Tuesday’s 4-2 Lightning win over the Islanders in Game 2 had all kinds of storylines and Things To Watch as this Stanley Cup semifinal carries toward its middle stage beginning at Nassau Coliseum Thursday:
- There was the officiating (Brayden Point was penalized harshly after riding an Adam Pelech push into Semyon Varlamov, though they always call that; then later Ondrej Palat’s go-ahead goal happened with six Lightning skaters and one goalie on the ice).
- There was the brief and spotless appearance by Ilya Sorokin after Point’s collision with Varlamov, who returned after the first intermission and was fine.