2021 Playoffs Round 3, Game 1 @ Tampa, Sunday, June 13, 3:00, NBC

[gear316]

Missed Game 1 due to work and Sportsnet 650 not airing the game. I was pleasantly surprised around 2:15 Pacific when I found Isles leading 1-0 on News1130 while driving in Vancouver. I found out the final score on my phone around 3 pm in North Vancouver.

[TK27]

More than 3 hours after the game and I'm just starting to come down lol

[TK27]

TSN has us back to being the pesky Islanders

[Bossy573]

No Softy, which is huge.

Yup.

[FranzyFan]

Anyone see Lawton breakdown Barzal's goal on the NHL Network. I'm not typically a fan of his analysis, but he did a superb job. Like Jaffe when he was doing our games.

[FranzyFan]

Big game Bailey today! Loved that tape to tape pass to Barzy.

[31GOALIE31]

We won 61% of the faceoffs. That's amazing.

JG, CASEY & TRAVIS know how to win a face-off, even Barzel won a few

[Tjay]

We won 61% of the faceoffs. That's amazing.

Probably the most important stat after the final score.

[TK27]

No Softy, which is huge.

Plus getting through the 1st period was big for Varly.

[TK27]

We won 61% of the faceoffs. That's amazing.

That is probably one of the biggest difference in our team in over 30 years. I really think Pager has passed along some tips to the boys. Oh faceoff team is great!

[Tjay]

Just keep the penalties low all series and I'm happy with that.

I only trust myself to call this series fairly.

[TK27]

Is Sorokin exempt? If he is, Varly's got nothing to worry about.

Ya I think Seattle will take Schnieder

[Tjay]

Yep he was super solid. At no point had to be spectacular. Very calm back there. Great game Varly

No Softy, which is huge.

[TK27]

Sounds like a team that isn't hungry

https://twitter.com/wyshynski/status...896491010?s=19

“Mentally, you could tell by their first shift they were coming to play. Mentally, we have to be a little bit sharper. Not that we’re mad about the way we played, but we need to be better.” -- Alex Killorn, @TBLightning

I thought the exact same thing. You could just see this looked nothing like the team from last year. Of course us being better helps it look that way as well.

[Tjay]

I saw zero hunger in this team today and they looked like they just had to show up to win. I think they got a slap in the face today and are probably wide awake now and I say bring it!

I say, slap them again!