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Wednesday June 3 – Blackhawks at Lightning (Amalie Arena) – 8:00 p.m. on NBC
Saturday June 6 – Blackhawks at Lightning (Amalie Arena) – 7:15 p.m. on NBC
Monday June 8 – Lightning at Blackhawks (United Center) – 8:00 p.m. on NBCSN
Wednesday June 10 – Lightning at Blackhawks (United Center) – 8:00 p.m. on NBCSN
*Saturday June 13 – Blackhawks at Lightning (Amalie Arena) – 8:00 p.m. on NBC
*Monday June 15 – Lightning at Blackhawks (United Center) – 8:00 p.m. on NBC
*Wednesday June 17 – Blackhawks at Lightning (Amalie Arena) – 8:00 p.m. on NBC
* if necessary
Tale Of The Tape(via heavy.com):
Tampa Bay Lightning:
Regular Season Record: 50-24-8 (108 points, 3rd in the East)
Home/Away Records: Home – 32-8-1 ; Road – 18-16-7
Regular Season Goals For/Goals Against: GF 262 ; GA 211
Road to the Stanley Cup Final: 4-3 over Detroit; 4-2 over Montreal; 4-3 over New York Rangers
Playoff Leading Scorers: Tyler Johnson (21 points), Johnson (12 goals), Nikita Kucherov (10 assists), Ben Bishop (2.15 goals against)
Goalkeeper Ben Bishop is allowing just 2.15 goals per contest in the playoffs, slightly better than his 2.32 through the regular season.
Behind regular-season team leading scorer Steven Stamkos, Johnson and Kucherov, the Lightning led the NHL with 3.16 goals per game, though that has dipped to 2.75 in the postseason.
Tampa Bay also leads all teams with 16 power play goals in the playoffs.
Chicago Blackhawks:
Regular Season Record: 48-28-6 (102 points, 4th in the West)
Home/Away Records: Home – 24-12-5 ; Road – 24-16-1
Regular Season Goals For/Goals Against: GF 229 ; GA 189
Road to the Stanley Cup Final: 4-2 over Nashville; 4-0 over Minnesota; 4-3 over Anaheim
Playoff Leading Scorers: Patrick Kane (20 points), Kane (10 goals), Duncan Keith (16 assists), Scott Darling (2.22 goals against), Corey Crawford (2.62 goals against)
Goalie Corey Crawford hadn’t been spectacular, but he was in Saturday’s series clincher, stopping 35 shots.
Besides, Chicago had been scoring 3.19 goals per game in the postseason anyway.
RW Patrick Kane (20), C Jonathan Toews (18) and D Duncan Keith (18) have combined for 56 points in the playoffs. Kane’s 10 playoff goals are second-most behind Tampa’s Tyler Johnson and Keith’s 16 assists are second to Anaheim’s Ryan Getzlaf (17).