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Game Date:
04/14/2019
7:00pm EST
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Tampa Bay -1.5
Columbus +1.5
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Under 6 (+110)
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The Tampa Bay Lightning are in a treacherous 0-2 hole against the Columbus Blue Jackets in their opening round Stanley Cup Playoffs series, and the hole got even deeper on Saturday afternoon. The NHL Department of Safety suspended Lightning star forward Nikita Kucherov for one game after a hearing on Saturday, forcing him to miss Game 3 on Sunday in Columbus. Kucherov, who led the league with 128 points, delivered a dangerous hit to Columbus' Markus Nutivaara late in Tampa Bay's 5-1 loss on Friday. Continue to Article
April 14, 2019 11:38:am EST
That's not an ideal situation for the Presidents' Trophy winning Tampa Bay Lightning heading into Game 3 Sunday night (7 p.m. ET; NBCSN; Live stream). We've got to win the next game,” said Lightning captain Steven Stamkos after Game 2. Continue to Article
April 14, 2019 9:18:am EST
Already reeling from being down 2-0 in a series against the Columbus Blue Jackets, the Tampa Bay Lightning will have to deal with their “five-alarm fire” without their best man equipped to douse the flames. Nikita Kucherov, the NHL's leading point producer during the regular season, is banned from Game 3 of the Eastern Conference First Round series on Sunday. Kucherov lost his cool late in a 5-1 loss to the Blue Jackets on Friday, slashing Blue Jackets' Markus Nutivaara and then, when he was on his knees in a vulnerable spot, drilling him into the half boards. Continue to Article
April 13, 2019 3:21:pm EST
After a dream regular season for Tampa Bay Lightning forward Nikita Kucherov the first two games of the playoffs have been a complete nightmare. Not only is his team facing a 2-0 series deficit after blowing a three-goal lead in Game 1 and then getting completely dominated in Game 2, but the latter ended with him getting ejected and earning 17 total penalty minutes. It could also lead to him missing Game 3 of the series as the NHL's Department of Player Safety has already announced Kucherov will have a hearing on Saturday. Continue to Article
April 13, 2019 2:48:pm EST
Superstar forward Nikita Kucherov has been suspended for Game 3 of the Tampa Bay Lightning's first-round series against the Columbus Blue Jackets. Kucherov received the one-game ban after boarding Blue Jackets defenceman Markus Nutivaara late in the third period of Friday's 5-1 Columbus victory. The NHL-best Lightning now face the tall task of climbing out of an 0-2 series deficit without the help of their best player and the league's likely Hart Trophy winner. Continue to Article
April 13, 2019 1:24:pm EST
