Stanley Cup Playoffs on May 10 – Lightning vs. Maple Leafs, Kings vs. Oilers and More | Faceoff, How to Watch, Preview

Each of the four series that are in action on Tuesday night are deadlocked at two games apiece, with no team able to show really any signs of momentum.

Metropolitan Division

(WC1) Boston Bruins vs. (1) Carolina Hurricanes (Series tied 2-2)

Things were looking bleak for the Bruins earlier in this series, as they were trailing 2-0 coming back to Boston this past weekend.

However, the reuniting of The Perfection Line of Patrice Bergeron, Brad Marchand and David Pastrnak, along with the excellent play of rookie goaltender Jeremy Swayman helped give the Bruins a pair of wins. The Perfection Line combined for 10 points in the 5-2 victory on Sunday, with Marchand leading the team with a pair of goals and three assists. Swayman stepped up in a big way, stopping 49 of the 53 shots he faced in the two games. The Bruins will still be without defenseman Charlie McAvoy, who also missed game four due to being in COVID protocol.

Carolina will try and now get back on the winning track as they return to Raleigh for game five. The question is who will be in net for the Canes. Though both Pyotr Kochetkov and Antti Raanta each picked up wins earlier in the series, both looked mediocre in Boston.

Atlantic Division

(3) Tampa Bay Lightning vs. (2) Toronto Maple Leafs (Series tied 2-2)

While these two Atlantic Division rivals have traded wins in the first four games, the Leafs’ 3-2 win in game three has been the lone close contest so far in the series.

Toronto has outscored Tampa 8-2 in their two wins, while the Lightning have a combined score of 12-6 in their two wins after beating the Leafs 7-3 in game four on Sunday. Leafs’ goaltender Jack Campbell was pulled after giving up five goals in the game four loss, but is expected to be back in the net for game five in Toronto.

While the Leafs put together an effort to try and make the game respectable on Sunday, after falling behind 5-0. In each of their losses the Leafs have had slow starts, and cannot do that again if they want to avoid falling behind 3-2.

Another note, the team that has scored first in the first four games has come away victorious.

Central Division

(3) St. Louis Blues vs. (2) Minnesota Wild (Series tied 2-2)

Like the Leafs and Lightning’s series, each of the four games between Minnesota and St. Louis have not necessarily gone down to the wire.

After suffering a 5-1 loss on home ice in game three, the Blues bounced back on Mother’s Day with a 5-2 victory to even the series. Ryan O’Reilly had a solid game, picking up a goal and two assists. The big story was the start from St. Louis netminder Jordan Binnington. In his first start of the series, after Ville Husso started the first four, the man that led the Blues to the 2019 Stanley Cup stopped 28 of the 30 shots he faced.

On the other end, Wild goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury gave up four goals for the second time this series. It is going to be interesting to see if head coach Dean Evason keeps the former Stanley Cup winner in net, or does he turn to Cam Talbot, who has played the last two seasons with the club.

Pacific Division

(3) Los Angeles Kings vs. (2) Edmonton Oilers (Series tied 2-2)

It looked as if the Oilers were going to run away with the series after losing game one, as they won the next two games by a combined score of 14-2. However, the Kings knew they could not head back to Edmonton down 3-1.

L.A. came out hard in game four, outshooting Edmonton 20-10, and goals from Trevor Moore and Troy Stetcher helped send the Kings on their way to a 4-0 win.

After getting pulled in game three, Jonathan Quick had a huge bounce back game, stopping all 31 shots he faced, giving him his first playoff shutout since game three of the 2014 Stanley Cup Finals.

The Trevor Moore, Alex Iafallo and Philip Danault line was at the forefront of the offense on Sunday. While Carl Grundstrom scored his first two goals of the playoffs, the trio were a part of the first two goals for L.A., combining for four points.

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