NHL playoff betting: Tampa Bay Lightning vs. New York Rangers Game 7 odds, stats

The New York Rangers are 7-0 all-time in Game 7's at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers will try to close out another series at home this Friday night against the Tampa Bay Lightning.

New York is a -150 favorite on the NHL moneyline at home in Game 7 of the NHL's Eastern Conference Final at sportsbooks monitored by OddsShark.com. The Lightning would pay +140 on a road upset.

Down 3-2 in the series and heading back to Tampa Bay for Game 6, New York responded with a 7-3 win to force Friday's Game 7. And when it comes to Game 7, the stats are overwhelmingly in favor of Rangers goaltender Henrik Lundqvist.

Lundqvist has a 6-1 record with an 0.84 goals-against average in seven career Game 7 appearances with six straight wins. The star goaltender also owns a 15-3 record and a 1.47 GAA in his last 18 elimination games, including a 10-0 record at home over that stretch.

The Tampa Bay Lightning closed out their series against the Detroit Red Wings and Montreal Canadiens at home, but failed to do so against the Rangers. Now they face the daunting task of trying to beat New York on the road in Game 7.

However, the Lightning have no reason to look at this series as a lost cause just yet. They have solved Henrik Lundqvist for six goals twice in this series, including a 6-2 win at MSG in Game 2.

Tampa Bay is 5-1 in its last six road games against the Rangers, according to the OddsShark NHL Database -- including wins in each of the last two postseason games in New York.

Four of the last five games in this series have gone OVER the posted total. Friday night's total for the Lightning vs. Rangers betting matchup is set at five goals at the sportsbooks.

The road team is 4-2 so far in this series and has won each of the last three games. But with New York's recent history in home elimination games, it is hard to discount the Rangers' home ice advantage. The unpredictability of this series makes for an interesting Game 7 on Friday.