New York Islanders at Tampa Bay Lightning 6/13/21 - NHL Picks & Predictions
Last Updated: 06/12/2021 at 8:09 AM ET
New York Islanders visit the Tampa Bay Lightning on Sunday for Game 1 of their NHL Stanley Cup semifinals best-of-seven series. New York reached the semifinals by eliminating the Boston Bruins 4-2 in the finals of the East division. New York trailed in the series 2-1, but won each of the next three games scoring an average of 5.00 goals per game and allowing an average of only 2.33 goals per game.
During the postseason, the leading goal scorer for New York has been Kyle Palmieri with seven, while Brock Nelson has scored six. Jean-Gabriel Pageau is the leader in assists with 10 and is the leader in overall points with 13, Matt Martin has a team-high 15 penalty minutes and Scott Mayfield has a team best plus/minus at 12. In goal, Semyon Varlamov is 4-3-0 with a goals-against average of 2.62 and save percentage of .925.
Tampa Bay reached the Stanley Cup semifinals by eliminating the Carolina Hurricanes 4-1 in the best of seven finals of the Central division. Tampa Bay goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy was superb in net during the series against the Hurricanes allowing an average of only 1.80 goals per game. Tampa Bay scored an average of 2.80 goals per game during the series with the Hurricanes.
During the postseason, the leading goal scorer for Tampa Bay is Brayden Point with eight, while Alex Killorn is the second leading scorer with six. Nikita Kucherov is the leader in assists with 13 and the overall leader in points with 18. Pat Maroon has a team high 28 penalty minutes and Ryan McDonagh has a team-best plus/minus at 9. In goal, Andrei Vasilevskiy is 8-3-0 with a goals against average of 2.24, save percentage of .934 and two shutouts.
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Tampa Bay has dominated it's head-to-head encounters with New York. The Lightning have won eight of the last 11 on their home ice against the Islanders and 16 of the last 22 overall against New York. Tampa Bay goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy has two shutouts during the postseason and a 2.24 goals against average, while Semyon Varlamov has split duties in net with Ilya Sorokin and both have higher GAA’s than Vasilevskiy’s 2.24. Final Score Prediction, Tampa Bay Lightning win 4-2
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