The Lightning will defend their teammates, but they don’t have many enforcer types. Defenseman Emil Lilleberg is the exception, but he struggled enough with his own game Tuesday. Still, if there’s someone who can send a message early in Game 2, it’s Lilleberg. And it might be as good for his game as anything else.

Meanwhile, Schmidt is just the second defenseman in franchise history to have a multigoal game in the playoffs. The other is Brandon Montour, who had a pair of two-goal games in Round 1 against the Boston Bruins in the 2023 Stanley Cup playoffs.