The Tampa Bay Lightning will play at the Carolina Hurricanes in Game 1 of their second-round series Sunday (5 p.m. ET; NBCSN, SN, TVAS).
The Colorado Avalanche will host Game 1 of their second-round series against the Vegas Golden Knights on Sunday (8 p.m. ET; NBC, CBC, SN, TVAS). Vegas eliminated the Minnesota Wild in the best-of-7 Stanley Cup First Round with a 6-2 home victory in Game 7 on Friday.
The Bruins, the No. 3 seed in the MassMutual East Division, eliminated the No. 2 seed Washington Capitals in five games in the first round; the No. 4 seed Islanders defeated the No. 1 seed Pittsburgh Penguins in six games.
New York was 5-2-1 against Boston during the regular season; the Bruins were 3-3-2 against the Islanders. Game 2 will be played at Boston on Monday (7:30 p.m. ET; NBCSN, SN1, TVAS).
The Hurricanes, the No. 1 seed in the Discover Central Division, eliminated the No. 4 seed Nashville Predators in six games in the first round. The No. 3 seed Lightning, who won the Stanley Cup last season, defeated the No. 2 seed Florida Panthers in six games.
Carolina and Tampa Bay each went 4-3-1 against the other during the regular season.
The Avalanche, the No. 1 seed in the Honda West Division, swept the No. 4 seed St. Louis Blues in in the first round. Colorado was 4-3-1 against Vegas, the No. 2 seed, during the regular season.
No start time has been announced for the second-round series in the Scotia North Division. The Winnipeg Jets, the No. 3 seed, swept the Edmonton Oilers, the No. 2 seed, and will play the No. 1 seed Toronto Maple Leafs or the No. 4 seed Montreal Canadiens. Toronto leads the series 3-2 with Game 6 in Montreal on Saturday (7:30 p.m. ET; NBCSN, CBC, SN, TVAS).
The Jets were 4-4-2 against the Maple Leafs during the regular season and 6-3-0 against the Canadiens.
