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(NHL) Tampa Bay vs. NY Islanders,
11/14/2016 2:00 PM, Score: 4 - 0
Total: 5.50 | -135.00 Under
Result: Loss
Total: 5.50 | -135.00 Under
Result: Loss
The set-up: The only game on the NHL ice for Monday is the 8-6-1 Tampa Bay Lightning visiting Brooklyn to take on the 5-7-3 New York Islanders. The Lightning have alternated wins with losses over the last six games (3-2-1), a stretch that comes on the heels of a four-game losing streak (0-4-0). The Islanders (5-7-3) are having the same issues, albeit on a more serious scale. New York has won consecutive games just once all season and has lost seven of its last 10 (3-4-3).
Tampa Bay: The Lightning are just two points behind third-place Ottawa in the Atlantic Division and tied with the Detroit Red Wings for the final wild card spot, despite the team's recent up and down stretch. The Lightning fell to the San Jose Sharks, 3-1 on Saturday night prompting center Steven Stamkos (who leads the team with 17 points) to say after the game, "We need to get some consistency in our game -- we haven't seen that, we play good game, bad game. We just haven't put any good ones in a row." Tampa's No. 1 goalie Ben Bishop has started three of the last four games for the Lightning (took the loss on Saturday) but he earned the win over the Islanders in Tampa Bay last Thursday, when he stopped 26 shots in a 4-1 victory that improved his career record against New York to 6-4-1.
NY Islanders: New York blew a two-goal third period lead this past Saturday and lost 3-2 to the Florida Panthers in overtime. The Islanders have either led or been tied in the third period in seven of their 10 losses. They gave up the game-tying goal with 13.6 seconds remaining in regulation on Saturday night. Islanders goalie Jaroslav Halak has cemented his standing by starting the last six games but note her was pulled for backup Thomas Greiss in the second period this past Thursday, when he stopped just 13 of 16 shots. The loss dropped Halak's record against the Lightning to 4-3-0.
The pick: New York's special teams are struggling, converting only 5-of-44 power-play opportunities, while the team has also given up 12 power-play goals in the last nine games, residing near the bottom of the league at 78 percent overall. Tampa Bay has outscored the Islanders 10-2 in a pair of victories this season, extending its winning streak over them to six, including the final four of their Eastern Conference semifinal playoff series last May. The Lightning have averaged 4.2 goals per game in those six wins and that makes this an 8* play on the Over.
Tampa Bay: The Lightning are just two points behind third-place Ottawa in the Atlantic Division and tied with the Detroit Red Wings for the final wild card spot, despite the team's recent up and down stretch. The Lightning fell to the San Jose Sharks, 3-1 on Saturday night prompting center Steven Stamkos (who leads the team with 17 points) to say after the game, "We need to get some consistency in our game -- we haven't seen that, we play good game, bad game. We just haven't put any good ones in a row." Tampa's No. 1 goalie Ben Bishop has started three of the last four games for the Lightning (took the loss on Saturday) but he earned the win over the Islanders in Tampa Bay last Thursday, when he stopped 26 shots in a 4-1 victory that improved his career record against New York to 6-4-1.
NY Islanders: New York blew a two-goal third period lead this past Saturday and lost 3-2 to the Florida Panthers in overtime. The Islanders have either led or been tied in the third period in seven of their 10 losses. They gave up the game-tying goal with 13.6 seconds remaining in regulation on Saturday night. Islanders goalie Jaroslav Halak has cemented his standing by starting the last six games but note her was pulled for backup Thomas Greiss in the second period this past Thursday, when he stopped just 13 of 16 shots. The loss dropped Halak's record against the Lightning to 4-3-0.
The pick: New York's special teams are struggling, converting only 5-of-44 power-play opportunities, while the team has also given up 12 power-play goals in the last nine games, residing near the bottom of the league at 78 percent overall. Tampa Bay has outscored the Islanders 10-2 in a pair of victories this season, extending its winning streak over them to six, including the final four of their Eastern Conference semifinal playoff series last May. The Lightning have averaged 4.2 goals per game in those six wins and that makes this an 8* play on the Over.
