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Washington Capitals at Tampa Bay Lightning (-145, 5.5)
Series tied 3-3.
The Washington Capitals look to put past playoff failures in the rear-view mirror when they visit the Tampa Bay Lightning on Wednesday night for a deciding Game 7 of the Eastern Conference finals. The Capitals, who sit one win away from their first trip to the Stanley Cup finals since 1998 after a 3-0 victory Monday, have a 4-11 record overall and a 1-3 mark on the road all-time in Game 7s while the Lightning are 5-2 (3-0 at home) in deciding contests.
“I don’t think there’s (another) team I’ve ever had that I’d want to go into Game 7 with,” Washington’s Barry Trotz, who has coached 107 playoff contests in his career and 1,524 in the regular season, told reporters. “This team has done a lot of special things this year. It’s grown. It continues to do that. What an opportunity. … We’ll see if we can earn the right to keep playing.” While Washington’s superstar Alex Ovechkin looks to take his team to the Cup finals for the first time in his tenure, fellow captain Steven Stamkos of Tampa Bay (four goals in the series) hopes to make it for the second time in four seasons with Vegas awaiting the winner for Game 1 on Monday. The Lightning will have raise their level of play after being outshot by an average of more that 10 per game in the series and take pressure off goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy, who has turned aside 131 of 139 attempts while winning three of the last four contests. “We wish we would have wrapped it up (Monday),” Tampa Bay right wing Ryan Callahan told reporters. “At the end of the day, Game 7s are fun. You enjoy it. This is why you battle for home-ice advantage throughout the regular season.”
TV: 8 p.m. ET, NBC Sports Network, CBC, Sportsnet One, TVA
LINE HISTORY: The Lightning opened as -150 moneyline favorites and as of Tuesday night that number is down to -145. The total hit betting boards at 5.5 and has yet to move.
COVERS CONSENSUS: Bettors are taking the home favorites with 60 percent of Covers Consensus wagers coming on the Lightning. Covers users are also expecting a high scoring Game 7 with 55 percent of totals selections coming on the Over. Click here for complete and up to date consensus data.
INJURY REPORT:
Capitals - No injuries to report.
Lightning - LW Adam Erne (Questionable, Lower Body).
ABOUT THE CAPITALS (28-17-4-1, 28-20 O/U): Washington outhit the Lightning 39-19, many of those leading to its 17 takeaways in Game 6, and defenseman Brooks Orpik told reporters: “You try to empty the tank as much as you can. That’s probably one area where we have an edge is the size and physical play.” Right wing T.J. Oshie scored two of the three goals Monday and has seven points in the series while Nicklas Backstrom set up a pair of tallies for his first points in three games since returning from a hand injury. Center Evgeny Kuznetsov had an assist Monday to extend his point streak to nine games and has 23 overall - a franchise playoff record.
ABOUT THE LIGHTNING (35-13-2-0, 29-19 O/U): Tampa Bay has been outshot 209-145 in the series, managing only 24 in Game 6, and have not scored a goal since 33 seconds into the second period of Game 5 on Saturday night. “We’ve got to execute, that’s part of it,” coach Jon Cooper told reporters. “People say executing is passing the puck and putting it on the tape. Executing is getting pucks on net, putting them where you can get it back. We just haven’t been near aggressive enough at that.” Right wing Nikita Kucherov, who leads the team with 17 points in the playoffs, and Stamkos each managed one shot on net in Game 6 while combining for a minus-3 rating.
TRENDS:
* Capitals are 14-3 in their last 17 road games.
* Lightning are 37-15 in their last 52 home games.
* Under is 2-0-2 in Capitals last 4 overall.
* Under is 4-0-3 in Lightning last 7 following a loss of 3 or more goals.
* Under is 2-0-2 in the last 4 meetings.
Washington Capitals vs. Tampa Bay Lightning Preview and Predictions 05-23-2018
22nd May 2018 by Gracenote
the washington capitals look to put past playoff failures in the rear-view mirror when they visit the tampa bay lightning on wednesday night for a deciding game 7 of the eastern conference finals. the capitals, who sit one win away from their first trip to the stanley cup finals since 1998 after a 3-0 victory monday, have a 4-11 record overall and a 1-3 mark on the road all-time in game 7s while the lightning are 5-2 (3-0 at home) in deciding contests.
