Over This Past Weekend
from Ryan Dixon of Sportsnet,
• Does anyone else just hear the Jaws theme when they think of the Tampa Bay Lighting right now? The Bolts hung six on the Nashville Predators on Saturday night, then pumped a touchdown plus a two-point conversion past the Panthers on Sunday during an 8-4 win that ended Florida’s 13-game run of victories. Tampa has now scored at least six goals in each of its past three outings. Meanwhile, Nikita Kucherov is tied for the league scoring lead in April with 24 points, while Steven Stakmos has put up at least three points in four straight games and Victor Hedman has joined Roman Josi and Cale Makar as defencemen in the 80-point club.
• Speaking of scorching Aprils, the one playoff matchup we know is locked in: St. Louis vs. Minnesota. The series features a ton of guys on big-time heaters. Vladimir Tarasenko, Pavel Buchnevich and Robert Thomas all equaled Kucherov’s 24 points in the month, while Kevin Fiala — who had a seven-point weekend — is one behind at 23 and Wild teammate Kirill Kaprizov clocks in at 20. Did you ever think you’d be dreaming of the fireworks potential in a series between the Blues and Wild?
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