Tampa Bay at San Jose

Tampa Bay has won nine of the past 10 meetings, including an 8-1 shellacking on Dec. 5. The Lightning have won six of eight although they look to bounce back from a 5-2 loss to a suddenly hot Montreal team on Sunday. The Lightning are 5-0 playing with at least three days rest and they have won five of their past six road games. San Jose is on an eight-game losing streak while averaging only 2.13 goals in that span. The Sharks are 8-43 their past 51 games following a loss by at least three goals and they come off a 4-0 defeat against Philadelphia on Tuesday. San Jose has lost 31 of 37 as a home underdog of at least +201. The Sharks have lost six home games in a row and five of their past six home games against the Lightning. Andrei Vasilevskiy is 16-10-1 with a 2.39 goals-against average for Tampa Bay. Take the Lightning.