New York won the only meeting this season 2-1 in overtime in November and the Rangers have won five of the last six meetings. New York comes off a 3-0 loss to Winnipeg, which snapped a three-game winning streak, but the Rangers have allowed a total of only six goals their last three games. Henrik Lundqvist has a 2.88 goals-against average and .916 save percentage with two shutouts this season. Andrei Vailevskiy has allowed 10 goals his last two starts for Tampa Bay although the Lightning pulled out wins in both of them. The Lightning's last six games have gone into extra periods and they have allowed 22 goals in that span. The road team has won eight of the last 11 meetings. There is good value with New York in this matchup, so play the Rangers.
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