New York Islanders vs Tampa Bay Lightning
Playoffs · Wednesday, April 27, 2016 · Amalie Arena
NBCSN · CBC · TVAS
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 5–3 on Wednesday, April 27, 2016 at Amalie Arena. The Lightning outshot the Islanders 36–22.
Shane Prince scored twice. Ondrej Palat, Travis Hamonic, John Tavares, Nikita Kucherov, Valtteri Filppula and Cal Clutterbuck also scored.
Thomas Greiss made 33 saves on 36 shots for the win; Ben Bishop stopped 9 of 13.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Ondrej Palat (2)Jonathan Drouin (5), Vladislav Namestnikov (1)0–103:05 TBL
Travis Hamonic (1)Alan Quine (3), John Tavares (5)1–105:44 NYI
Shane Prince (2)Ryan Strome (2), Brock Nelson (3)2–117:28 NYI- Shane Prince (3)Ryan Strome (3), Brock Nelson (4)3–119:57 NYI
2nd period
John Tavares (6)Kyle Okposo (6), Frans Nielsen (2)4–108:59 NYI ·
3rd period
Nikita Kucherov (6)Matt Carle (2), Victor Hedman (2)4–207:41 TBL
Valtteri Filppula (1)Alex Killorn (3), Jason Garrison (3)4–317:28 TBL
Cal Clutterbuck (1)Casey Cizikas (1), Calvin de Haan (2)5–319:05 NYI ·
Team stats
NYITBL
2236
60%40%
1/40/2
48
2933
1510
713
42
Penalties
- 9:06 into the first period
Tyler Johnson · hooking2 min - 11:53 into the first periodAlex Killorn · kneeing2 min
- 2:21 into the second period
Marek Zidlicky · interference2 min - 8:12 into the second periodJonathan Marchessault · hooking2 min
- 17:41 into the second periodRyan Callahan · holding2 min
- 15:20 into the third periodCasey Cizikas · delaying game puck over glass2 min
Season series
New York Islanders
| 11Shane PrinceC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 09:50 |
| 18Ryan StromeC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 12:26 |
| 29Brock NelsonC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 14:08 |
| 91John TavaresC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 20:36 |
| 10Alan QuineC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17:02 |
| 15Cal ClutterbuckR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 14:30 |
| 21Kyle OkposoR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19:35 |
| 51Frans NielsenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | 18:20 |
| 53Casey CizikasC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13:57 |
| 3Travis HamonicD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 23:23 |
| 44Calvin de HaanD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18:10 |
| 16Steve BernierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:43 |
| 17Matt MartinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14:17 |
| 86Nikolay KuleminL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:53 |
| 2Nick LeddyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | 24:44 |
| 14Thomas HickeyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 15:31 |
| 28Marek ZidlickyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:29 |
| 55Johnny BoychukD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 19:26 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Thomas GreissG | W | 36 | 3 | .917 |
| 30J-F BerubeG | 0 | 0 | – |
Tampa Bay Lightning
| 17Alex KillornC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 18:21 |
| 18Ondrej PalatL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 20:23 |
| 27Jonathan DrouinL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 14:59 |
| 51Valtteri FilppulaC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 19:18 |
| 86Nikita KucherovR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 20:52 |
| 90Vladislav NamestnikovC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | 09:43 |
| 5Jason GarrisonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19:33 |
| 25Matt CarleD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | 17:37 |
| 77Victor HedmanD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | 26:32 |
| 9Tyler JohnsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:56 |
| 11Brian BoyleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:06 |
| 13Cedric PaquetteC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:31 |
| 22Erik CondraR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 00:57 |
| 24Ryan CallahanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20:11 |
| 81Jonathan MarchessaultC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:34 |
| 55Braydon CoburnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:21 |
| 62Andrej SustrD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 18:23 |
| 89Nikita NesterovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 14:50 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Ben BishopG | L | 13 | 4 | .692 |
| 88Andrei VasilevskiyG | 8 | 0 | 1.000 |