Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 33 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.

Without suspended winger Brandon Hagel in the lineup, the Tampa Bay Lightning stormed back to defeat the Florida Panthers 5-1 on Saturday, cutting their deficit in this Eastern Conference first-round series to 2-1 on the strength of five unanswered goals.

The debate over Matthew Tkachuk’s hit on Jake Guentzel during Game 3 of the series between the Florida Panthers and the Tampa Bay Lightning spilled into Saturday night. First, Lightning head coach John Cooper clapped back at his counterpart on the Panthers bench using Paul Maurice's own words during the postgame media availability.

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?