The Tampa Bay Lightning dropped their first game in this series, losing the first meeting in New Jersey. Taylor Hall tallied three points. [Raw Charge]
With Cory Schneider getting his first start of the playoffs, the New Jersey Devils were looking to put forth a better effort than the previous two games in this series. They did just that and they got a great performance from the veteran netminder as they managed to defeat the Tampa Bay Lightning, 5-2 (the game was far closer than that score indicates—two EN goals)
Mikhail Sergachev didn’t have the most positive end to his day last night when he hit Blake Coleman with an elbow.