Cup wins have included beating the Islanders on their way to the title. The Islanders finished fourth in the East and won both their First Round series with Pittsburgh and their Second Round series with Boston in six games. Last year’s East Final was also the last time these two teams met on the ice, as they did not play in the 2021 regular season. The Lightning and Islanders are the first pair of franchises to meet in the final four in consecutive postseasons since Chicago and Los Angeles met in the 20 Western Conference Final. In the 2020 Eastern Conference Final in the bubble in Edmonton, Tampa Bay topped New York in six games before going on to win the Stanley Cup title. įor the second consecutive season (and for the second time in nine months), the Islanders and Lightning will meet in the NHL’s semifinal round. You can watch the game online and on the NBC Sports app by clicking here. Islanders-Lightning stream coverage begins at 3 p.m. NBC’s coverage of the 2021 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs continues with Sunday’s Game 1 between the New York Islanders and Tampa Bay Lightning.
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