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Tampa Bay brings a 10-game heater into Pittsburgh, and the form is real. They’re rolling teams with pace, layered offense, and a power play that’s punishing every mistake. The Penguins are coming off a six-game win streak that was built on defense and goaltending, but the offense has dried up in back-to-back losses. This is a clean handicap: Tampa is the hotter, more complete team right now, but they’re also on the road in a fatigue spot after playing Monday. Pittsburgh is at home and has been defending well enough to hang in most games. The question is whether the Penguins can create enough to actually win it, or if this turns into another night where they need everything to

This is what you get when two teams are playing with zero margin. Vancouver hasn’t won in seven and keeps coughing up third-period control, while Ottawa has dropped four straight and is getting buried on the scoreboard since its last win. Tuesday sets up as a pressure game where the first ten minutes matter more than usual because neither side is handling adversity well right now. Vancouver is also walking into a brutal scheduling spot. This is the second night of a back-to-back on a road trip that has already gone sideways, and they just spent a lot of time defending in Montreal. Ottawa isn’t exactly stable, but they’re at home and they can simplify the approach, especially if they

Detroit rolls into Boston playing confident hockey and cashing results in different ways, including a gritty overtime win Monday that kept them at the top of the East. The Bruins are doing the same thing on this homestand, just with a wider range of outcomes, from a 10-goal eruption to a 1-0 shutout the next night. From a betting angle, this matchup is about which team dictates game state early. Boston is at home, rested, and has been able to win both high-event and low-event games lately. Detroit is on the second leg of a back-to-back and just played a game where they were outshot heavily, which is usually where legs show up the next night. The market is shading

Carolina closes a quick two-game road swing in St. Louis on Tuesday, and the setup is straightforward. The Hurricanes tilt the ice, live in the offensive zone, and can win games even when they don’t have their best early. The Blues are still trying to solve the same problem: finishing. They’re defending hard enough to hang around, but they keep running out of goals. St. Louis comes home after a rough road trip where the offense never really traveled. The power play is searching, the margin is thin, and they’re leaning on a small group to create. Carolina is coming off an overtime loss in Detroit where they erased a 3-0 deficit late, which is basically the Hurricanes in one