This is an 8* play on the Tampa Bay Lightning.

The Lightning return home from a successful road trip, winning 3-of-5. They host the Coyotes tonight, and Arizona needed overtime to get past the Panthers at home on Saturday. All three of Arizona's wins so far have come at home, and two of those three came in overtime.

Tampa has been solid on special teams, ranking in the Top 10 both on the power-play as well as the penalty kill. They have gotten stellar goaltending from Ben Bishop, who is 4-1-1 with a 2.21 GAA.

Arizona has really struggled on defense, allowing an average of 3.4 goals per game so far. That's not good news considering that Steven Stamkos has been the NHL's most prolific scorer since he joined the lightning as a rookie in 2008. He has six goals in nine games so far this season, which isn't far off his career average of .57 goals per game.

The Coyotes goaltender Mike Smith stopped 23-of-24 shots in the win over the Panthers Saturday, but he's just 2-3 with a 3.48 GAA so far this season.

Take TB.

GL,

Jesse Schule