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The Tampa Bay Lightning understand what it takes to be successful in the Stanley Cup playoffs.
âYou need your best players to be the best players Authentic Shaquem Griffin Jersey , and they rose to the occasion,â coach Jon Cooper said Saturday after the top seed in the Eastern Conference beat the New Jersey Devils 3-1, ending their first-round series in five games.
âPeople are going to look at this series and say: `Oh, 4-1. Tampa took it to them.â Anybody that was actually watching these games knew clearly thatâs not what happened in this series,â Cooper added. âIt was fought from the drop of the puck to the end. We just happened to get big goals at the right time.â
Nikita Kucherov scored his 27th career postseason goal and Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 26 shots for the Lightning, who advanced to a second-round matchup against either the Boston Bruins or Toronto Maple Leafs.
Kucherov, the NHLâs third-leading scorer during the regular season with 100 points, had five goals and five assists in the five games, setting a franchise for points in a playoff series. He also tied Vincent Lecavalier for second-place on the clubâs all-time postseason scoring list.
âI thought he elevated (his play) throughout the series, no question,â Cooper said of the 24-year-old, two-time All-Star Cheap Ryan Jensen Jersey , who has 27 goals and 25 assists in 50 career playoff games.
âHeâs an extreme competitor,â New Jersey coach John Hynes said. âWhen you look at a guy like Kucherov, he has talent but heâs not a perimeter player. Heâs very strong on the puck, he competes hard, heâs got good hockey sense. Heâs the type of offensive player you need to have success if youâre going to have a chance to win the Stanley Cup.â
Mikhail Sergachev became the youngest player in Lightning history to score a playoff goal and Ryan Callahan, back in the lineup after missing the previous two games with an upper-body injury, sealed it with an empty-netter for the Atlantic Division champions with 1.7 seconds remaining.
âFeels great, especially at home in front of our fans,â Kucherov said. âI think we played well defensively, and teams that play well defensively move forward.â
Tampa Bay won the first two games at home before splitting a pair of the road, returning to Amalie Arena after Kucherov had two goals and an assist to key a 3-1 victory in Game 4
The right wingerâs sizzling shot past goalie Cory Schneider put the Lightning up 2-0 at 12:27 of the third period of the clincher.
The 19-year-old Sergachev, meanwhile Leonard Williams Jets Jersey , became the youngest player in franchise history to score a playoff goal, giving the Lightning a 1-0 lead in the first period.
Schneider did all he could to give the Devils a chance to extend their first playoff appearance since 2012.
The goalie, who lost his starting job after being injured in January, stopped 35 of 37 shots, including Tyler Johnsonâs breakaway that kept New Jersey within striking distance after Kyle Palmieri trimmed Tampa Bayâs lead to one goal with three minutes left.
Will Butcher and Taylor Hall assisted on the only goal for New Jersey, which played without injured defenseman Sami Vatanen.
âI felt good and enjoyed playing, but at the end of the day I didnât get the job done,â said Schneider, who replaced Keith Kinkaid during Game 1 and started the last four games. âI didnât extend the series, and I didnât get us the win, so a little bit for naught.â
New Jersey kept it close, killing off four consecutive penalties in the second period Cheap Tremaine Edmunds Jersey , when the Lightning outshot the Devils 18-4 but couldnât expand its one-goal lead.
Schneider had two more saves early in the third as Tampa Bay sputtered on a fifth power-play opportunity.
âWe have to stay out of the box better than we did tonight,â Hynes said. âIt sometimes disrupts the flow of the game, but I think if you look at the penalty kill, those guys played their hearts out. I thought Cory was fantastic. . Those guys kept us right in the game, right to the end.â
Notes: The Lightning was 0-for-10 on the power play in Games 4 and 5, yet won both games. ⦠Vatanen, New Jerseyâs top defenseman, was injured during the opening period of Game 4 when he was checked high by Kucherov. The Devils also played without RW Stefan Noesen, who was scratched with a lower-body injury. ⦠Callahan (upper body) returned after missing Games 3 and 4. âItâs always tough watching your team play, especially in the playoffs,â he said. âTo be able to get back out there and play was big.â
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Seattle fans donât need to worry about Russell Wilson.
The Seahawks quarterback didnât neglect his football duties during his week at spring training with the New York Yankees.
Wilson did his offseason gridiron drills each morning with his trainer before taking the baseball field.
âIâm definitely not sitting on the couch,â Wilson said.
Monday Fernando Valenzuela Jersey , Tuesday, Thursday and Friday are heavy days for Wilson, with Wednesday and Saturday light days and Sunday typically off.
Wilson, who took batting practice with Giancarlo Stanton and Aaron Judge during his final Yankeesâ workout Saturday, gave an autographed football to all of his teammates.
A former minor league infielder, the Yankees acquired him from Texas last month and wanted to observe his leadership skills. He wanted to soak up the attitude of a franchise with 27 World Series titles.
Wilson did get an unexpected at-bat in Fridayâs game against Atlanta, striking out on a 2-2 pitch from left-hander Max Fried.
The 29-year-old Wilson led the Seahawks to the Super Bowl title after the 2013 season.
NOTES: Luis Severino had a strong three-inning simulated game, striking out seven and allowing two hits. Third in last seasonâs AL Cy Young Award voting, the right-hander threw 37 of 47 pitches for strikes.
Severino said an opening day start would mean a lot.
âFor now, Iâm not thinking about that,â Severino said. âWorking on my pitches.â
Severino could make his first spring training start Thursday against Philadelphia.
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