The Boston Bruins (41-13-12) begin a two-game swing through the Sunshine State with a Tuesday contest against the Tampa Bay Lightning (41-19-5) at Amalie Arena in Tampa. Puck drop is set for 7:30 p.m. ET. We analyze the Bruins-Lightning odds and lines, while providing NHL betting tips around this matchup.
Bruins at Lightning: Projected starting goalies
Tuukka Rask vs. Andrei Vasilevskiy
Rask shut out the New York Islanders with 25 saves Saturday. The effort was a bounce-back after having allowed a combined 10 goals over his previous two starts. In 10 post-break starts, Rask has posted a 1.85 goals against average and a .935 save percentage. He’s registered a .910 SV% over two previous starts against Tampa Bay has logged a 2.16 GAA and .928 SV% in 38 games.
Vasilevskiy has logged a 2.62 GAA and .914 SV% through 48 games this season. He has stopped 61 of 66 shots in two appearances against the Bruins. Vasilevskiy is coming off a monster January (1.58 GAA, .948 SV%) followed by a backslide in February (2.91 GAA, .902 SV%). Those February numbers were very much influenced by the 25-year-old’s last four starts. Vasilevskiy carded an anemic .839 over that quartet of starts.
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Bruins at Lightning: Odds, picks and betting tips
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Prediction
Boston 3, Tampa Bay 2
Moneyline (ML)
Boston is perhaps too far out over its skis with a mark of 41-13-12, but the Lightning haven’t played well of late, are without C Steven Stamkos (abdominal) and are throwing out the lesser side of this goaltending matchup.
The price is right on the Bruins, who are 7-2 over their last nine road games and 5-1 over their last six contests played on two days of rest. TAKE BOSTON (+100).
Puck Line/Against the Spread (ATS)
PASS on the puck line without enough value on the Bruins’ (+1.5, -278) side of the line.
Over/Under (O/U)
Trends on the Over/Under are mixed. The Under is a lean in principle, but we’re going to PASS on the line of 5.5 (Under: +110).
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