T.M. Selection: Lightning (10* SLAP-SHOT).

These teams are evenly matched. On both ends of the ice. The reason I like Tampa in Game 1 though, is that it's had a few extra days off between games. The Canes just finished a tough six-game series win over the Predators, with four of those games going to overtime. Tampa is 7-1 in its last eight when playing with three or more days rest; the Lightning strike first in Game 1!

T.M. Prediction: 4-2 Tampa.