Capitals at Lightning 5/23/18 - NHL Picks & Predictions
On Wednesday, the Washington Capitals will visit the Tampa Bay Lightning in Game 7 of their NHL Eastern Conference Finals best of seven series with the winner moving on to play in the Stanley Cup Finals against the Las Vegas Golden Knights.
During the postseason, Nikita Kucherov leads Tampa Bay in goals scored with seven, in assists with 10 and in points with 17. Andrei Vasilevskiy in 16 playoff games in net for Tampa Bay is 11-5 with a goals against of 2.55 and a save percentage of .920. During the regular season, Tampa Bay was 1st in goals scored at 3.5, 13th in goals against at 2.9, 3rd in power play percentage at 23.9, and 27th in penalty kill percentage at 76.1.
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The road team (Capitals) has won 5 of the last 7 games between the two teams. Washington is coming off a huge home win and will be physical again in Game 7. This should take Tampa Bay out of its up tempo offensive-minded game. Final Score Prediction, Washington Capitals win 4-2.