Free Sports Game Preview and Prediction: Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Montreal Canadiens
Sunday, February 09, 2025 1:07 PM
Play: Money Line: -160 Tampa Bay Lightning
The Tampa Bay Lightning find themselves in familiar territory at Centre Bell as they take on an interdivisional rival, the Montreal Canadiens. The Tampa Bay Lightning are coming off a 6-3 win over the Detroit Red Wings on Saturday. Both of these teams are coming off a back to back with the Canadiens losing to the Devils 4-0 yesterday. Jakub Dobes should be in goal for the Montreal Canadiens. His team gave him a heavy workload in his last game, allowing 5 goals on 36 shots. The Canadiens rank 28th in the league in goals against and I don't think Dobes is going to help that number out. Dobes has lost 3 straight with a .890 SV% in that span. Tampa Bay Lightning is looking to play Andrei Vasilevskiy in the crease. He was very good in his most recent game, posting a 0.919 save percentage. Tampa Bay is 7-3 in their last 10 against the Canadiens. The Lightning are grooving right now with a 4-0-1 record in their last five. I'm expecting Tampa Bay's offense to be too much in this game. Take the Lightning to win.