T.M. Selection: Tampa Bay Lightning.

I like the Tampa Bay Lightning to win this game against the New York Rangers on Wednesday. The Lightning have won 6 games in a row now and they just swept the Panthers in their previous series. They have had more than 10 days off to rest now and I think they are going to be fresh for this game and ready to get after the Rangers here. The Lightning haven't had home advantage in any of their series so far and they are the defending B2B champions of the NHL too so I don't expect this being a road game to be much of a factor for them. They have won 4/6 of their road games in this postseason and I think they will continue to find success here. The Rangers have looked good in their home games lately and their defensive effort has been even better there but they are facing the B2B defending champions now and I think that experience is going to come into play here. This will also be the toughest goalkeeper that the Rangers will have faced since Vasilevskiy is the best in the world and I expect the Lightning's strong offense to solve Shesterkin and score some goals here. The Lightning know they need to flip the home advantage in this series and I expect they will come out strong here to catch the Rangers early and put the onus on them to win another road game to win this series. I like the Lightning to win this game.

T.M. Prediction: 5-2 Lightning.