NHL Monday: Thiessen picks Islanders vs Penguins, Maple Leafs vs Canadiens, Lightning vs Panthers, more

The first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs is flying by, mostly in part to the dominant series wins by some teams.

Already, Colorado (four-game sweep) and Boston (4-1) are into the second round, and three teams could join them tonight (Winnipeg, up 3-0; Tampa Bay, up 3-1; Vegas, up 3-1).

Tampa Bay and Vegas look too strong for Florida and Minnesota, and should wrap up their series tonight.

I still think Edmonton has a win in them. The two other series look to be interesting.

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NHL STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS

New York Islanders (+120) at Pittsburgh Penguins (-143), 7 p.m. EDT (NBCSN and Fubo.TV), tied 2-2

Toronto Maple Leafs (-167) at Montreal Canadiens (+138), 7:00 p.m. EDT (NHL and Fubo.TV), tied 1-1

Tampa Bay Lightning (-117) at Florida Panthers (-105), 8 p.m. EDT (CNBC and Fubo.TV), TB leads 3-1

Edmonton Oilers (-120) at Winnipeg Jets (+102), 9:45 p.m. EDT (NBCSN and Fubo.TV), WIN leads 3-0

Minnesota Wild (+150) at Vegas Golden Knights (-185), 10:30 p.m. EDT (CNBC and Fubo.TV), VGS leads 3-1

THE PICKS:

Pittsburgh three-way ML (+115)

Toronto three-way ML (+105)

Tampa Bay ML (-117)

Tampa Bay over 3 (+108)

Edmonton ML (-120)

Vegas -1 (+120)

Vegas over 3 (+102)

SCORE PREDICTIONS

Toronto vs Montreal: Leafs win 2-1

New York vs Pittsburgh: Pens win 4-3

Tampa Bay vs Florida: Lightning win 5-2

Edmonton vs Winnipeg: Oilers win 4-3

Las Vegas vs Minnesota: Vegas wins 4-1