While Tkachuk might be ready for Game 1 against Tampa Bay, the Lightning will be without a key forward for the entire series.

Tampa Bay Lightning forward Oliver Bjorkstrand will not play in the team's Eastern Conference first-round series against the Florida Panthers, head coach Jon Cooper announced on Saturday. Bjorkstrand is considered week-to-week with a lower-body injury that he sustained the injury during Tampa Bay's 4-3 overtime loss to the Detroit Red Wings on April 11.

Brandon Hagel was suspended one game by the NHL Department of Player Safety on Friday for his hit on Panthers captain Aleksander Barkov in Game 2, which means he will miss Game 3 at Amerant Bank Arena on Saturday (1 p.m. ET; FDSNSUN, SCRIPPS, MAX, truTV, TBS, SN, TVAS).