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Series preview (more links will be provided when released)
https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article...-vs-islanders/
https://www.espn.com/nhl/insider/sto...ps-series-pick
https://nhl.nbcsports.com/2021/06/12...final-preview/
https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/nhl...view-1.6063990





All times Mountain


Sunday, June 13: at Tampa Bay on CBC, SN, NBC, and TVA Sports 1300h/1:00 p.m.
Tuesday, June 15 at Tampa Bay on CBC, SN, NBCSN, and TVA Sports 1800h/6:00 pm

Thursday, June 17: at Islanders on CBC, SN, USA, and TVA Sports 1800h/6:00 pm
Saturday, June 19: at Islanders on CBC, SN, USA, and TVA Sports 1800h/6:00 pm


Monday, June 21: at Tampa Bay on CBC, SN, NBCSN, and TVA Sports 1800h/6:00 pm

Wednesday, June 23: at Islanders on CBC, SN, NBCSN, and TVA Sports 1800h/6:00 pm

*Friday, June 25: at Tampa Bay on CBC, SN, NBCSN, and TVA Sports 1800h/6:00 pm



Lightning: 36-17-3, 75 points ​(eighth in the overall standings)
Islanders: 32-17-7, 71 points ​(twelfth in the overall standings)

Regular-season series: the teams did not play each other in the regular season due to the pandemic division based schedule.


This will be the fourth time these two teams will play each other in the playoffs.

The previous playoff series were in 2004, 2016, and 2020 in the first, second, and third rounds respectively.


Here is last year's playoff series thread, https://forum.calgarypuck.com/showthread.php?t=180489