Tampa Bay at Montreal

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.