Thursday's Matchup
The Lightning and the Maple Leafs are playing Game 5 of their best-of-seven First Round series in the 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs...Tampa Bay trails in the series 3-1…The Bolts are 1-3 all-time in playoff series when trailing 3-1…The Lightning are 18-13 all-time in Game 5s and have won five of their last six Game 5s…Tampa Bay is 6-8 all-time in road Game 5s…The Bolts own the best road playoff record in NHL history at 61-42 (.592)…The Lightning are 5-6 all-time vs. TOR in the postseason…Nikita Kucherov has found the scoresheet in six of his last eight playoff games vs. TOR (2-9-11) with four multi-point efforts during that span…Brayden Point has points in four of his last six playoff games vs. TOR (3-3-6)…Steven Stamkos has pointed in six of his last eight playoff games vs. TOR (3-3-6)…Alex Killorn has found the scoresheet in seven of his last 10 playoff games vs. TOR (2-6-8)…Anthony Cirelli has four points over his last six playoff games vs. TOR (3-1-4)…Brandon Hagel has seven points over his last eight playoff games vs. TOR (1-6-7)…Corey Perry has picked up seven points over his last 10 playoff games vs. TOR (4-3-7)…Stamkos (25-43-68) holds the Tampa Bay franchise record for career points vs. TOR (reg. season + playoffs).
Thursday's Storylines
The Lightning are 18-13 all-time in Game 5s…The Bolts have scored at least one power-play goal in seven of their last 10 playoff games vs. TOR…The Lightning are 122-90 all-time in the postseason, good for the fourth-best playoff win percentage (.575) among all NHL teams…The winning team has scored four or more goals through the first four contests of the First Round series.
Injuries
2022-23 Regular Season Man Games Lost: 109
2023 Playoffs Man Games Lost: 7
Current Injuries:
Erik Cernak (Day-to-day) 3 Games
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The Road Ahead
Game 6 | Lightning vs. Maple Leafs, Saturday, April 29*
Game 7 | Lightning at Maple Leafs, Monday, May 1\
\If necessary
