Analysts predict key players and score for Lightning-Canadiens Game 7
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Updated · ESPN · May 3
Analysts predict key players and score for Lightning-Canadiens Game 7
14 articles · Updated · ESPN · May 3
The winner of Sunday's 6 p.m. ET decider in Tampa Bay will face the Buffalo Sabres, with picks spotlighting Jakub Dobes, Nikita Kucherov, Cole Caufield and Andrei Vasilevskiy.
Predicted scores ranged from 2-1 to 4-2, including three overtime calls, after Tampa Bay forced Game 7 on Gage Goncalves' overtime winner in Game 6.
The series is tied 3-3, and four of the first six games went to overtime, underscoring how little has separated the host Lightning and Montreal Canadiens.
Can the youthful Canadiens outpace the veteran Lightning, or will Tampa's experience and desperate home-ice push finally break their playoff curse?
With both teams evenly matched and a tornado warning looming, could external chaos tip the balance in this dramatic Game 7 showdown?