New York Rangers at Tampa Bay Lightning 6/5/22 - NHL Picks & Predictions

Game three of the Eastern Conference finals will take place Saturday afternoon in Tampa Bay Florida as the New York Rangers visit the Tampa Bay Lightning. New York comes into game three up 2-0 in the series following a 3-2 win Friday night in game two. Igor Shesterkin continued his great play posting a .935 save percentage after allowing only two goals on 31 shots in the game.

Offensively this season in New York has averaged 3.05 goals per game on 29.2 shots as a team. Artemi Panarin Leads the way for the New York offense with 96 points on the year to go along with a team high 74 assists. Chris Kreider is the top goal scorer for New York with fifty two goals on 258 total shots.

The Tampa Bay Lightning went back home Sunday afternoon in a deep hole after losing the first two games of this series. Andrei Vasilevsky continued to struggle against New York posting a .893 save percentage after allowing three goals on 28 shots.

The Tampa Bay offense has been the team's biggest strength all season averaging 3.48 goals per game on 30.9 shots as a team. Steven Stamkos is the offensive leader for Tampa Bay with 106 points on the year to go along with a team leading 42 goals.