In the latest 2022 Playoff Preview show, host Matthew Zator welcomes in Peter Baracchini and Eugene Helfrick to set up the upcoming series between the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Tampa Bay Lightning. They go through key matchups, players who could be x-factors, the battle between goaltenders Andrei Vasilevskiy and Jack Campbell and make predictions for how the series will end up.

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1:34 Key Matchup: Matthews/Marner vs. Stamkos/Kucherov

3:31 Is Matthews going to be a huge factor in this series?

6:21 Will the Lightning miss their elite third-line from 2020 and 2021?

8:33 Do the Lightning have the edge when it comes to their defense corps?

10:10 Will the Maple Leafs' defense hold up against the Lightning's offense?

13:38 Andrei Vasilevskiy

15:13 Jack Campbell

18:09 Potential X-Factors for the Maple Leafs & Lightning

19:55 The Lightning will win this series if.../The Maple Leafs will win this series if...

21:03 Final Predictions

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