Underdog Islanders confident ahead of semifinal Lightning rematch
NY Post
When you take away the series-opening blowout during the Eastern Conference final between the Islanders and Lightning last season, the score disparity was just two goals. And the Islanders played that opener just one day after getting on a plane to Edmonton following their Game 7 win over the Flyers.
Both teams have acknowledged just how tight that series was and expressed an immense mutual respect for one another heading into Game 1 of this year’s semifinal rematch, which begins Sunday at 3 p.m. in Tampa, Fla. While the Lightning are trying to defend their Stanley Cup title, the Islanders once again are the underdogs — listed at 2/1, per BetMGM — even though they don’t see it that way.
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