NHL Playoffs Lightning vs. Penguins Game 1 live stream: Watch online

Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Pittsburgh Penguins

The Tampa Bay Lightning and the Pittsburgh Penguins have made it to the Eastern Conference Finals. Whoever wins the series will go on to the Stanley Cup Final. Tampa Bay will be trying to return to the Stanley Cup Final for the second consecutive year while the Penguins will be looking to return to the finals for the first time since the 2008-09 season when they won the Stanley Cup.

Nikita Kucherov, Ben Bishop, and Victor Hedman lead Tampa Bay while Phil Kessel, Sidney Crosby, and Evgeni Malkin lead the Penguins.

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Also helping lead Tampa Bay will be their forward depth and their impressive blue line that could be getting their second-best defenseman back in Anton Stralman. Pittsburgh will also be led by their rookie goaltender Matthew Murray, who is trying to become the first goalie since Ken Dryden to win a Conn Smythe before being eligible to win a Calder Trophy.

Game 1 will be aired nationally beginning at 8:00 p.m. EST on NBC Sports Network. The game can also be viewed via computer or smartphone courtesy of NBC Sports Live Extra. In order to watch the full game on NBC Sports Live Extra, you will need your cable company username and password.

Details for Game 1 between the Tampa Bay Lightning and the Pittsburgh Penguins are below:

Date: Friday, May 13

Start Time: 8:00 p.m. ET

Location: Pittsburgh, Pa.

Stadium: Consol Energy Center

TV Info: NBCSN

Live Stream: NBC Sports Live Extra

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