Brayden Point, Nikita Kucherov, and the Tampa Bay Lightning will face off against Ryan Johansen, Filip Forsberg, and the Nashville Predators at Bridgestone Arena in an East-West showdown. The opening face-off takes place at 8 p.m. ET on Monday, November 19, and you’ll be able to catch it live on Fox Sports Tennesse.
Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Nashville Predators Odds
Tampa Bay (+120) is entering this one as the underdog to Nashville (-140) and oddsmakers have put the Over/Under (O/U) at 6 goals (-115 for the over, -105 for the under).
Earning 4.8 units for moneyline bettors, Nashville is 14-6 straight up (SU) overall in the 2018-19 season. That winning percentage, ranked first in the NHL in this young season, isn’t too far off from to the 53-29 record the team produced during last year’s regular season campaign. Of its 20 regular season contests, 10 have gone under the total, while nine have gone over and just one has pushed. The team is 6-3 SU at home this season.
The Predators have converted on just 14.1 percent of their power play opportunities this year, a figure that places them in the bottom-10 overall among NHL teams. On the other hand, their penalty kill is ranked 16th overall, and they’ve successfully killed off 79.7 percent of all penalties.
With a .943 save percentage and 27.1 saves per game, Pekka Rinne (8-3-1) has been the principal goalkeeper for the Preds this season. If the Preds decide to rest him, however, the team could turn to Juuse Saros (7-3-3 record, .903 save percentage, 2.94 goals against average).
On the visitors’ side of the ice, Tampa Bay is 14-6 straight up (SU) and has earned moneyline bettors 2.9 units this year. 10 of its games have gone over the total, while nine have gone under the total and just one has pushed. As the visiting team , the Lightning are 7-3 SU.
The Lightning currently have the third-strongest power-play unit in the NHL, as they’ve scored on 29.7 percent of their extra-man opportunities in 2018-19. On the other hand, its penalty kill unit is ranked ninth overall and it’s successfully killed off 82.7 percent of all opponent power plays.
Andrei Vasilevskiy (2.29 goals against average and .927 save percentage) has been the primary option in goal for Tampa Bay. Vasilevskiy is averaging 29.4 saves per game and has nine wins, four losses, and one overtime loss to his credit.
Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Nashville Predators Betting Picks
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Over Nashville’s last ten outings, five of them have been decided by two or more goals (the team is 4-1 in those games).
Extra-man opportunities may prove to be extremely important in tonight’s game. The Lightning are 3-4 in games where they serve fewer penalty minutes than their opponent and 4-6 when they serve fewer than 10 total penalty minutes. The Predators are 7-2 when they serve fewer penalty minutes than the opposition and 11-4 when they’re in the box for less than 10 minutes.
For both of these teams, the game went over the total in three of their past five matchups.
Tampa Bay skaters have averaged 8.6 giveaways over its last five home games, a rise over its season average of 7.5 giveaways per game (ranked sixth in the NHL).
Nashville has averaged 10.2 giveaways over its last five home games, a rise over its season average of 8.8 giveaways per game (the 12th-fewest in the NHL).
Tampa Bay skaters have dished out the fifth-most hits in the league (25.6 per game).
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