The Montreal Canadiens and Tampa Bay Lightning meet Wednesday in NHL action at the Amalie Arena. The Montreal Canadiens have lost 6 of their last 8 games. The Tampa Bay Lightning have won 7 of their last 10 games.

The Montreal Canadiens are averaging 2.7 goals per game and are scoring on 13.5 percent of their power play opportunities. Cole Caufield leads Montreal with 19 goals, Kirby Dach has 17 assists and Josh Anderson has 70 shots on goal. Defensively, the Montreal Canadiens are allowing 3.5 goals per game and are killing 78.8 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Jake Allen has given up 75 goals on 752 shots faced, and Sam Montembeault has allowed 32 goals on 364 shots.

The Tampa Bay Lightning are averaging 3.6 goals per game and are scoring on 27.2 percent of their power play opportunities. Brayden Point leads Tampa Bay with 17 goals, Nikita Kucherov has 36 assists and Steven Stamkos has 109 shots on goal. Defensively, the Tampa Bay Lightning are allowing 2.9 goals per game and are killing 80.4 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Andrei Vasilevskiy has given up 58 goals on 696 shots faced, and Brian Elliott has allowed 30 goals on 283 shots.

The Canadiens are 19-43 in their last 62 road games and 38-83 in their last 121 overall. The Lightning are 43-17 in their last 60 home games and 13-5 in their last 18 overall. The under is 2-0-2 in Canadiens last 4 overall. The over is 11-5 in Lightning last 16 home games. The Canadiens are 1-10 in the last 11 meetings in Tampa Bay and 7-19 in the last 26 meetings. The favorite is 21-5 in the last 26 meetings.

The Montreal Canadiens continue to pile up the losses while being below average at both ends of the ice, and they’re not a team you can trust most nights. The Tampa Bay Lightning are looking more and more like the team we’re used to seeing, and you don’t bet against them at home against far less competition. The only spot here is to side with the Tampa Bay Lightning and the PL for max betting value.