The set-up: The Lightning are 2-2-1 this season, while the Habs are 2-1-2. Andre Vasilevskiy is the starter in net for TB, while Carey Price gets the nod for the home side. The Bolts have beaten up on the Eastern Conference at a prodigious rate over the last three years, but now teams can smell the blood in the water. The Lightning come to town looking very beatable, most recently falling 4-2 on the road in Ottawa, its third setback in their last four games.

The pick: Montreal broke a two-game slide with a resounding 6-3 win over the defending champion Blues. The Habs are well rested and they have the Wild coming to town on Thursday night. Montreal has struggled with poor starts in each of the past two seasons, but it comes in healthy to this one and I expect it to pour it on here as it looks to kick this floundering Lighting team while its down.

10* GAME OF THE WEEK on the Montreal Canadiens.