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Mathew Barzal-Nikita Kucherov dynamic could make difference in Islanders’ Game 7 at Lightning
The Islanders’ best player, Mathew Barzal, is playing his best hockey entering Game 7 of the Stanley Cup semifinals Friday night at Amalie Arena in Tampa, Fla. The Lightning’s best player, Nikita Kucherov, is injured and might not even be in the lineup for the reigning Stanley Cup champions. “No update,” Tampa coach Jon Cooper said Thursday of his top-line wing. “If that scenario came about, ...