Total of the Month NHL 10*
(NHL) NY Rangers vs. Tampa Bay,
Total: 5.50 | 110.00 Over
Result: Loss
#41/42 ASA NHL TOP PLAY ON 10* Over 5.5 Goals +110 - New York Rangers at Tampa Bay Lightning, Sunday at 3:05 PM ET – The set-up here is ideal to expect plenty of goals. Lightning are down 2-0 in this series and need to respond on home ice. Trouble is they have had a very hard time stopping a relentless Rangers team that continues to pile up goals. Look for TB to join the goal-scoring party in this one. The Bolts most recent home game was a 2-0 win but each of their first 4 home playoff games before that one totaled at least 6 goals. The Lightning have averaged 4.3 goals in regulation time in their last 4 home games. Here they host the Rangers and it is essentially a do or die game as Tampa can not afford to go down 3 games to 0 in this series. Off back to back losses, Tampa Bay responds here. The Bolts are 3-1 and have averaged 4.3 goals in regulation time in this post-season when they are entering a game off a loss. So TB bounces back here and should be a solid win, right? Not so fast! The reason the play here is the over (rather than Tampa) is because there certainly is support for expecting the Bolts to come up big in the offensive zone but, at the same time, continuing to struggle to slow down a Rangers club playing with a ton of confidence. New York has scored an average of 4.5 goals per game in the 6 wins in their current 6-1 hot streak. The Rangers also have won 6 of last 7 against the Lightning. Game 2 fell just short of an over but the prior game totaled 8 goals and we should easily get to at least 6 here. Rangers goalie Shesterkin has a higher GAA on the road than at home and Lightning goalie Vasilevskiy has not been his typical consistent dominant self so far in this post-season. As you can see per all of the above, plenty of reasons to expect solid goal-scoring from both clubs in this one! Take the OVER here