Tampa Bay has beaten the Red Wings nine of the past 10 meetings and the Lightning is 35-16-1 dating back to the past 52 meetings. Tampa Bay pulled out a 4-3 victory on Tuesday over the Red Wings when Blake Coleman scored 2:17 into overtime and Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 20 shots. Vasilevskiy is 16-3-1 with a stellar 1.79 goals-against average and .936 save percentage this season while Detroit goalie Thomas Greiss is 1-11-4 with a 3.41 GAA and only remains in the league because Detroit has no one better even in the minors. The Red Wings are 17-44 with one day of rest and 23-47 as home underdogs dating back to last season. Play the Lightning.
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