Montreal Canadiens at Tampa Bay Lightning 6/30/21 - NHL Picks & Predictions

The Montreal Canadiens look to bounce back from a loss in Game 1 of the NHL Stanley Cup Finals best-of-seven series when visiting the Tampa Bay Lightning on Wednesday for Game 2. Montreal was defeated by Tampa Bay 5-1 on Monday. Ben Chiarot scored Montreal’s only goal in the second period and the Canadiens blue line could not contain the Tampa Bay pressure in front of the Canadiens goal. Carey Price made 22 saves in net for the Canadiens in the loss.

The leading goal scorers for Montreal during the postseason are Tyler Toffoli and Nick Suzuki with five goals each, while the leader in assists is Toffoli with nine and Suzuki has eight. Toffoli is the overall leader in points with 14. Eric Gustafsson is the plus/minus leader at 5. In goal, Carey Price is 12-6-0 with a goals-against average of 2.18 and save percentage of .928.

Tampa Bay looks to take a 2-0 lead in the Cup finals with a second consecutive victory on its home ice Wednesday. Nikita Kucherov scored two goals and made one assist for the Lightning and became only the third player in NHL history, along with Wayne Gretzky and Mario Lemieux, to score 30 points or more and two straight postseasons. Andrei Vasilevskiy made 18 saves in net for the Lightning.

Brandon Point is the leader in goals scored during the postseason for Tampa Bay with 14. Nikita Kucherov is the leader in assists with 23 and the leader in overall points with 30. Point is second in points with 23 and Ryan McDonagh is the leader in play/minus at 12. In goal, Andrei Vasilevskiy is 13-6-0 with a goals-against average of 1.94, save percentage of .936 and three shutouts.