Arizona Coyotes @ Tampa Bay Lightning

Arizona CoyotesCoyotesARI

26-39-11, 11-19-7 Away

Final

	1	2	3	T
Coyotes ARI	0	2	2	4
Lightning TB	0	0	1	1

Tampa Bay LightningLightningTB

51-21-4, 27-9-2 Home

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Regular Season Series

Series tied 1-1

Lightning
4
Coyotes
1

Game 1

15/12

Coyotes
4
Lightning
1

Game 2

27/3

Benchmark International Arena

7:30 AM, 27 March 2018

Tampa, FL

Attendance: 19,092

Referees:
Ian Walsh

Linesmen:
Brian Mach
Darren Gibbs

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Buffalo	50	23	9	109
Tampa Bay	50	26	6	106
Montreal	48	24	10	106
Boston	45	27	10	100
Ottawa	44	27	11	99
Detroit	41	31	10	92
Florida	40	38	4	84
Toronto	32	36	14	78

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