New York Rangers vs Tampa Bay Lightning Prediction, Pick and Preview, Jun 5 (6/5): NHL

New York Rangers vs Tampa Bay Lightning Prediction, Pick and Preview, Jun 5 (6/5): NHL

Credit: photo by Dennis Schneidler-USA TODAY Sports

 

Odds

Time 3:00 p.m. EST
Lightning money line +150
Lightning spread +1.5 (-180)
Rangers money line -175
Rangers spread -1.5 (+155)
Over / under 5.5
 

2021-2022 season stats

  Tampa Bay Lightning New York Rangers
Record 59-36 62-36
Home / Road record 31-15 27-21
Streak L2 W4
Goals per game 3.48 3.05
Goals allowed per game 2.78 2.49
Shots per game 30.9 29.2
Shots allowed per game 29.8 30.8
PP % 23.9% 25.20%
PK % 19.05% 17.60%
Over / under record 50-43-2 42-52-4

 

Preview

The Tampa Bay Lightning and the New York Rangers meet again at the Amalie Arena in Tampa Bay to play the Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Finals. The Rangers won the first 2 games of the series at home and they're 5-0 against the Lightning this season.

Tampa Bay Lightning

The Lightning have won 6 of their last 8 games and are 31-15 at home with a 59-36 record overall ranking 3rd in the Atlantic Division. The Lightning are 37-21-5 against eastern conference rivals. Tampa Bay have a +52 scoring differential, with 294 total goals scored and 238 given up.

Steven Stamkos has scored 42 goals with 64 assists for the Lightning. Corey Perry has five goals and one assist over the past 10 games.

In their last 10 games the Lightning are 7-3, averaging 3.3 goals, 5.5 assists, 4.8 penalties and 13.1 penalty minutes while giving up 2.5 goals per game.

New York Rangers

The Rangers have won 6 of their last 7 games and are 27-21 on the road this season, with a 62-36 record overall ranking 2nd in the Metropolitan Division. The Rangers are 45-21 against teams in the East. New York is ninth in the Eastern Conference averaging 5.3 assists per game, led by Artemi Panarin with 1.0.

Artemi Panarin has 22 goals and 74 assists for the Rangers. Chris Kreider has scored six goals with two assists over the last 10 games and leads the team with 52 goals.

In their last 10 games the Rangers are 7-3, averaging 3.5 goals, 5.4 assists, 3.6 penalties and 7.4 penalty minutes while giving up 2.1 goals per game.

BETTING TRENDS

NY Rangers are 6-1 SU in their last 7 games.

NY Rangers are 5-0 SU in their last 5 games against Tampa Bay.

Tampa Bay are 7-1 SU in their last 8 games at home.

The total has gone OVER in 4 of Tampa Bay's last 5 games when playing at home against NY Rangers.

Prediction

The Rangers continue with their momentum by slowing down the Lightning hot offense, holding them to only 2 goals in the last 2 games and they've beat them in 5 straight games. The Lightning are 4-0 in their last 4 games at home so this should be another close game and it's hard to belive that the Lightning will lose 3 in a row in the playoffs. Take the Lightning.

PICK: Lightning ML (-175)

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