Tampa Bay at Nashville

This is a dynamite matchup, featuring the best team in the East against the best of the Western Conference. Tampa Bay winds up a four-game trek and the defense has been shaky, allowing 16 goals the last four games. The Lightning has also given up seven power-play goals in 14 attempts the last four contests. That included a pair of losses to Ottawa and Buffalo as chalk of -320 and -125. They face a super-talented Nashville team that is outscoring opponents by +20 goals - tops in the league. Nashville is sixth in goals scored, tops in goals allowed, on a 54-25 run at home. The Predators have dominated this series at 8-0-2 in the last 10 meetings with the Lightning after earning a 4-1 win three weeks ago. Goalie Pekka Rinne stopped 42 shots to improve to 8-0-1 against Tampa Bay, so back the home team. Play Nashville.