T.M. Selection: Avalanche/Lightning OVER.

I am on the over in the Colorado Avalanche vs Tampa Bay Lightning game on Monday. Both of the games in this series have gone over the posted total and I think this game is also going to go over too. The Avalanche have actually had 4 games in a row now with 6+ goals total in them and the Lightning have had 2 in a row now. The 2nd game of this series was over the total and the Lightning didn't even contribute to that with the Avs scoring all 7 goals to put that game over. I think there is going to be a lot of goals in this game too but I expect a much better effort from the Lightning on home ice here too. The Avs have looked really good in the 2 games and have been getting to Vasilevskiy with some really good shots and scoring chances so, as good as Vasilevskiy is, I expect the Avs to put some pucks in the net here. The Lightning were embarrassed in the previous game though and I expect them to give a better effort in this game. They are on home ice so I see them being a little more dominant here than they have been in the series thus far and I expect them to put some pucks in the net here too since they haven't really challenge Kuemper yet. Either way, I see this being a high scoring game since the Lightning won't be able to keep the Avs off the board with the speed they have and if the Lightning want to win here they are going to need to score some goals. I like the over in this game.

T.M. Prediction: 5-3 Lightning.