New York evened the series at two games each with a 3-2 victory on Saturday night when the Islanders scored three second-period goals and defenseman Ryan Pulock made a diving stop in the final seconds in front of an open net to preserve the win. Semyon Varlamov had 28 saves for New York and Andrei Vasilevskiy gave up the most goals he has allowed since Game 4 of the second round against Carolina. The Islanders have won four of their last six, including the last three games of the Boston series, and they are 8-2 playing with one day of rest and 6-1 after allowing two or fewer goals their previous game. The road team has won five of the last seven meetings and New York is 42-30 on the puck line this season. That's the way to go in this matchup. Play the Islanders on the puck line.
This pick was released to clients on June 21, 2021 at 12:11PM ET.
NHL
New York at Tampa Bay
June 21, 2021
8:00 PM Eastern
1.5 units on New York +1.5 goals -175 (puckline) (risk 1.5 to return 2.36)
Result:
LOSS
LOSS
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