The Tampa Bay Lightning will take on the New York Rangers in the first regular season. It will be a repeat of last year's Eastern Conference Final. The Lightning won that series and went to their third straight Stanley Cup Final. Tampa Bay finished last year ranked seventh in goals per game and 17th in shots per game. On the defensive end, they ranked sixth in goals against per game and seventh in shots against per game. Netminder Andrei Vasilevskiy posted a 35-16-4 with a 2.46 Goals-Against-Average and a .916 Save Percentage. The Rangers ranked 16th in goals per game and 28th in shots per game. On the defensive end of the ice, they ranked second in goals against per game and 11th in shots against per game. Netminder Igor Shesterkin posted a 36-13-4 with a 2.07 Goals-Against-Average and .935 Save Percentage. Shesterkin ranked first in GAA, first in SV%, and third in shutouts.

The Rangers had a very hard time scoring against the Lightning in the Eastern Conference Finals. They scored 2 goals or less in games 3-6. Tampa Bay also struggles to score as they scored two goals in games 1, 2, and 6. Tampa Bay only scored more than three goals in game 4 of the playoffs versus the Rangers. Igor Shesterkin had a 2.07 GAA and .935 SV% last season. The under is 5-0 in the last five meetings and 4-1 in the last five meetings in New York.

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