{"id":557030,"date":"2026-04-21T02:06:03","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T02:06:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/557030\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T02:06:03","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T02:06:03","slug":"lightning-vs-canadiens-nhl-prediction-odds-picks-best-bets-for-nhl-playoffs-first-round-game-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/557030\/","title":{"rendered":"Lightning vs Canadiens NHL Prediction, Odds, Picks, Best Bets for NHL Playoffs First Round Game 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The NHL&#8217;s Tuesday slate includes the Tampa Bay Lightning taking on the Montreal Canadiens.<\/p>\n<p>Before you make your wager on FanDuel Sportsbook, we&#8217;ve got you covered with all the latest <a class=\"link_link__fHWk6\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsbook.fanduel.com\/navigation\/nhl\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\">NHL betting insights<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Lightning vs Canadiens Game InfoTampa Bay Lightning (50-26-6) vs. Montreal Canadiens (48-24-10)Date: Tuesday, April 21, 2026Time: 7 p.m. ETVenue: Benchmark International Arena &#8212; Tampa, FloridaCoverage: ESPN2Lightning vs Canadiens Odds<\/p>\n<p>All <a class=\"link_link__fHWk6\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsbook.fanduel.com\/navigation\/nhl\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\">NHL odds<\/a>, betting lines and prop bets are available on FanDuel Sportsbook.<\/p>\n<p>Lightning vs Canadiens Prediction &amp; Pick<\/p>\n<p>All NHL win probability predictions and picks are according to <a class=\"link_link__fHWk6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.numberfire.com\/nHL\/games\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\">numberFire<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Prediction: Lightning win (63.6%)Lightning vs Canadiens Puck LineThe Canadiens are underdogs by 1.5 goals on the road against the Lightning. The Canadiens are -150 to cover the spread, and the Lightning are +122.Lightning vs Canadiens Over\/UnderLightning versus Canadiens, on April 21, has an over\/under of 6.5, with the over being +116 and the under -142.Lightning vs Canadiens MoneylineThe moneyline numbers for Lightning vs. Canadiens reveal Tampa Bay as the favorite (-194) and Montreal as the underdog (+160) on the road.Sign up for <a class=\"link_link__fHWk6\" href=\"https:\/\/servedby.flashtalking.com\/click\/8\/172462;7577239;369307;211;0\/?ft_width=1&amp;ft_height=1&amp;gdpr=$%7BGDPR%7D&amp;gdpr_consent=$%7BGDPR_CONSENT_78%7D&amp;us_privacy=$%7BUS_PRIVACY%7D&amp;url=36820660\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\">FanDuel Sportsbook<\/a> and <a class=\"link_link__fHWk6\" href=\"https:\/\/servedby.flashtalking.com\/click\/8\/270261;9559798;369307;211;0\/?gdpr=$%7BGDPR%7D&amp;gdpr_consent=$%7BGDPR_CONSENT_78%7D&amp;us_privacy=$%7BUS_PRIVACY%7D&amp;force_transparent=true&amp;url=https:\/\/www.fanduel.com\/contests\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\">FanDuel Daily Fantasy<\/a> today!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The NHL&#8217;s Tuesday slate includes the Tampa Bay Lightning taking on the Montreal Canadiens. Before you make your&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":557031,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5103],"tags":[265,5,264,21,5147,4],"class_list":{"0":"post-557030","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-montreal-canadiens","8":"tag-canadiens","9":"tag-hockey","10":"tag-montreal","11":"tag-montreal-canadiens","12":"tag-montrealcanadiens","13":"tag-nhl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116440256186579532","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/557030","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=557030"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/557030\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/557031"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=557030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=557030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=557030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}