Stanley Cup Finals Betting Odds, Lines Picks & Predictions Game 4

The Tampa Bay Lightning meets The Montreal Canadiens for game four of the Stanley Cup finals on July 5, 2021. The Montreal Canadiens haven’t won a Stanley Cup since 1993. They are one loss away from another long streak ending. The Tampa Bay Lightning is coming to play the Habs in Game 4 of the final Monday at Bell Centre.The Tampa Bay Lightning come into this game 51-20-6 straight up and 35-37-5 over / under. They look to pull off the first Stanley Cup sweep going back to 1998 if they can beat The Habs tonight, who are coming into this game 36-28-12 straight up and 30-39-7 over/under.

 Stanley Cup Finals Betting Odds & Line Movement

US Sportsbooks opened up the NHL betting line with the Tampa Bay Lightning listed at -150. However, we have seen live movement with most of the USA online bookmakers in the -155 to -160 neighborhood. The offshore bookies opened up with the total listed at five and a half goals but it is now listed at five goals.

 

Notes On The The Tampa Bay Lightning

Four of the last five Stanley Cup Final series have lasted at least five games.Since the Stanley Cup finals of 2021, the Tampa Bay Lightning have completely dominated the Montreal Canadiens. In total, they’ve only fallen behind for 17 minutes against Montreal in a three-game series and lead by a 3 point margin so far.

The only question heading into Game 4 aside from whether or not Montreal can send this one back to Tampa Bay for a fifth game is which Lightning player will win the Conn Smythe Trophy as Stanley Cup MVP.Despite the incredible, league-leading 14 goals from Brayden Point, this series will come down to Nikita Kucherov.

Notes On The The Montreal Canadiens

The Montreal Canadiens may be outmatched, but they intend to fight until the end – and that means shaking things up heading into Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Finals.Forward Tomas Tatar, who has played in only five postseason games due to an undisclosed injury and had 30 points in 50 regular-season games, might be ready to play tonight; we’ll know more after he passes the morning skate.

The Montreal Canadiens have not done much on 5-on-5s and they have had only 6 power plays. They scored once.Nine players have scored in the series. Tyler Toffoli, Josh Anderson and Eric Staal are still looking to score for the first time.

 Stanley Cup Finals Betting Pick & Prediction: Tampa Bay Lightning (-160)

We could see a rebound from Montreal, like they had in the first round against Toronto. It might not even make a difference though. Tampa Bay is playing so well that it won’t matter what Montreal does.