T.M. Selection: Capitals/Panthers OVER.

I am on the over in the Washington Capitals vs Florida Panthers game on Tuesday. The Capitals haven't been involved in too many high scoring affairs lately since a majority of their games lately have seen around 5 goals in them. I don't think that's going to be the case here though with the Capitals playing in a road game against the Panthers who scored the most goals in the NHL during the regular season. The Capitals are getting back their star player here though, Ovechkin, and that should help their offense in this game since they will need to score a ton of goals to keep up with Florida here. The Panthers have seen 3/4 of their previous 4 games with 6+ goals in it total and that was right at the end of the regular season when the Panthers were starting to rest some of their better players. The Panthers have been a high scoring team all year and I don't think that is going to change now that the playoffs have started. They haven't looked great on the defensive end since they are usually giving up 2 or 3 goals in their games but they could probably score 6 goals themselves in this game since that has been something that they've been doing all year and I see this game going over the posted total because of that. The Panthers have never really been a good team for years but now they are not only in the postseason, but they finished as the best team in the league. I think the Panthers are going to give a hard effort here and start their postseason off with a huge win. I expect them to score a lot of goals here but also get some help from the Capitals since they aren't going to get shut out here. I like the over in this game.

T.M. Prediction: 6-3 Panthers.