Best Bet - Lightning vs. Rangers Under 5.5
(NHL) Tampa Bay vs. NY Rangers,
Total: 5.50 | -115.00 Under
Result: Win
It's the opening night of the 2022/23 NHL season with a rematch of the Eastern Conference Finals in the Big Apple. We've seen Tampa Bay coast through the first part of the season as it takes some time to get up to speed after the grind of playing deep into the postseason year after year. The Rangers are hoping to take the next step after falling in the conference finals to Tampa Bay last season. This is a matchup of two teams with excellent goaltenders with Andrei Vasilevskiy (3-4-2, 2.63 GAA, .913 save % in nine regular season starts vs. NYR) doing battle with the reigning Vezina Trophy winner in Igor Shesterkin (3-0-0, 1.30 GAA, .958 save %, SO in three regular season starts vs.TBL) in this one. With two elite goaltenders and skaters trying to knock the rust off in the regular season opener, this one winds up falling short of the total.