It’s been a week since the last Lightning game. They arrived in Edmonton on Saturday and will kick off the Eastern Conference final against the Islanders on Monday night.
The conference final will be broadcasted nationally, as the semifinals were. The Lightning-Islanders and Stars-Golden Knights will alternate days with no back-to-back games on the schedule for either series.
The Lightning and Islanders have a 3 p.m. matinee next Sunday in Game 4, setting up an overlap with quarterback Tom Brady’s Buccaneers debut kicking off at 4:30 p.m. in New Orleans; that game airs on Fox. Next Sunday’s Lightning game is one of two slated for NBC instead of NBCSN, and the network carries Sunday Night Football.
For added fun next Sunday, the playoff-contending Rays also wrap up a series against the Red Sox, starting at 1:10 on Fox Sports Sun.
Lightning-Islanders schedule
Game 1: Monday, Sept. 7, 8 p.m., NBCSN
Game 2: Wednesday, Sept. 9, 8 p.m., NBCSN
Game 3: Friday, Sept. 11, 8 p.m., USA Network
Game 4: Sunday, Sept. 13, 3 p.m., NBC
Game 5*: Tuesday, Sept. 15, 8 p.m., NBCSN
Game 6*: Thursday, Sept. 17, 8 p.m., NBCSN
Game 7*: Saturday, Sept. 19, 7:30 p.m., NBC
Stars-Golden Knights schedule
Game 1: Sunday, Sept. 6, 8 p.m., NBC
Game 2: Tuesday, Sept. 8, 8 p.m., NBCSN
Game 3: Thursday, Sept. 10, 8 p.m., NBCSN
Game 4: Saturday, Sept. 12, 8 p.m., NBC
Game 5*: Monday, Sept. 14, 8 p.m., NBCSN
Game 6*: Wednesday, Sept. 16, 8 p.m., NBCSN
Game 7*: Friday, Sept. 18, 9 p.m., NBCSN
* — if necessary