Chicago at Tampa Bay
When: 7:15 PM ET, Saturday, June 6, 2015
Where: Amalie Arena, Tampa, Florida
TV: 7:15 p.m. ET, NBC, CBC, TVA Sports
PREDICTION: Lightning 4, Blackhawks 2
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Oddsmakers currently have the Lightning listed as 122-moneyline favorites versus the Blackhawks, while the game’s total is sitting at 5.

Last time out for Chicago, they were a 2-1 winner as they battled the Lightning on the road. Moneyline bettors who got the Blackhawks at +111 were rewarded, while the 3 combined goals moved the game UNDER for totals bettors.

Defenseman Duncan Keith set up Teravainen’s goal to extend his assist/point streak to five games, during which he has set up eight tallies. The two-time Norris Trophy winner has a career-high 17 assists and 19 points in the playoffs, with the former serving as the most by a blue-liner in a playoff year since New York Rangers stud Brian Leetch (23, 1994) and the latter as the most by a defenseman since Edmonton’s Chris Pronger (21, 2006). Keith, who is logging a massive 31:28 of average ice time in the playoffs, sat out Friday’s practice but is in no danger of missing Game 2.

Team record: 61-32-7
Current Streak: won 3 straight games.
Chicago is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Chicago’s last 5 games
Chicago is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games on the road
Chicago is 2-6 SU in its last 8 games when playing Tampa Bay

The vaunted “Triplets” line of Tyler Johnson, Ondrej Palat and Nikita Kucherov was held in check in the series opener, but coach Jon Cooper isn’t ready to push the panic button. “They’ve proven time and time again, they may be kept off the scoresheet a game here, a game there, but you’re not going to keep them off for long,” Cooper said of the line that recorded 28 goals and 55 points over the first three rounds of the playoffs. In the Stanley Cup final opener, however, the trio combined for just two shots.

Team record: 62-33-8
Tampa Bay is 15-8 SU in its last 23 games at home
Tampa Bay is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Tampa Bay’s last 6 games at home
Tampa Bay is 6-2 SU in its last 8 games when playing Chicago

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Tampa Bay at NY Rangers
When: 8:00 PM ET, Friday, May 29, 2015
Where: Madison Square Garden, New York, New York
TV: 8 p.m. ET, NBCSN, CBC, TVA
PREDICTION: Rangers 3, Lightning 1
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Oddsmakers currently have the Rangers listed as 151-moneyline favorites versus the Lightning, while the game’s total is sitting at 5.

New York was a 7-3 winner in its last match on the road against the Lightning. They won as +120 underdogs, while the total score of 10 made winners of OVER bettors.

Tampa Bay did manage to win Games 6 and 7 in its first-round matchup with Detroit, but it needs to find a way to get the “Triplets” line of Ondrej Palat, Tyler Johnson and Nikita Kucherov going. Although Kucherov scored twice in Game 6 on a pair of assists by Johnson, the unit has produced six points in the last three contests after dominating the first half of the series by combining for eight goals and eight assists in the first three games. A flu bug that had been affecting the Lightning seems to have subsided, but they need a better outing from Ben Bishop, who allowed a goal on the first shot he faced in Game 6 and eventually was pulled after surrendering five tallies for the third time in four starts.

Team record: 61-32-8
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Tampa Bay’s last 5 games
Tampa Bay is 6-2 SU in its last 8 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 11 of Tampa Bay’s last 16 games on the road
Tampa Bay is 7-3 SU in its last 10 games when playing NY Rangers

Brassard had scored just one goal in his previous eight games before notching his first career hat trick and becoming the third player in franchise history to collect five points in a playoff contest. Rick Nash, a 42-goal scorer during the regular season who drew a ton of criticism after tallying only twice in the first 15 games of the postseason, has come alive with three goals and four assists over the last three contests. Still, the fortunes of the Presidents’ Trophy winners likely will hinge on the performance of Lundqvist, who set the tempo in Game 6 with 15 first-period saves and has been victorious in his last six Game 7s while posting a .973 save percentage and microscopic 0.81 goals-against average.

Team record: 64-28-8
NY Rangers is 17-8 SU in its last 25 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of NY Rangers’s last 5 games
NY Rangers is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of NY Rangers’s last 5 games at home

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