This is the second straight road game for Pittsburgh, feeling good being up two games to one. This is not must-win for them and they face a Tampa Bay team that is home and getting healthy. Defenseman Anton Stralman is a a key cog and came back this week. Tampa Bay is #12 in the NHL in goals scored, fifth in goals allowed and seventh in penalty killing. Andrei Vasilevskiy has filled in admirably since replacing injured goalie Ben Bishop during Tampa Bay's victory in Game 1. The Lightning are a strong bounce-back team, 7-3 after scoring two goals or less in their previous game, plus on a 66-32 run at home. Tampa Bay won all three regular seasons meetings between the teams before taking Game 1 of this series on the road, so coaches and players know there's no need to panic. And the home team is 7-3 in the last 10 meetings. Pittsburgh might take this one, but the value is Tampa Bay on the puckline.
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NHL
Pittsburgh at Tampa Bay
May 20, 2016
8:10 PM Eastern
1 unit on Tampa Bay +1.5 goals -230 (puckline) (risk 1 to return 1.43)
Result:
WIN
WIN
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