Tampa Bay Lightning hold sizable difference in playoff experience against New Jersey, but does that give them an edge in playoffs?

BRANDON – Experience doesn’t matter until you have it.
Experience isn’t a factor, unless you don’t have it.
It’s all about how you spin it.
But no matter how you spin that factor when the Tampa Bay Lightning host the New Jersey Devils in the opening round of the playoffs starting with Thursday’s Game 1 at Amalie Arena, Tampa Bay clearly has a significant more amount of playoff experience than New Jersey.
And it could play a significant role in deciding the series.
Tampa Bay will enter the series with 26 players on the roster who have a combined 1,152 games of NHL playoff experience. Of those ...