It doesn't get a whole lot uglier than this matchup. Carolina has lost five in a row while Tampa Bay has dropped seven of eight. But, in these matchups of two bad teams, we like to look at the home squad. In this case, Tampa Bay has won five of the last six played here at home vs. Carolina. Tampa Bay has been decent at home this year. A win here would push them to .500. Carolina's defense gives up 3.3 per game on the road and over their past five games they have given up 3.8 while scoring just 1.8. Take the Lightning.
This pick was released to clients on August 08, 2012 at 3:56PM ET.
NHL
Carolina at Tampa Bay
December 16, 2006
7:30 PM Eastern
2 units on Tampa Bay -126 (moneyline) (risk 2 to return 3.59)
Result:
LOSS
LOSS
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