Tampa Bay has won nine of 11 games and is on the verge of securing a playoff berth. The Lightning have won eight of the past 10 meetings with Montreal, including all three this season. Tampa Bay had a 4-3 shootout victory over the Canadiens on March 2 and the Lightning have won six of the past eight meetings at Montreal. The Canadiens' only incentive now is to avoid last place in the Atlantic Division and they are 12-40 their past 52 division games. The Lightning have won seven of eight against Eastarn Conference opponents and they score 3.47 goals per game compared to just 2.72 for Montreal this season. Tampa Bay beat Toronto on Wednesday as Andrei Vasilevskiy had 28 shots. Matt Tomkins will start tonight for the first time since November for Tampa Bay. He has allowed two or fewer goals is 12 of his past 16 games with Syracuse of the AHL. Take the Lightning.
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Who was the public on? 76% of the public money was on Tampa Bay Lightning to win on the moneyline. And, 64% of the bets were on the game to go OVER the total.
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My computer prediction for this game was that Montreal would win by a score of 3.5 to 2.7 with Montreal winning on the moneyline and on the puckline and the game going UNDER the total.
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Who was the public on? 67% of the public money was on Tampa Bay Lightning to win on the moneyline. And, 53% of the bets were on the game to go UNDER the total.
Computer Predictions
My computer prediction for this game was that Montreal would win by a score of 3.0 to 2.2 with Montreal winning on the moneyline and on the puckline and the game going UNDER the total.
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Tampa Bay at Montreal
7:07 PM Eastern
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Public Consensus
Who was the public on? 75% of the public money was on Tampa Bay Lightning to win on the moneyline. And, 59% of the bets were on the game to go OVER the total.
Computer Predictions
My computer prediction for this game was that Tampa Bay would win by a score of 3.1 to 2.3 with Tampa Bay winning on the moneyline, Montreal winning on the puckline and the game going UNDER the total.
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Montreal at Tampa Bay
7:07 PM Eastern
The Tampa Bay Lightning have slowly been eroding. They averaged better than 60 wins a season for five straight years, including the playoffs, but last year had just 48, and are at just 32 this season. Things are certainly not going favorably for this team in recent games as they are just 2-5 in their last seven games. They have a lot to clean up on the defensive end of the ice as the Lightning in those seven games are allowing 4.3 goals per contest. Montreal is looking for some signs of progress which just have not been there this season, but they catch a slowly eroding Tampa Bay team in a stretch of the season where they are vulnerable to anyone. Make the play on Montreal.
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Public Consensus
Who was the public on? 73% of the public money was on Tampa Bay Lightning to win on the moneyline. And, 58% of the bets were on the game to go OVER the total.
Computer Predictions
My computer prediction for this game was that Tampa Bay would win by a score of 2.8 to 2.6 with Tampa Bay winning on the moneyline, Montreal winning on the puckline and the game going UNDER the total.
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Public Consensus
Who was the public on? 51% of the public money was on Montreal Canadiens to win on the moneyline. And, 63% of the bets were on the game to go OVER the total.
Computer Predictions
My computer prediction for this game was that Tampa Bay would win by a score of 3.5 to 2.9 with Tampa Bay winning on the moneyline, Montreal winning on the puckline and the game going UNDER the total.
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