Lightning’s Cooper had faith in Point’s line coming through vs. Bruins’ top guns

Even after watching Brayden Point's line get torched in Game 1, Tampa Bay Lightning head coach Jon Cooper didn't consider making any adjustments.

The trio of Patrice Bergeron, Brad Marchand, and David Pastrnak was typically dominant in a series-opening win, combining for 11 points, with Point finishing a team-low minus-five, and linemates Tyler Johnson (minus-3) and Ondrej Palat (minus-4) joining him on the ice for several of those goals.

Cooper said he gave zero consideration to switching the Point line away from the Bergeron line, though, and it paid off as Tampa Bay evened the series with a Game 2 victory.

"We had faith in them," Cooper said after the win. "If there was any talk of switching them off, those three would have walked right into my office and said ‘What are you doing?'"

Point subsequently rebounded quite nicely, in fact.

"I feel good," Point said of his performance. "Last game I went minus-five and tonight I get four points. You can’t get too high or too low."

Game 3 is set for Wednesday in Boston.

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