Tampa Bay at Minnesota

Tampa Bay sits atop the Atlantic Division and won the first meeting 3-0 on Dec. 23.  Minnesota comes off its bye week after losing 3-2 in overtime to Vancouver on Sunday. The Lightning was another victim of the amazing Vegas Golden Knights losing 4-1 on Thursday, but the Lightning is 14-2 its last 16 games against the Central Division. Also, Tampa Bay is 21-5 its last 26 games when the opponent scored two or fewer goals its previous game and 22-8 against the Western Conference overall. Minnesota has lost four of its last five against opponents with winning percentages of at least .600. Andrei Vasilevskiy is 27-8-2 with a sparkling 2.23 goals-against average for Tampa Bay. Play the Lightning.