“You can’t reinvent the wheel tonight,” said Jets captain Blake Wheeler. “You can’t start over and try to do something completely different. I think there’s some things in our game that we really like, some things we can clean up certainly, and hopefully we get a bounce to go our way. Hopefully one goes off of one of their sticks and ricochets into the net, and we’ll take a lead and see how it looks from there. But outside of that, you can’t doubt the process.”

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Adam Pelech and Ryan Pulock are one of the NHL's most underrated defensive pairings and are the rock on which this Islanders blue line is built. Expect to see plenty of them against the Kucherov line. Nick Leddy and Scott Mayfield are the second pairing, with Mayfield having had an outstanding postseason (+12) so far. Veteran Andy Green and Noah Dobson are the third pairing. Advantage: Tampa Bay

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The No. 1 seed is the Vegas Golden Knights. The West champs will be taking on the North champs, the No. 4 Montreal Canadiens. The No. 2 vs. No. 3 showdown is actually a rematch of last year's Eastern Conference final as the defending Stanley Cup champion Tampa Bay Lightning, the Central winners, take on the East champion New York Islanders.New York Islanders NHL Design Face Masks

GM Steve Yzerman won't put a timeline on his rebuilding plan, so it's hard to gauge where the Red Wings should be right now. They improved defensively in 2021, and they surpassed their 2020 win total in 18 fewer games.Seattle Kraken NHL Design Face Masks

In the North Division, No. 3 seed Winnipeg is facing No. 4 Montreal after the Jets swept the Edmonton Oilers and the Canadiens came back from a 3-1 series deficit to beat the Toronto Maple Leafs.