NHL Showdown Slate: Montréal Canadiens @ Tampa Bay Lightning July 5th, 2021

Spread: TB -1.5

O/U: 5

Injuries

Canadiens

None

Lightning

Alex Killorn - Game-time Decision

MVP/CPT

Nikita Kucherov , F TB

Kucherov has been the best player in the playoffs, and in this series. No one can match his ceiling in this series.

Andrei Vasilevskiy, G TB

Vasilevskiy continues to be rock solid, even with the increased shot volume. He is the safest choice for your multiplier.

Tyler Toffoli, F MON

Toffloi leads the Candiens in points and shots in these playoffs. If you had to bet on someone scoring for them, Toffoli would be my choice.

Brayden Point, F TB

Stacking Point with Kucherov makes a lot of sense. Point has been scoring goals at a blistering pace, and it's not crazy to expect that his scoring could continue.

Mid-Tier

Carey Price, G MON

If Montreal is going to stay alive tonight, Price has to play better. If he can deliver a save percentage above 92 he will be valuable.

Victor Hedman, D TB

Hedman has hit the point where he is more feast or famine. He has hit the bonus just once in this series, and he only has points in one game. He still has a high ceiling but it feels like the floor has fallen quite a bit.

Cole Caufield, F MON

Caufield hasn’t had a real presence in this series yet, but he has shown that he can be explosive, so I would be willing to buy back in.

Nick Suzuki, F MON

Suzuki has been among the players on the Montreal side who have played well. He will be leaned on to produce tonight.

Value Tier

Tyler Johnson F TB

Johnson is a wildcard type player. He is very cheap, but he has shown flashes in these playoffs of the player that he once was who would drive play and was a threat most nights he was on the ice. 

Erik Cernak F TB

Cernak is a player that is giving you a little bit of everything. He has points in two of his last three games, and he is consistently giving you shots and blocks.

Ben Chairot D MON

Chairot is your most likely Montreal player to hit the shot-block bonus tonight. That is likely all he will give you, but at his price you can live with that result.

PrizePicks...Picks

Andrei Vasilevskiy  Saves -Over 28.5 - Much to my surprise Montreal put more than 30 shots on Vasilevksiy for the second straight night. I look for Montreal to continue to do this in an elimination as they will be looking for different ways to score goals.

Tyler Toffoli Shots on Goal - Under 2.5 - Toffoli has 3 or more shots on goal in just five of the twenty games he has played in the playoffs.  Take the under on his shot total tonight, as Tampa Bay has made an effort to try and limit Toffoli.