The Tampa Bay Lightning swept the Florida Panthers in the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs. In doing so, the Lightning set some new team records, and a few individual ones as well.
The defending back-to-back champions are looking to be the first to win three consecutive championships in decades. One player, Pat Maroon, is looking to win his fourth in a row.
Amalie Arena
Share1 - AMALIE Arena sold out for the 280th-consecutive game (reg. season and playoffs), the NHL’s longest active sellout streak beginning 3/26/15 (2020-21 season excluded due to social distancing protocols). (Photo by Mike Carlson/Getty Images)
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Share2 - Vasilevskiy has given up one goal total in his last seven series-clinching wins. (Photo by Mike Carlson/Getty Images)
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Share3 - Only one goaltender since 1955-56 has recorded more saves in a series-clinching shutout than Andrei Vasilevskiy in Game 4: Patrick Roy (63 in Game 4 of 1996 SCF). (Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images)
Tampa Bay Lightning
Share4 - The Lightning improved to 24-14 in 38 series-clinching games. Their .632-win percentage in these contests is the fifth-best in NHL history (min. 10 GP). The only other franchises with a better percentage are the Oilers (.667), Canadiens (.651), Predators (.636) and Blackhawks (.633). (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images)
Tampa Bay Lightning
Share5 - The Lightning are the first team to participate in the final four of the Stanley Cup Playoffs at least six times through an eight-year span since the Avalanche did so from 1996 to 2002 (6: 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001 & 2002). (Photo by Joel Auerbach/Getty Images)
Tampa Bay Lightning Steven Stamkos
Share6 - The Lightning won their 10th-consecutive playoff series dating back to the 2020 First Round and became the third different franchise and fourth team overall to win 10 or more playoff series in a row, joining the NY Islanders (19 from 1980-84) and Montreal Canadiens (13 from 1976-80 and 10 from 1956-60). (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images)
Tampa Bay Lightning Victor Hedman
Share7 - The Bolts have won six-straight games since going down 3-2 in the First Round to Toronto, tied for the third-longest playoff win streak in franchise history (all-time record is 8-consecutive playoff wins, accomplished twice previously). (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
Tampa Bay Lightning Victor Hedman and Andrei Vasilevskiy
Share8 - The Lightning haven’t given up a third period goal in six-consecutive contests. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)
Tampa Bay Lightning Andrei Vasilevskiy
Share9 - Tampa Bay goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped all 49 shots he faced to record his seventh-career playoff shutout (T-21st most in NHL playoff history) and sixth shutout in a series-clinching game. (Photo by Mike Carlson/Getty Images)
Tampa Bay Lightning Pat Maroon
Share10 - Maroon scored the series-clinching goal against the Panthers for the second-straight season (also: Game 6 of 2021 1st Rd.). ( Photo by Claus Andersen/Getty images)
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