After falling to the New York Islanders 2-1 on Sunday, the Tampa Bay Lightning came into Tuesday night's game looking to even their semifinal series. They did exactly that, nothing a 4-2 victory and setting up a pivotal Game 3 on Thursday.
The Islanders-Lightning series is a rematch of last year's Eastern Conference Finals series. Tampa Bay jumped out to a 2-0 series lead in that one, ultimately winning in six. Due to this year's divisional realignment, however, the NHL will have no Conference Champions.
"There are going to be things we always will remember about this season, and one of them is that we never handed the [conference] trophies out," NHL chief content officer Steve Mayer said, per ESPN's Greg Wyshynski.