BEAST of the EAST
(NHL) Tampa Bay vs. Montreal, 07/05/2021 8:00 PM, Score: 2 - 3
Money Line: 144.00 Montreal (Home)
Result: Win
This is a 5* play on Montreal.

After watching the first three games of this series, it seems pretty clear that Tampa is the better team. Then again, they probably said that about the San Jose Sharks when they had a 3-0 series lead versus LA in the first round in 2014. The Kings went on to beat the Sharks and win the Stanley Cup that year. While that was the last time we saw a team come back from a 3-0 series deficit, you have to go even further back to find the last time a team was swept in the Stanley Cup Finals. The last team to win 4-0 in the Stanley Cup Finals was Detroit in 1998. I'm not ready to call for another epic comeback, but I do think that the Habs are more than capable of extending this series and forcing it back to Tampa for Game 5.

GL,

Jesse Schule