New York at Tampa Bay

The Tampa Bay Lightning have done some winning of late. But most often they find themselves needing a shootout or overtime to get it done as has been the case in half their wins over the last 3+ weeks. The Islanders have dropped five straight, but have been a better hockey team than the one that started the season at 1-, as they have hovered around the .500 mark since. The Lightning are just 53-108 in their last 161 games, and 18-49 off of one day of rest. They are 19-40 vs. an opponent with a losing record - hardly numbers that warrant favorite status. I'm going with the NY Islanders in this one.