Tampa Bay Lightning at New York Rangers 6/1/22 - NHL Picks & Predictions

The Tampa Bay Lightning will be in Madison Square Garden Wednesday night for game one of the Eastern Conference finals against the New York Rangers. Tampa Bay comes into the semifinals following a four game sweep over the Florida Panthers to extend their playoff win streak to six games Andre Vasilevskiy was dominant against Florida saving all 49 shots against in 60 minutes on the ice leading to the shutout.

The Tampa Bay offense has been the biggest strength of the team this season averaging 3.48 goals per game on 30.9 shots as a team. Steven Stamkos leads the way for the Tampa Bay offense with 106 points on the year to go along with a team leading 42 goals on 241 shots. Victor Hedman Is the top set up man with 65 assists on the year.

The New York Rangers returned home Wednesday night running hot after winning four of their last five games played to advance to the conference semis. Igor Shesterkin was dominant in game seven of the second round series posting a .949 save percentage after allowing two goals in garbage time on 39 total shots.

Chris Kreider Led the way for the New York offense with two goals on three shots in just over 14.5 minutes on the ice. Adam Fox and Andrew Copp chipped into the offense with one goal, and one assist each com awhile two other Rangers found the net as well.