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Totals bettors are beginning to dread the number “6”, with this series having produced three pushes through the first five games. Four of Washington’s previous six home games this postseason went above the total, with the only unders coming in the first two games of their second-round tilt with Pittsburgh. And if bettors wish to take a long view, the teams have gone above the number 20 times with four pushes in their last 32 meetings.Unlike most people, the Capitals love the start of the work week – they’ve won 25 of their previous 33 games played on a Monday. But to keep that trend alive, they’ll need to produce more offence – though it isn’t for a lack of trying, with Washington having outshot Tampa Bay in each of the first five games of the series. There have been one or two goals scored in the third period of all five games; the one third-period goal prop pays +225, while two pays at +220.TAMPA — The Lightning is a win away from a trip to the Stanley Cup final. Its Game 5 win Saturday, to take a 3-2 lead over the Washington Capitals, was another chapter of a story being written on the fly.
"Think about Game 1 in New Jersey," Lightning coach Jon Cooper said. "That doesn't even feel like it was this year."
This is how it happens in the Stanley Cup playoffs. It's nearly invisible at first, but the journey grabs hold.
Pick a face out of a Lightning team photo and you'll find someone who has contributed in one way or another. In Game 5 of the Eastern Conference final, it was grinders Cedric Paquette and Ryan Callahan. These are faces and names and moments that will always be remembered if this team goes all the way. They're not strangers at this moment.
The team becomes the town. The town becomes the team.
It was that way in 2004, when the Lightning won the Cup. The 2015 run to the Cup final swept people up along the way. It's happening again.
Steven Stamkos becomes "Stammer," Nikita Kucherov becomes "Kuch," Victor Hedman becomes "Heddy." It's ridiculous. It's wonderful. A friendly word of advice: When you begin calling your spouse "Wifey," you might want to tap the brakes.
"We saw it when we went on our first Stanley Cup run, just how amazing this city is," Lightning captain Stamkos said, "everywhere from the grocery store to the restaurant, taking your dog for a walk. Everyone embraces it."
The Bucs once knew what that was like. The Rays knew it for a handful of seasons. Lightning players are ingredients in a feast, strokes on the canvas. Everyone makes his mark, some with a flourish.
