The Lightning will look to take a commanding 2-0 series lead, while the Penguins hope to even things up as the Eastern Conference Final gets set for Game 2 live from the Consol Energy Center in Pittsburgh on Monday.
After taking Game 1, Tampa Bay is looking to win its second straight road game to set up the potential to wrap up the series on home ice when it shifts. Pittsburgh, meanwhile, will hope to shore up home ice and make sure it goes at least five games.
Playing in their second straight Eastern Conference Final, the Lightning overcame the Penguins, 3-1, on Friday to take a 1-0 series lead.
Tampa Bay opened the scoring with three straight goals from Alex Killorn (4), Ondrej Palat (3, power play) and Jonathan Drouin (2), while Patric Hornqvist scored his team-best sixth tally on the man advantage in the loss for Pittsburgh.
The biggest story coming out of Game 1 was in the crease.
After making nine saves on nine shots in the first period of Game 1, Ben Bishop left the game after suffering a lower-body injury. Though he was stretchered off the ice, Bishop is listed as day-to-day and likely to sit out Game 2.
Andrei Vasilevskiy took over and yielded one goal while turning aside 33 shots in Game 1 as he prepares for his first start of the playoffs in Game 2. It was just his second playoff win in his career.
"We have confidence in both goalies," Lightning forward Tyler Johnson said via NHL.com. "It doesn't change our game plan. It doesn't change the way we need to play. Regardless of the goalie we have to play our best."
On the other side, Penguins rookie Matt Murray played in his first ever Eastern Conference Final game and allowed three goals on 20 shots. Marc-Andre Fleury is healthy, but Pittsburgh is likely to stick with Murray, who is 7-3 with a 2.15 goals-against average and a .929 save percentage this postseason.
Murray will look to stop a speedy Tampa Bay unit that is led by Nikita Kucherov, who is tied for the league lead with nine goals, and Johnson, who has a team-best 13 points and nine assists. Victor Hedman is 4-5--9 in six games.
Phil Kessel, meanwhile, has been a force for Pittsburgh, and he paces the club with eight assists and 13 points. Hornqvist has a goal in three of his last five games.
Sidney Crosby and the Penguins have combined for just six goals thus far in the playoffs.
"What we've tried to reiterate to both Sid and Geno is they have to focus on playing the game the right way, taking what they give us, not trying to force plays that aren't there in order to try to score goals," Penguins coach Mike Sullivan said via ESPN. "When they play the game the right way, they're very difficult to play against."
Game Details & Live Stream
Matchup: Lightning at Penguins Eastern Conference Final Game 2
Time: 8 p.m. ET
Venue: Consol Energy Center, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Radio: Tampa Bay (WDAE 620); Pittsburgh (105.9 WXDX)
Series: Lightning leads 1-0.
Predictions: Our predictions for this series can be viewed here.
Betting Odds: The latest betting odds for this game can be found here.
Watch Online: This game can be live streamed for free here.
