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.

Panthers coach Paul Maurice and Lightning coach Jon Cooper have much in common besides having their names etched onto the Stanley Cup and residing in Florida. They're both savvy in how they deal with media. They're both masters of dry humor. And they don't mind being on the receiving end of a light-hearted jab.

Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 31 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 turned the deficit into a rout in Game 3, beating the Panthers 5-1 Saturday and tightening the series 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,