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Florida at Tampa Bay

April 22, 2025
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Florida comes into the series after losing seven of its past 10 games, including 5-1 to the Lightning in the regular-season finale. Both teams have plenty of playoff experience and Tampa Bay will have Andrei Vasilevskiy in net and he is 37-20-5 this seasom. Vasilevskiy has a 2.17 goals-against average and a .921 save percentage with six shutouts. The Lightning are out to avenge last year's first-round playoff loss to the Panthers. Tampa Bay won 29 of 41 home games this season and it led the league with 3.56 goals per game. The Lightning have gone OVER five of its past six games and its past seven home games have gone OVER. Florida has gone OVER four of five when playing on the road against Tampa Bay. Take the Lightning and the OVER.

1.5 units on Tampa Bay -117 (moneyline) (risk 1.5 to return 2.78)
Result:
LOSS
1 unit on Game Total OVER 5.5 -108 (risk 1 to return 1.93)
Result:
WIN
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