There were enough good stretches for the Tampa Bay Lightning despite their loss that the team remains positive going into Game 4 against the Carolina Hurricanes on Saturday in Tampa, Fla.

As far as New York Islanders coach Barry Trotz is concerned, the first three games of the second-round series with the Boston Bruins have had almost everything: Plenty of feistiness and two games decided in overtime between a pair of evenly matched squads refusing to yield even an inch of ice in front of roaring arenas evoking memories of pre-pandemic times.