Matt’s Analysis:
Purely speculation. The Lightning didn’t give any of their Olympic guys Wednesday off at home. But think they might in the second of a B2B. That kinda stuff usually irritates me so profusely, but in this case I would get it. They played for country, let them have a break even at the team’s detriment for one night. Especially on a one-game trip. Even if the Bolts don’t, it’s backup Jonas Johansson and the Hurricanes are fully healthy and didn’t have a ton of guys in Italy. Expect a full roster. Also, could be a huge tiebreaker for the East’s top seed. My Discord folks know me some — that’s you JoeBogs — but not totally. I see no need to play -1 here.