NHL Playoff Breakout Players

A first round pick (22nd overall) by the Islanders in 2002, Bergenheim spent parts of five nondescript seasons in New York before signing a one-year, $700,000 deal with Tampa Bay as a free agent in the summer of 2010. His 2010-11 season was modest (14 goals, 29 points in 80 games), but as soon as the playoffs -- the first of his career -- started, the Finnish winger, 27, began making his presence felt with regularity. Playing on a highly effective line with Dominic Moore and Steve Downie, Bergenheim scored a league-leading eight goals and 10 points in 13 games (as of this writing, that's two games into the Eastern Conference Final) and was a key figure in Tampa Bay's rally from a three-games-to-one deficit to eliminate the Penguins in the first round.