NHL Playoffs 2016: TV Schedule, Live Stream Info, Odds for Saturday's Round 1

The New York Rangers are breathing a sigh of relief. Henrik Lundqvist is feeling much better and may be in the lineup Saturday afternoon when the Rangers try to even their first-round NHL playoff series with the Pittsburgh Penguins.

Lundqvist took a stick through the eye hole of his goalie mask in the first game of the series between the Rangers and Penguins; Antti Raanta replaced him at the start of the second period.

There were fears that the injury was serious, but Lundqvist was back at practice for the Rangers on Friday, and New York Post hockey columnist Larry Brooks tweeted that Lundqvist had no issues at practice:

Lundqvist also reported  that the practice session had gone well. "We're taking it day-by-day here, but the practice was good," Lundqvist said to the media (h/t Scott Burnside of ESPN. "But I'm very pleased with the way it felt."

Even if Lundqvist plays, it may not be enough. The Penguins were the sharpest team in the league during the home stretch of the regular season. Pittsburgh won 14 of its last 16 games heading into the playoffs, and the Penguins have gotten a lift from head coach Mike Sullivan.

The Penguins scored a 5-2 victory over the Rangers in the series opener as Patric Hornqvist scored a hat trick and third-string goalie Jeff Zatkoff stopped 35 of 37 shots. 

Starter Marc-Andre Fleury (concussion) may or may not be back in the lineup for Game 2, but Sullivan has no reason to rush him back in the lineup since the Penguins' offense is operating efficiently and Zatkoff did the job in the opener.

The Rangers will need a much better effort to square the series, but at least they should have Lundqvist back in the lineup.

Faceoff is at 3 p.m. ET at the Consol Energy Center.

Matchup	Series Standing	Time (ET)	Odds	Pick
N.Y. Rangers at Pittsburgh	Pitt., 1-0	3 p.m.	Pitt. -168; NYR +152	Pitt.
Philadelphia at Washington	Wash., 1-0	7 p.m.	Wash. -225; Phil. +201	Wash.
Minnesota at Dallas	Dall., 1-0	8 p.m	Dall. -201; Minn. +180	Dall.
San Jose at Los Angeles	SJ, 1-0	10:30 p.m.	LA -146; SJ +132	SJ

The playoff games can be live-streamed on NHL.TV.

While the visiting Rangers will try to square their series, the San Jose Sharks will attempt to take a 2-0 lead over the Los Angeles Kings in their Western Conference playoff series.

The Sharks pulled off a 4-3 road victory in the series opener against a team that embarrassed them in the playoffs in their last meeting.

Neither the Kings nor the Sharks made the 2015 playoffs, but the Kings rallied from an 0-3 deficit in 2014 to rip off four straight victories and eliminate the Sharks.

Joe Pavelski demonstrated that he is not willing to be a part of that kind of series again. He scored two goals for the Sharks Thursday night, including the game-winner on a spectacular wrap-around shot early in the third period that broke a 3-3 tie.

The Kings twice took the lead in that game, and the Sharks battled back quickly to tie the score. They never allowed the Kings to feel comfortable with the lead at the Staples Center, and former Kings backup goalie Martin Jones picked up his level of play once the Sharks took the lead.

The Kings lost defenseman Alec Martinez for most of the second and third period after he blocked a shot and left the ice in discomfort. Martinez missed the last four games of the regular season with an undisclosed injury, and Kings coach Darryl Sutter acknowledged the defense was not at the level that it needed to be at.

"Once we got down a defenseman, that was there," he said to the media after the game (h/t Kevin Kurz, CSN Bay Area). "They scored four goals on [23] shots. We have to be better than that."

The Sharks and Kings will drop the puck at 10:30 p.m. ET Saturday night.