TAMPA, Fla. -- Shane Prince scored twice in the final three minutes of the first period, and the New York Islanders held on for a 5-3 road win over the Tampa Bay Lightning, opening their second-round series Wednesday night at Amalie Arena.
New York led 4-1 in the third, but the Lightning got goals from Nikita Kucherov and Valtteri Filppula to pull within a goal with 2:32 left in a furious comeback. After Tampa Bay pulled its goalie in the final two minutes, New York got an empty-net goal from Cal Clutterbuck to seal the win.
Prince scored both goals from just in front of the Lightning goal, getting passes from Ryan Strome and getting the puck past Lightning goalie Ben Bishop, who left after a fourth goal midway through the second period.