The 42-26-7 Tampa Bay Lightning just keep rolling, and with last night’s impressive 4-1 road victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs, the Bolts are now 9-1-1 over their last 11 and just 4 points behind the Leafs for the third spot in the Atlantic Division. Tonight they will head to Montréal to take on the Montréal Canadiens. The 29-33-12 Habs season is over, but you wouldn’t know it. They have won 4 of their last 5 and are coming off a 5-3 victory over a really good Florida Panthers team. The Canadiens are playing probably their best hockey of the season and will be well rested but the Lightning are by far the better team and should continue to stay hot. Tampa has won all 3 meetings with Montréal this year and with the way Steven Stamkos, Brayden Point, and the league’s points leader Nikita Kucherov are playing, they will be too much for the Habs to handle.
TONIGHT’S PICK: TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING