Lightning vs. Rangers picks, odds: Expert predictions for Game 1 of NHL Eastern Conference final

Tampa Bay Lightning and New York Rangers are playing in the 2022 Eastern Conference Final. The teams met in 2015 and the Lightning won the game 2-0. There has been a lot of activity between the teams in recent years. The Lightning have won two Stanley Cups.

Rangers and Lightning are playing in the Eastern Conference final. Game 1 is at 8 p.m. ET on Tuesday.

Channels: ESPN, CBC, SN, ESPN. Lightning vs. Rangers is a Game 1 of the NHL Eastern Conference final.

Lightning take on Rangers in Game 1 of the NHL Eastern Conference final.

Lightning and Rangers are playing in the Eastern Conference final.

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Lightning and Rangers are playing in the Eastern Conference final. Lightning are -185, Rangers +150.

The Eastern Conference finals features a goaltender's duel between the Tampa Bay Lightning and the New York Rangers. The Rangers are the favourites. Brayden Point's status is uncertain. If he doesn't play, Tampa's chances of advancing to the final drop to 62%. The odds against the Hurricanes were similar. It's the first time the Rangers have been favourites in this postseason. It was mostly due to a big difference in talent between Atlantic and Metropolitan. Florida and Toronto were heavyweights and Tampa beat them with their experience. New Yorkers are inexperienced. They were beaten by the Carolina Hurricanes.