Who will WIN this matchup?
Tampa Bay Lightning (36-17-3)
@ Montreal Canadiens (24-21-11)
Starting Goalies:
Andrei Vasilevskiy (TB): Unconfirmed
Carey Price (MON): Unconfirmed
Current odds:
Tampa Bay Lightning: (-135)
Montreal Canadiens: (+115)
• It’s not a do-or-die game for the Montreal Canadiens, but they know losing Friday’s home clash with the Tampa Bay Lightning will essentially seal their fate in the Stanley Cup Final. With the Lightning leading the best-of-seven series 2-0 as it switches locations, the Canadiens must find the magic elixir to win and prevent a potential sweep at the hands of the defending champions.
• Likely the biggest key for the Canadiens would be to score first. It was Montreal’s calling card to success through the first three rounds of the playoffs, but the Lightning have hit the scoreboard first in both games. So far, beating Lightning goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy has been a tall order. Montreal has only two goals in the series, and both were long shots that deflected twice off defenders before finding the mark.
• Montreal head coach Dominique Ducharme will return to the bench after a bout with COVID-19 forced him to stay away from the team since early in the team’s third-round series with the Vegas Golden Knights. That may give the hosts a boost.
• The Lightning have led by a 2-0 margin in eight previous best-of-seven series and won them all. Even so, they head into this clash knowing they were fortunate to win Wednesday’s clash, 3-1.
• Certainly the venue will have a different feel. While the arena was packed with 17,166 fans in Tampa, Montreal can only have 3,500 fans on hand for the first ever Stanley Cup Final game at the Bell Centre. That won’t limit the excitement of a game in Montreal.
• Regardless, the onus will be on the Lightning to play better compared to last game against a Montreal team that will give its all. “We’re playing a really good team,” Cooper said. “Our team game, we know we can be better, and if anybody has watched us play, you know we can be better. But again, and I said this (Wednesday) night, part of it was what Montreal was doing. They have a say in how we’re playing. You win the first game and you expect a push from the other team and we got it.”
•Coming Soon•
•Coming Soon•
•Coming Soon•
•Coming Soon•
•Coming Soon•
•Coming Soon•
•Coming Soon•
•Coming Soon•
•Coming Soon•
•Coming Soon•
•Coming Soon•
•Coming Soon•
 
Top Pick Record For September 2022: 78-14
Top Pick Record For August 2022: 48-12
Top Pick Record For July 2022: 37-9
Top Pick Record For June 2022: 31-14
Top Pick Record For May 2022: 40-15
Top Pick Record For April 2022: 48-11
Top Pick Record For March 2022: 122-29
Top Pick Record For February 2022: 92-34
Top Pick Record For January 2022: 98-18
Top Pick Record For December 2021: 103-24
Top Pick Record For November 2021: 86-32
Top Pick Record For October 2021: 74-20
Top Pick Record For September 2021: 75-25
Top Pick Record For August 2021: 43-17
Top Pick Record For July 2021: 28-9
Top Pick Record For June 2021: 43-11
Top Pick Record For May 2021: 61-18
Top Pick Record For April 2021: 51-15
Top Pick Record For March 2021: 152-37
Top Pick Record For February 2021: 60-28
Top Pick Record For January 2021: 55-23
Top Pick Record For December 2020: 47-23
Top Pick Record For November 2020: 24-5
Top Pick Record For October 2020: 21-5
Top Pick Record For September 2020: `41-12
Top Pick Record For August 2020: 32-8
Top Pick Record For July 2020: 11-5
Top Pick Record For June 2020: 2-0
Top Pick Record For May 2020: 5-1
Top Pick Record For April 2020: 7-2
Top Pick Record For March 2020: 13-3
Top Pick Record For February 2020: 13-4
Top Pick Record For January 2020: 17-4
Top Pick Record For December 2019: 22-7
Top Pick Record For November 2019: 21-7
Top Pick Record For October 2019: 14-4
Top Pick Record For September 2019: 22-2
 
Top Pick Record For NBA: 220-106
Top Pick Record For NFL: 84-18
Top Pick Record For MLB: 195-76
Top Pick Record For NHL: 127-43
Top Pick Record For College Football: 120-34
Top Pick Record For Men's College Basketball: 241-83
Top Pick Record For Women's College Basketball: 137-23
Top Pick Record For WNBA: 56-11
Top Pick Record For Soccer: 68-12
Top Pick Record For UFC: 2-0
Top Pick Record For Tennis: 45-11
Top Pick Record For Hockey: 6-0
Top Pick Record For Golf: 3-1
Top Pick Record For Olympics: 3-0
Top Pick Record For Boxing: 1-0
Top Pick Record For Baseball: 3-2
Top Pick Record For Softball: 7-3
Top Pick Record For Volleyball: 6-0
Top Pick Record For Other: 21-0
Top Pick Record For Hoops: 6-1
Top Pick Record For Television: 1-0
Top Pick Record For Eating: 3-0
Top Pick Record For Cricket: 1-0
Top Pick Record For Lacrosse: 4-0
Top Pick Record For Track & Field: 1-0
 
An update on the old Streak for the cash game formally run by ESPN: http://streakforthecash.com