Nashville put a little scare into the Carolina Hurricanes in their first round series, but thanks to Sebastian Aho’s offense, the ‘Canes moved on. They will be the opponents for the Tampa Bay Lightning in the second round. The former Southeast Division foes have never met in the playoffs.
During the 2020-21 regular season the two teams met 8 times with the Lightning posting a 4-3-0-1 record. The Bolts scored 17 goals while conceding 18 to the ‘Canes. Expect a close, low-scoring series. One thing that’s unlikely to happen is a goalie controversy. Alex Nedeljkovic played every minute of the team’s opening round.