Tampa Bay Lightning (vs. Florida Panthers): While their series with a quality Panthers squad presents as no gimme, the return of Nikita Kucherov helps to pad the odds in the Lightning's favor. The top-line forward duo of Kucherov and Brayden Point should provide invested fantasy competitors with a vicious one-two productive punch. While there's plenty of speculation about how Kucherov will fare after watching the entire regular season unfold from the sidelines, I believe he's felt ready for ages and emerges like a bat out of a 400 degree oven. Elite netminder Andrei Vasilevskiy managed worse, and substantially so, against Florida than any other opponent this campaign, wrapping up with a disagreeable head-to-head 3.36 goals-against average. But the guy is also the best in the biz and a reigning Stanley Cup champion. Fantasy competitors who feel the Lightning will squeeze by Florida should consider investing in Vasilevskiy for the long haul. Defenseman Victor Hedman is a top-notch blue-line fantasy asset with few equals.

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