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Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Boston Bruins
If familiarity breeds contempt, there should be animosity aplenty on Tuesday when the Tampa Bay Lightning and the Boston Bruins meet at TD Garden.
Oddsmakers opened the Lightning as -101-moneyline favorites versus the Bruins, while the game's total opened at 6.5.
Last time out for Boston, they were a 3-2 winner as they battled the Hurricanes at home. Moneyline bettors who got the Bruins at -149 were rewarded, while the 5 combined goals moved the game UNDER for totals bettors.
The Lightning were a 6-5 winner in their most recent outing on the road against the Sabres. That made winners of bettors who got Tampa Bay at -143 on the moneyline, while the total score (11) was good news for OVER bettors.
Tampa Bay:
Team record: 13-7-1 SU
Tampa Bay is 4-9 ATS in its last 13 games
Tampa Bay is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Tampa Bay's last 7 games
Boston:
Team record: 18-3-0 SU
Boston is 13-2 ATS in its last 15 games
Boston is 8-1 SU in its last 9 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Boston's last 6 games
Next up:
Tampa Bay at Philadelphia Thursday, December 1
Boston home to Colorado Saturday, December 3