An impressive 5-2 win at Amalie Arena on Tuesday kept the the Pittsburgh Penguins alive for a deciding Game 7 against the Tampa Bay Lightning in the Eastern Conference Finals. The winner of this contest will join the Sharks in the Stanley Cup Finals, and I think the Pens will prove much to strong for the visitors tonight.

Here are my keys to the game:

1. The Lightning's Defensive Woes - Their star netminder Ben Bishop left Game 1 of this series with an injury and backup Andrei Vasilevskiy has tended the net since. He has allowed 17 goals with a .918 save percentage in his five starts here in the Conference Finals and Tampa Bay's star players did not give him much help in Sunday's defeat.

2. Special Teams - The Pens were 1-for-3 with the man advantage on Tuesday and have four power play goals in the series. Tampa Bay has been held to just a pair. The circumstances suggest we'll see a very tough game tonight and we should see both teams get plenty of power play chances, something that should favor the Pens.

3. X-Factor - Sidney Crosby has notched the game-winning goal in each of Pittsburgh's victories in this series.

Selection: This is a play on the Pittsburgh Penguins (6*)