Another terrible game for the Jets - Prez trophy curse working its magic again. Tragic game in Montreal. Free-for-all hockey in McMuck land.

LAST NIGHT'S ACTION

Canes push Jersey to the edge of the universe golf course as Devils get beat 5-2.

A series we really care about, turning into a best of 3 series. Dammit. Is the curse of the Prez Trophy a new cologne that Hellybuck is wearing?

Which loss was worse for Canada, the Jets or Habs? The correct answer is yes. As well as Montreal is on the brink of losing the series, not just another game.

LA had the game under control. Leading by 2 going into the 3rd. Losing by 1 in OT. We know what that feels like.

TONIGHT'S ACTION

LIGHTNING (2A) at PANTHERS (3A)

Eastern Conference First Round, Game 4

7 p.m. ET; FDSNSUN, SCRIPPS, ESPN, SN, TVAS

Florida leads best-of-7 series 2-1

The battle of weirdo palm tree hockey teams continues. Will the Cats get their paws on the Bolts tonight? We don't know and don't care.

Lightning projected lineup

Yanni Gourde – Brayden Point – Nikita Kucherov

Brandon Hagel – Anthony Cirelli – Jake Guentzel

Gage Goncalves – Nick Paul – Conor Geekie

Zemgus Girgensons – Luke Glendening

Victor Hedman – JJ Moser

Ryan McDonagh – Erik Cernak

Emil Lilleberg – Nick Perbix

Darren Raddysh

Andrei Vasilevskiy

Jonas Johansson

Scratched: Cameron Atkinson, Mitchell Chaffee

Injured: Oliver Bjorkstrand (lower body)

Panthers projected lineup

Carter Verhaeghe -- Aleksander Barkov -- Sam Reinhart

Evan Rodrigues -- Sam Bennett -- Matthew Tkachuk

Eetu Luostarinen -- Anton Lundell -- Brad Marchand

A.J. Greer -- Nico Sturm -- Jesper Boqvist

Gustav Forsling -- Aaron Ekblad

Nate Schmidt -- Seth Jones

Niko Mikkola -- Dmitry Kulikov

Sergei Bobrovsky

Vitek Vanecek

Scratched: Mackie Samoskevich, Tomas Nosek, Jonah Gadjovich, Jaycob Megna, Uvis Balinskis

Injured: None

Status report

Greer will play a Stanley Cup Playoff game for the first time, replacing Samoskevich, a forward, on the fourth line. … Cirelli did not participate in the Lightning’s morning skate, but coach Jon Cooper said he would play.

AVALANCHE (3C) at STARS (2C)

Western Conference First Round, Game 5

9:30 p.m. ET; Victory+, ESPN, ALT, SN360, SN, TVAS

Series is tied up at 2 apiece. Becomes another best of 3. Why bother with 7 games? We don't know, other than apparently it's exciting for fans and more importantly, more revenue for owners.

Avalanche projected lineup

Artturi Lehkonen -- Nathan MacKinnon -- Martin Necas

Gabriel Landeskog -- Brock Nelson -- Valeri Nichushkin

Jonathan Drouin -- Charlie Coyle -- Joel Kiviranta

Parker Kelly -- Jack Drury -- Logan O’Connor

Devon Toews -- Cale Makar

Samuel Girard -- Josh Manson

Ryan Lindgren -- Sam Malinski

Mackenzie Blackwood

Scott Wedgewood

Scratched: Erik Johnson, Keaton Middleton, Jimmy Vesey, Miles Wood

Injured: Ross Colton (lower body)

Stars projected lineup

Mikael Granlund -- Roope Hintz -- Mikko Rantanen

Mason Marchment -- Matt Duchene -- Tyler Seguin

Jamie Benn -- Wyatt Johnston -- Evgenii Dadonov

Oskar Back -- Sam Steel -- Colin Blackwell

Thomas Harley -- Ilya Lyubushkin

Esa Lindell -- Cody Ceci

Lian Bichsel -- Alexander Petrovic

Jake Oettinger

Casey DeSmith

Scratched: Mavrik Bourque, Mathew Dumba, Brendan Smith

Injured: Miro Heiskanen (knee), Nils Lundkvist (shoulder), Jason Robertson (lower body)

Status report

The Avalanche are expected to use the same lineup from their 4-0 win in Game 4 on Saturday. … Back will return after not playing in Game 4 because of an undisclosed injury. … Heiskanen, a defenseman, will not play. He remains day to day.

(All lineup projections courtesy of nhl.com so blame them, not us)

GAME DAY BATTLE HYMN

Chris knows what it means to meet the one who doesn't care - about the playoffs no more.

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