Just two games on Monday night for the NHL playoffs, with Game 4 in the battle for Florida, and Avs-Stars tied heading into Game 5.

The Florida Panthers look to tighten their grip on their first-round NHL Playoffs series with the Tampa Bay Lightning with Game 3 on Saturday on their home ice.

Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 33 shots and the Tampa Bay Lightning came back to beat the Florida Panthers 5-1 to cut their deficit in the first-round series to 2-1.

The Lightning routed the Panthers 5-1 in Game 3 of their first-round series, cutting Florida’s series lead to 2-1.

Florida Panthers forward Matthew Tkachuk will not face any further discipline for his hit on Tampa Bay Lightning's Jake Guentzel, according to ESPN's Emily Kaplan. The hit occurred during Game 3 of the teams' Eastern Conference first-round series on Sunday,

Florida's Matthew Tkachuk was penalized for hitting Tampa Bay's Jake Guentzel late. Brandon Hagel was suspended for a similar hit. Could Tkachuk be?

Then, the "NHL on TNT" panel offered different perspectives on whether or not the Tkachuk deserves a suspension for the action. Tkachuk’s late hit, which earned him a five-minute major for interference,