The NHL Power Play is on Tampa Bay in game 5 of the Stanley Cup Finals. Game 10 at 8:05 eastern. The Lightning will look to bounce back on home ice tonight after dropping a close game in Chicago on Wednesday. If history is any indication the Lightning will look to strike hard here as we can see below. Home teams in game 5 that are ties 2-2 are a solid 17-4. In this Finals they have Not lost in this Exact sequence. Tampa is the #1 scoring team in the league and is a powerful 14-3 after scoring 1 or less goals last time out. They are also 23-8 at home if the total is 5 to 5.5. Chicago has lost 5 of the last 6 here and this is a tough spot for them. Look for Tampa to take Control of the series tonight.





HISTORICAL VICTORY PROBABILITIES: Tied 2-games-all @ HHVV:
Ignoring win order; considering site order: The team tied 2-games-all with site order HHVV (Tampa Bay) has the following best-of-7 playoff series and games record through the 2015 NBA and NHL Semifinals:
series record, all best-of-7 sports, all rounds: 302-152 (.665)
series record, all best-of-7 sports, Finals round: 62-25 (.713)
series record, NHL only, all rounds: 141-95 (.597)
series record, NHL only, Finals round: 17-4 (.810)
Game 5 record, all best-of-7 sports, all rounds: 291-163 (.641)
Game 5 record, all best-of-7 sports, Finals round: 49-38 (.563)
Game 5 record, NHL only, all rounds: 148-88 (.627)
Game 5 record, NHL only, Finals round: 17-4 (.810)