"i don't think there's (another) team i've ever had that i'd want to go into game 7 with," washington's barry trotz, who has coached 107 playoff contests in his career and 1,524 in the regular season, told reporters. "this team has done a lot of special things this year. it's grown. it continues to do that. what an opportunity. ... we'll see if we can earn the right to keep playing." while washington's superstar alex ovechkin looks to take his team to the cup finals for the first time in his tenure, fellow captain steven stamkos of tampa bay (four goals in the series) hopes to make it for the second time in four seasons with vegas awaiting the winner for game 1 on monday. the lightning will have raise their level of play after being outshot by an average of more that 10 per game in the series and take pressure off goalie andrei vasilevskiy, who has turned aside 131 of 139 attempts while winning three of the last four contests. "we wish we would have wrapped it up (monday)," tampa bay right wing ryan callahan told reporters. "at the end of the day, game 7s are fun. you enjoy it. this is why you battle for home-ice advantage throughout the regular season."
tv: 8 p.m. et, nbc sports network, cbc, sportsnet one, tva
about the capitals: washington outhit the lightning 39-19, many of those leading to its 17 takeaways in game 6, and defenseman brooks orpik told reporters: "you try to empty the tank as much as you can. that's probably one area where we have an edge is the size and physical play." right wing t.j. oshie scored two of the three goals monday and has seven points in the series while nicklas backstrom set up a pair of tallies for his first points in three games since returning from a hand injury. center evgeny kuznetsov had an assist monday to extend his point streak to nine games and has 23 overall - a franchise playoff record.
about the lightning: tampa bay has been outshot 209-145 in the series, managing only 24 in game 6, and have not scored a goal since 33 seconds into the second period of game 5 on saturday night. "we've got to execute, that's part of it," coach jon cooper told reporters. "people say executing is passing the puck and putting it on the tape. executing is getting pucks on net, putting them where you can get it back. we just haven't been near aggressive enough at that." right wing nikita kucherov, who leads the team with 17 points in the playoffs, and stamkos each managed one shot on net in game 6 while combining for a minus-3 rating.
overtime
1. tampa bay f tyler johnson has not scored a goal in the last nine games after recording three in the first seven playoff contests.
2. washington g braden holtby notched his fifth career shutout in the playoffs monday and owns a .929 save percentage in 76 postseason games.
3. the capitals have killed off all three power plays in the last two games after giving up six in 14 attempts over the first four contests of the series.
prediction: capitals 4, lightning 2
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Wednesday, May 23
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WASHINGTON (60-31-0-9, 129 pts.) at TAMPA BAY (65-28-0-5, 135 pts.) - 5/23/2018, 8:05 PM
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Head-to-Head Series History
WASHINGTON is 9-6 (+4.0 Units) against the spread versus TAMPA BAY over the last 3 seasons
WASHINGTON is 9-6-0 straight up against TAMPA BAY over the last 3 seasons
5 of 11 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=-0.9 Units, Under=-0.2 Units)
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Wednesday, May 23
Trend Report
Washington Capitals
Washington is 6-2 ATS in its last 8 games
Washington is 11-5 SU in its last 16 games
Washington is 12-1 ATS in its last 13 games on the road
Washington is 12-2 SU in its last 14 games on the road
Washington is 11-4 ATS in its last 15 games when playing Tampa Bay
Washington is 16-8 SU in its last 24 games when playing Tampa Bay
Washington is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Tampa Bay
The total has gone OVER in 12 of Washington's last 17 games when playing on the road against Tampa Bay
Tampa Bay Lightning
Tampa Bay is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games
Tampa Bay is 7-3 SU in its last 10 games
Tampa Bay is 4-11 ATS in its last 15 games when playing Washington
Tampa Bay is 8-16 SU in its last 24 games when playing Washington
Tampa Bay is 0-5 ATS in its last 5 games when playing at home against Washington
The total has gone OVER in 12 of Tampa Bay's last 17 games when playing at home against Washington