Lightning in Tampa Bay
Tampa Bay rarely pleases fans with any good streak this regular season. The season for them, frankly, is not up to par. The last time in January we managed to please the fans with a good streak of 5 matches in a row. However, after that the maximum that was possible was to win 3 wins in a row. So, before the playoffs, there is no certainty about favoring “lightning” in this pair. Lightning didn’t make it to the finish line, winning only 1 win in 5 matches. And then over underdog Detroit, who missed the playoffs. To all strong teams, i.e. Toronto, Tampa lost, and it was solid. We lost to New York, we were beaten by the Islanders and we scored 5 goals.
Maple leaves from Toronto
Toronto, on the other hand, did not move so smoothly through the regular championship distance, rarely falling into a victory feast. But the team had a notable ending, so there is a feeling that the “leaves” will have their own lightning rod against the opponent’s lightning. 4 wins in a row and indeed a streak where the Maple Leafs are undefeated 6 games in a row in regular time. Here, the same Rangers turned out to be stronger, with whom Tampa and Florida lost on their ice, where it is not easy for anyone to play. In 10 matches, Florida suffered only 2 home defeats in regular pre-game time.
Forecast
Actually, not too long ago, Toronto beat Lightning in Tampa. And by the end of the third period, they were already in 2 washers, allowing “Lightning” only to sweeten the pill of bitterness. Based on that game, and you can build on that because it was quite recently, Toronto showed good execution by not so many shots. Tampa, on the other hand, may not succeed in this aspect. Because they hit the Maple Leafs twice as many shots, but at the same time they had only 2 goals in their achievements. Yes, the third was also abandoned, but at the end of the fight. Therefore, for most of the game, they carried a backpack with only 2 goals, having less than 40 shots … This is certainly the weak side of the “lightning” that Toronto can use. In general, those words hold true, as Tampa later went into the third period with only one goal in a game against the big underdog in the person of Detroit, on their home side. Speaking of your site. It is at the exit that the “lightning bolt” is generally not their own now. In the last 8 meetings, only one win in regular time. And we can end the argument with the fact that for Tampa meeting Toronto is not a pleasure. In the last 6 games, the Lightning won only 1 in regular time. Considering all this, I will choose not to play “exits” in 60 minutes.