Tampa Bay at Montreal

This is a tough spot for Tampa Bay, coming off a seven-game series win and now heading out on the road to rested Montreal. The Lightning battled back from a 3-2 series deficit against Detroit. The Lightning is not a great road team (20-17) and they are 25-52 away against a team with a home winning percentage of greater than .600. The Lightning's power play converted only 2-of-30 chances against the Red Wings and they face a dominant Montreal defense, tops in the NHL in goals allowed. The Canadiens are 41-19 against the Eastern Conference. Montreal goalie Price established league highs in wins (44), goals-against average (1.96) and save percentage (.933) to become the first netminder to lead the NHL in all three categories since 1990-91. And Canadiens leading scorer Max Pacioretty has eight goals and 14 points in 20 games vs. Tampa Bay. Montreal is 5-0 when playing on three or more days of rest and the Tampa Bay Lightning were swept out of the postseason by Montreal last season. Take Montreal in game one.