Tampa Bay Lightning at Montreal Canadiens 7/5/21 - NHL Picks & Predictions

The Lightning are in the cat bird seat as it would be called. The Lightning are only 1 game away from securing the Stanley Cup trophy in the series. That would be a great win for the Tampa Bay team, but it would also be an asterisk type of season as Tampa Bay is over the salary cap.

The last game seen the Canadiens defense collapse again in the game. The loss came by a score of 6-3. The good news is the Montreal offense was finally able to score more than a single goal against the Tampa Bay defense. 

With the win the Tampa Bay offense ended up getting a total of 30 shots in the game. The Lightning delivered a total of 46 hits in the game and only had 2 penalty minutes. The Lightning ended up winning a toatl of 31 faceoffs in the game. 

Montreal was able to put up more shots at 35 shots in hte game. The Canadiens ended up getting outmatched physically with only 38 hits. Montreal ended up winning 30 faceoffs in the game, but did have 2 penalty minutes that went against them.