The Carolina Hurricanes (0-0-0) have -155 moneyline odds to win when they host the Tampa Bay Lightning (0-0-0), who have +130 odds, on Friday, October 11 at 7:00 PM ET on ESPN+.

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Hurricanes vs. Lightning Betting Lines

• Favorite: Hurricanes (-155)
• Underdog: Lightning (+130)
• Over/under: 6.5

Hurricanes vs. Lightning Quick Facts

• In 39 games last season, Carolina and its opponent combined for more than 6.5 goals.
• Tampa Bay combined with its opponent to score over 6.5 goals in 43 of 86 games last season.
• These two teams averaged a combined 6.9 goals per game, 0.4 more than this one’s total.
• These teams gave up 5.8 goals per game combined, 0.7 fewer than this one’s over/under.
• The Hurricanes were eighth in goals scored in the league, and the Lightning were fifth.
• This game features the league’s 22nd-ranked (Lightning) and fourth-ranked (Hurricanes) teams last season in terms of defense.

Hurricanes Stats, Moneyline & Leaders

Hurricanes Season Stat Insights

• The Hurricanes scored the eighth-most goals in the league last season (277 total, 3.4 per game).
• Carolina allowed 211 total goals (2.6 per game), ranking fourth in league action for the fewest goals against.
• Their +66 goal differential was second-best in the league.
• The 67 power-play goals Carolina recorded last season (third-most in the NHL) came via 249 chances.
• The Hurricanes had the league’s second-best power-play conversion rate (26.91%).
• Carolina scored 11 shorthanded goals last season (fourth among all NHL teams).
• The Hurricanes’ 86.43% penalty-kill success rate topped the league.
• The Hurricanes won the sixth-highest percentage of faceoffs in the NHL, 52.6%.
• Carolina scored on 10.1% of its shots (15th in league).
• The Hurricanes did not have a shutout last season. As a team, they averaged 16.9 hits and 11.4 blocked shots per game.

Hurricanes Moneyline

• The Hurricanes won 63.5% of their games last season when favored on the moneyline (54-31).
• When it played as a moneyline favorite with odds of -155 or shorter, Carolina had a 38-18 record (winning 67.9% of its games).
• Based on this matchup’s moneyline, the Hurricanes have an implied win probability of 60.8%.

Hurricanes Leaders

• A top offensive player last season for Carolina, Sebastian Aho scored 89 points in 78 games (36 goals and 53 assists).
• Seth Jarvis had 33 goals and 34 assists to total 67 points (0.8 per game).
• Shayne Gostisbehere’s 56 points last season came via 10 goals and 46 assists.
• Pyotr Kochetkov had a record of 23-13-4. He conceded 92 goals (2.3 goals against average) and recorded 939 saves with a .911 save percentage (17th in the league).

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Lightning Stats, Moneyline & Leaders

Lightning Season Stats Insights

• The Lightning’s 288 goals last season (3.5 per game) ranked them fifth in the league.
• Tampa Bay’s total of 267 goals conceded (3.3 per game) was 22nd in the league.
• With a goal differential of +21, they were 12th in the league.
• Tampa Bay had a league-leading 71 power-play goals on 248 chances.
• With a 28.63% power-play conversion rate, the Lightning led the NHL.
• Tampa Bay had five shorthanded goals (24th in NHL).
• The 83.33% penalty-kill percentage of the Lightning was fifth in the league.
• The Lightning were ninth in faceoff win rate in the NHL (51.8%).
• With a shooting percentage of 12.0%, Tampa Bay was tops in the league.
• The Lightning did not shut out their opponents once. They averaged 24.2 hits and 15.2 blocked shots per game.

Lightning Moneyline Insights

• Last season the Lightning were an underdog 33 times, and won 14, or 42.4%, of those games.
• Tampa Bay had a record of 4-5 in games when oddsmakers pegged it as an underdog of at least +130 on the moneyline.
• The implied probability of a win by the Lightning, based on the moneyline, is 43.5%.

Lightning Leaders

• Nikita Kucherov scored 44 goals (0.5 per game) and dished out 100 assists (1.2 per game) last season, contributing to the Tampa Bay offense with 144 total points (1.8 per game). He averaged 3.7 shots per game, shooting 14.4%.
• Brayden Point was one of the impact players on offense for Tampa Bay with 90 total points (1.1 per game), with 46 goals and 44 assists in 81 games.
• Jake Guentzel was a key player on offense for Tampa Bay with 30 goals and 47 assists.
• Andrei Vasilevskiy had a .900 save percentage (40th in the league) last season, giving up 148 goals (2.9 goals against average). He put together a 30-20-2 record.