Nikita Kucherov and the Lightning are moving on in the Stanley Cup playoffs.
Kucherov scored his 27th career postseason goal and Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 26 shots as the top seed in the Eastern Conference beat the Devils 3-1 on Saturday in Tampa, Fla., to end the series in five games.
Mikhail Sergachev became the youngest player in Lightning history to score a playoff goal and Ryan Callahan sealed it with an empty-netter with 1.7 seconds remaining.
Kucherov, who had 100 points during the regular season, had five goals and five assists in the series. sizzling shot past goalie Cory Schneider put the Lightning up 2-0 at 12:27 of the third period.
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