After rusty Game 1, 雷 get another 割れ目 at 特別奇襲隊員s
The Tampa Bay 雷 opened the Eastern 会議／協議会 決勝戦 Wednesday by 落ちるing behind in just 71 seconds, then spent the latter part of the game watching the New York 特別奇襲隊員s 巡航する to a 6-2 victory.
While the 原因（となる） of Tampa Bay's sub-par 防御の 業績／成果 might be traced 支援する to a nine-day layoff, the 雷 are not making excuses. If anything, the 特別奇襲隊員s now have the 十分な attention of the two-time defending 支持する／優勝者s.
Tampa Bay's search for better 防御の 成果／努力 will take 中心 行う／開催する／段階 in Game 2 at New York on Friday as they look to once again 避ける 連続した postseason 敗北・負かすs. Tampa Bay's last 18 プレーオフ 敗北・負かすs, going 支援する to the 2020 プレーオフs, have been followed by a victory.
The 雷 are coming off their first プレーオフ loss since dropping Game 5 of the 開始 一連の会議、交渉／完成する against the Toronto Maple Leafs on May 10. They finished off the Maple Leafs with 連続した one-goal victories and then outscored the Florida Panthers by a 13-3 利ざや in the second 一連の会議、交渉／完成する during an impressive four-game sweep.
The ripple 影響 of quickly finishing off the Panthers on May 23 appeared evident Wednesday when the 雷 played their worst game since 開始 the postseason with a 5-0 loss to Toronto on May 2.
"We certainly didn't have our best," Tampa Bay captain Steven Stamkos said. "It is what it is. We're not a group that's going to use that as an excuse. We have to be better."
Tampa Bay got 早期に tying goals from Stamkos and Ondrej Palat but little else went 権利 in 前線 of standout goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy, who matched his career worst for goals 許すd in a postseason contest.
The most 著名な instance of Tampa Bay's 防御の shortcomings （機の）カム on New York's fourth goal when the 雷 spent over a minute in the 防御の zone before Filip Chytil 得点する／非難する／２０d his second goal of the second period.
"It's Game 1," 雷 長，率いる coach Jon Cooper said. "We've been through this before. We've won seri es when we've lost the first game and won series when we won the first game."
Tampa Bay's last プレーオフ losing streak was its 素晴らしい 出口 に引き続いて a four-game sweep by the Columbus Blue Jackets in the 2019 first 一連の会議、交渉／完成する.
New York spent the first two 一連の会議、交渉／完成するs of the プレーオフs pulling off 復帰s against the Pittsburgh Penguins and Carolina ハリケーンs. The 特別奇襲隊員s overcame a 3-1 series 赤字 against Pittsburgh and then 決起大会／結集させるd from 赤字s of 2-0 and 3-2 versus Carolina.
The 特別奇襲隊員s 得点する／非難する／２０d nine times in the first five games against Carolina and have 得点する／非難する／２０d 17 times in their past three games. Chytil has five of his seven postseason goals in the past three games, and his two goals on one-timers helped the 特別奇襲隊員s pull away.
The 特別奇襲隊員s 長，率いる into Friday's game on a seven-game home winning streak since their ３倍になる-overtime loss in the series opener to Pittsburgh on May 3. New York is 試みる／企てるing to become the sixth team in the past 25 seasons to 勝利，勝つ at least eight straight home プレーオフ games and the first since the 2013 Los Angeles Kings.
"明白に, it's nice for the 信用／信任 to 得点する／非難する／２０ some goals," New York's Mika Zibanejad said. "We've been on the other end of it. It's still just 1-0 (in the series).
"It's a new game on Friday and we've got to get 支援する to playing our game and try to take some 肯定的なs from this game."
The 特別奇襲隊員s also are 捜し出すing a 2-0 series lead for the first time since the 2014 会議／協議会 決勝戦 against the Montreal Canadiens. Chris Kreider 得点する／非難する／２０d 早期に in Game 1 on Wednesday ahead of third-period goals by Artemi Panarin and Zibanejad.
"They're a good team over there," New York's Frank Vatrano said. "We can't let our foot off the throttle. We just have to keep playing one 転換 at a time, one game at a time, stick to our game 計画（する）."
--Field Level マスコミ
