Thursday will feature an NHL contest between the home favorite Tampa Bay Lightning (26-20-3, -155 on the moneyline to win) and the Los Angeles Kings (26-16-6, +130 moneyline odds) at 7:00 PM ET on ESPN+.

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Lightning vs. Kings Betting Lines

• Favorite: Lightning (-155)
• Underdog: Kings (+130)
• Over/under: 5.5

Lightning vs. Kings Quick Facts

• Tampa Bay and its opponent have combined to score more than 5.5 goals in 27 of 49 games this season.
• In 41.7% of Los Angeles’ previous games this season (20/48), the teams combined to score over Thursday’s over/under of 5.5 goals.
• The combined goals scored average of these two teams, 6.3, is 0.8 above Thursday’s over/under.
• This game’s over/under is 0.1 above the 5.4 goals these two teams give up per game combined.

Lightning Stats, Moneyline & Leaders

Lightning Season Stat Insights

• The Lightning’s 171 goals this season make them the fourth-best scoring team in the league.
• On defense, Tampa Bay is one of the best squads in league action, allowing 139 total goals to rank ninth.
• The team’s goal differential is fifth-best in the league at +32.
• The 39 power-play goals Tampa Bay has recorded this season have come on 143 chances, fourth-best in the NHL.
• The Lightning’s offense is fifth the league with a 27.27% power-play conversion rate.
• Tampa Bay’s eight shorthanded goals this season rank second in the league.
• The Lightning’s 81.4% penalty-kill success rate is currently 10th-best in the NHL.
• The Lightning’s players win 50.5% of their faceoffs to rank 16th in the NHL.
• Tampa Bay connects on 12% of its shots, ranking third in the league.
• The Lightning average 17.7 hits and 14.4 blocked shots per game.

Lightning Moneyline

• In 33 games as the moneyline favorite this season, Tampa Bay has won 20 of those games.
• Through 22 games with moneyline odds shorter than -155 this season, the Lightning have won 13 times.
• Looking at the moneyline odds, Tampa Bay has a 60.8% chance of winning this contest.

Lightning Leaders

• Nikita Kucherov: 23 goals and 50 assists
• Brayden Point: 28 goals and 24 assists
• Brandon Hagel: 20 goals and 31 assists
• Andrei Vasilevskiy: 20-15-2 record, .915 save percentage, 85 goals allowed

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Kings Stats, Moneyline & Leaders

Kings Season Stats Insights

• The Kings’ 135 total goals (2.8 per game) rank 27th in the league.
• Los Angeles’ 121 total goals conceded (2.5 per game) are the second-fewest in the league.
• They have a +14 goal differential, which is ninth-best in the league.
• Los Angeles has scored 18 power-play goals this season (30th in the NHL) on 115 chances.
• The Kings’ power-play conversion rate (15.65%) ranks 29th in the league.
• Los Angeles has scored two shorthanded goals this season (23rd in NHL).
• The 81.69% penalty-kill percentage the Kings have registered is the league’s eighth-best rate.
• The Kings have the 11th-ranked faceoff win rate in the NHL (51.4%).
• The 10.3% shooting percentage Los Angeles has compiled ranks 20th in the league.
• The Kings have not yet shut out an opponent this season.

Kings Moneyline Insights

• The Kings have been an underdog in 20 games this season, with eight upset wins (40.0%).
• Los Angeles is 1-6 when bookmakers have listed them as underdogs of +130 or longer on the moneyline.
• Oddsmakers have implied, based on the moneyline for this matchup, that the Kings have a 43.5% chance to win.

Kings Leaders

• Adrian Kempe: 24 goals and 20 assists
• Anze Kopitar: 12 goals and 31 assists
• Kevin Fiala: 16 goals and 13 assists
• Darcy Kuemper: 14-6-6 record, .920 save percentage, 58 goals conceded