Lightning beat Islanders 5-0, earn playoff berth

Published April 1, 2023 9:29 PM

By MARK DIDTLER
Associated Press

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Andrei Vasilevskiy made 38 saves, Nikita Kucherov and Steven Stamkos scored 1:48 apart midway through the second period, and the Tampa Bay Lightning earned their sixth straight playoff berth with a 5-0 win over the New York Islanders. Tampa Bay will play Toronto in the first round of the postseason. The Lightning, who have appeared in the Stanley Cup Final each of the past three years and won back to back in 2020 and 2021, have reached the playoffs in nine of coach Jon Cooper’s 10 full-seasons with the team. Mikhail Sergachev, Tanner Jeannot and Brayden Point also scored for the Lightning. New York goalie Ilya Sorokin was pulled with 8:15 left in the second after allowing four goals on 21 shots. He is 0-4 against the Lightning.

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