During the Lightning’s game against the Toronto Maple Leafs, the NHL announced the schedule for the Eastern Conference’s first games. The Lightning will kick things off down in Sunrise on Sunday, April 21st at 12:30 p.m. The game will be televised on ESPN in the States and on SportsNet and TVAS in Canada. The rest of the schedule will likely come out tomorrow or Friday.
For the Lightning, it gives them an extra day to get healthy. They had several players miss their final game of the season as Anthony Cirelli, Tyler Motte, Haydn Fleury, and Luke Glendening sat out.