2022 NHL Playoffs: Eastern Conference Final Game 5 open thread

Game 5

Tampa Bay Lightning (2) at New York Rangers (2)

5 p.m. PT/8 p.m. ET
Madison Square Garden
ESPN+, ESPN, SN, TVAS, CBC

Lines

TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING

Ondrej Palat — Steven Stamkos — Nikita Kucherov
Brandon Hagel — Anthony Cirelli — Alex Killorn
Ross Colton — Nicholas Paul — Corey Perry
Pat Maroon — Pierre-Edouard Bellemare — Riley Nash

Victor Hedman — Jan Rutta
Ryan McDonagh — Erik Cernak
Mikhail Sergachev — Zach Bogosian

Andrei Vasilevskiy
Brian Elliott

Expected Scratches: Cal Foote

Injured Reserve: Brayden Point (lower body)

NEW YORK RANGERS

Chris Kreider — Mika Zibanejad — Frank Vatrano
Artemi Panarin — Ryan Strome — Andrew Copp
Alexis Lafreniere — Filip Chytil — Kaapo Kakko
Tyler Motte — Barclay Goodrow — Ryan Reaves

Ryan Lindgren — Adam Fox
K’Andre Miller — Jacob Trouba
Justin Braun — Braden Schneider

Igor Shesterkin
Alexandar Georgiev

Expected Scratches: Kevin Rooney, Patrik Nemeth, Libor Hajek, Greg McKegg, Julien Gauthier, Jonny Brodzinski, Dryden Hunt

Injured Reserve: Sammy Blais (knee)