Friday’s NHL slate features a matchup between the Tampa Bay Lightning (14-7-2) and the Detroit Red Wings (13-10-1) at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, Michigan. The Lightning are -125 on the moneyline to win on the road against the Red Wings (+105) in the game, which starts at 12 p.m. ET on ESPN+.
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Lightning to win vs Red Wings -125
Lightning vs. Red Wings Betting Lines
- Favorite: Lightning (-125)
- Underdog: Red Wings (+105)
- Over/under: 6.5
Lightning vs. Red Wings Quick Facts
- Tampa Bay and its opponent have gone over the current 6.5-goal total in nine of 23 games this season.
- Detroit’s games have gone over 6.5 goals in 11 of 24 chances this season.
- Friday’s over/under is 0.4 above the combined goal-scoring average of 6.1 for these two teams.
- The 6.0 goals per game that these two teams concede combined are 0.5 less than the 6.5-goal total set for this match.
Lightning Stats, Moneyline & Leaders
Lightning Season Stat Insights
- The Lightning offense’s 74 total goals (3.2 per game) are ranked 10th in the league this year.
- Tampa Bay has conceded the fifth-fewest goals in NHL play this season, 61 (2.6 per game).
- The team has the league’s fourth-best goal differential at +13 this season.
- The 11 power-play goals Tampa Bay has scored this season (on 74 chances) rank 22nd in the NHL.
- The Lightning rank 28th in the league with a 14.86% power-play conversion rate this season.
- Tampa Bay’s two shorthanded goals this season rank 11th in the NHL.
- The Lightning have a league-leading 88.31% penalty-kill percentage this season.
- The Lightning’s players win 45.5% of their faceoffs to rank 30th in the NHL.
- Tampa Bay connects on 12.4% of its shots, ranking third in the league.
- The Lightning have yet to shut out an opponent this season, averaging 20.2 hits and 14.3 blocked shots per game.
Lightning Moneyline
- Tampa Bay has won 10 of its 16 games as a favorite this season.
- In 16 games with moneyline oddds shorter than -125, the Lightning have 10 wins.
- The moneyline odds say Tampa Bay has a 55.6% chance of winning this game.
Lightning Leaders
- Nikita Kucherov: 11 goals and 16 assists
- Jake Guentzel: 12 goals and 12 assists
- Brandon Hagel: 12 goals and 12 assists
- Andrei Vasilevskiy: 10-5-2 record, .917 save percentage, 38 goals conceded
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Red Wings Stats, Moneyline & Leaders
Red Wings Season Stats Insights
- The Red Wings’ 70 total goals (2.9 per game) rank 19th in the league.
- Detroit has given up 3.3 goals per game, and 80 total, which ranks 27th among all NHL teams.
- Their 25th-ranked goal differential is -10.
- Detroit has put up 18 power-play goals this season, which are the sixth-most in the NHL (on 79 chances).
- The Red Wings have the NHL’s 12th-ranked power-play conversion rate of 22.78%.
- The 80.88% of opponent power plays the Red Wings kill is the 15th-ranked penalty-kill percentage in the league.
- The Red Wings win 52.8% of their faceoffs. That’s the seventh-best percentage in the NHL.
- Detroit is shooting 9.7% (28th in the league).
- The Red Wings have yet to shut out an opponent this season.
Red Wings Moneyline Insights
- The Red Wings have been the underdog 13 times this season, and upset their opponent in eight, or 61.5%, of those games.
- Detroit has 11 games this season playing as the underdog by +105 or longer, and is 7-4 in those contests.
- The win probability for the Red Wings, implied from the moneyline, is 48.8%.
Red Wings Leaders
- Alex DeBrincat: 12 goals and 14 assists
- Dylan Larkin: 13 goals and 13 assists
- Lucas Raymond: seven goals and 18 assists
- Cam Talbot: 9-4-0 record, .886 save percentage, 38 goals given up

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