NHL Showdown Slate: Montréal Canadiens @ Tampa Bay Lightning July 2nd, 2021

Spread: TB -1.5

O/U: 5

 

Injuries

Canadiens

None

Lightning

Alex Killorn

MVP/CPT

Nikita Kucherov , F TB

Kucherov was a monster in game one, but he had much less of a presence in game two. He has the highest ceiling of any player in this game.

Andrei Vasilevskiy, G TB

Vasilevskiy stole game two for the Lightning, and no one would have won a DFS contest without him. I don’t think he will see 40 plus shots tonight, but he is a strong play most nights.

Tyler Toffoli, F MON

Toffloi leads the Candiens in points and shots in these playoffs. If you had to bet on someone scoring for them, Toffoli would be my choice.

Brayden Point, F TB

Stacking Point with Kucherov makes a lot of sense. Point has been scoring goals at a blistering pace, and it's not crazy to expect that his scoring could continue.

Carey Price, G MON

I expect that Tampa will come out shooting in game 3, especially early as they will want to quiet the Montreal crowd as much as possible. Price could see a lot more shots in the game tonight.

Mid-Tier

Victor Hedman, D TB

Hedman has hit the point where he is more feast or famine. He is hitting the shot blocks bonus one third of the time in these playoffs, and is getting points at a similar pace, but when those two items don’t happen together, he isn’t going to hit value.

Cole Caufield, F MON

Caufield hasn’t had a real presence in this series yet, but he has shown that he can be explosive, so I would be willing to buy back in.

Nick Suzuki, F MON

Suzuki had nine shots in game two, and while it’s hard to expect that he will come anywhere close to that number tonight, its clear to me that the Canadiens want him to shoot, so we should try to take advantage of it.

Value Tier

Tyler Johnson F TB

Johnson is a wildcard type player. He is very cheap, but he has shown flashes in these playoffs of the player that he once was who would drive play and was a threat most nights he was on the ice. 

Erik Cernak F TB

Cernak is a player that is giving you a little bit of everything. He has points in two of his last three games, and he is consistently giving you shots and blocks.

Ben Chairot D MON

Chairot is your most likely Montreal player to hit the shot-block bonus tonight. That is likely all he will give you, but at his price you can live with that result.

PrizePicks

Andrei Vasilevskiy Saves - UNDER 26.5 - I don’t see Montreal putting as many shots on Vasilevskiy tonight as they did in game two. I think we will see the shooting regress back below 26 shots, let alone 26 saves.

Brayden Point Shots on Goal - OVER 2 - Point’s shot totals are up and down. When he comes off a game where he has one shot or no shots, in the next game he comes back with at least two. I look for that trend to continue tonight.