Lightning vs Stars 9/23/20 - NHL Stanley Cup Finals Betting Picks & Odds
Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Dallas Stars
NHL: 8:00 PM EST
Sep. 23, 2020
TV: NBCSN
Latest Odds : TB -155 O/U 5
The Tampa Bay Lightning look to take a 2-1 lead in the NHL Stanley Cup Finals best of seven series with a victory in Game 3 on Wednesday against the Dallas Stars. Tampa Bay bounced back in Game 2 with a 3-2 victory over Dallas to even the series 1-1. The lightning jumped out to 3-0 first period lead and then held on. Brayden Point, Ondrej Palat and Kevin Shattenkirkeach scored for Tampa Bay in the first period.
Center Brayton Point is leading Tampa Bay in goals scored during the postseason with 10, while right winger Nikita Kucherov has the team lead in assists with 22 and points with 28. Center Blake Coleman has a team-high 31 penalty minutes. In goal, Andrei Vasilevskiy is 15-6 with a goals-against average of 1.88 and a save percentage of .929.
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Dallas played physical hockey again in Game 2 but fell behind early by three goals and could not tie the score after scoring one goal in each of the second and third periods. Joe Pavelski scored for Dallas in the second and Mattias Janmark added another early in the third. Anton Khudobin stopped 28 of 31 shots he faced in net for Dallas in the loss.
Center Joe Pavelski is leading Dallas in goals scored with 10 during the postseason and defenseman Miro Heiskanen is the assist leader with 18 and points leader with 23. Center Mattias Janmark has a team-high 36 penalty minutes. In goal, Anton Khudobin is 13-7 with a goals-against average of 2.57, save percentage of .992 and one shutout.
Recent Betting Trends:
Tampa Bay is 12-4 in its last 16
The OVER has cashed in 5 of the Lightning’s last 7 versus a Western Conference opponent
Dallas 4-1 in its last 5
The OVER has cashed in 14 of the Stars last 20 versus Tampa Bay
Free Betting Pick: over 5
Tampa Bay will take a 2-1 lead in the Stanley Cup Finals on Wednesday, but the play here is the OVER. The OVER has cashed in 14 of the last 20 played between Dallas and Tampa Bay. In addition, the OVER has cashed in five of the last seven that Tampa Bay has played against an opponent from the Western Conference. The first two games of the Cup Finals were pushes at five goals scored, but the goaltenders will give up additional goals in Game 3 while coming under a barrage of shots at both ends of the ice. Final Score Prediction, Tampa Bay Lightning wins but our best play is OVER 5-2