Jack Capuano again hinted at changes to his Game 4 forwards then sent out the same 12, aligned in the same way. That meant Capuano stuck with the Nikolay Kulemin-Brock Nelson-Josh Bailey trio that had a tough time in Games 1 and 2 but got some measure of redemption by doing the work to set up Thomas Hickey’s overtime winner in Game 3.
“It was big, as a line it felt like we needed to get a couple breaks,” Bailey said. “You want to be at your best and contribute when it matters most.”
Capuano didn’t hesitate in Game 3 and early in Game 4 to put Nelson’s line out against Florida’s top two lines which have dominated possession and offense so far.