Tuesday’s NHL slate features an outing between the heavily favored Tampa Bay Lightning (3-4-2, -180 on the moneyline to win on the road) and the Nashville Predators (4-4-2, +150 moneyline odds) at 7:45 p.m. ET on ESPN+.
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Lightning to win vs Predators -180
Lightning vs. Predators Betting Lines
- Favorite: Lightning (-180)
- Underdog: Predators (+150)
- Over/under: 5.5
Lightning vs. Predators Quick Facts
- Tampa Bay and its opponent have gone over the current 5.5-goal total in four of nine matches (44.4%) so far this season.
- In 30.0% of Nashville’s previous games this season (3/10), the teams combined to score over Tuesday’s over/under of 5.5 goals.
- Tuesday’s over/under is 0.3 above the combined goal-scoring average of 5.2 for these two teams.
- The 6.3 goals per game these two teams are giving up this season are 0.8 more than the 5.5-goal over/under set for this match.
Lightning Stats, Moneyline & Leaders
Lightning Season Stat Insights
- The Lightning offense’s 24 total goals (2.7 per game) rank 28th in the league.
- Tampa Bay is ranked 16th in total goals against, conceding 3.1 goals per game (28 total) in league play.
- Their goal differential (-4) ranks them 25th in the NHL.
- Tampa Bay’s five power-play goals this season (21st in the NHL) have come on 31 chances.
- The Lightning’s offense has the league’s 23rd-ranked power-play conversion rate (16.13%).
- The Lightning’s penalty-kill percentage (90.32%) is the NHL’s fourth-best.
- With a 45.9% faceoff win percentage, the Lightning have the 28th-ranked percentage in the NHL.
- Tampa Bay has a 10.3% shooting percentage as a team, ranking 21st in the league.
- The Lightning have yet to shut out an opponent this season, averaging 21.7 hits and 14.4 blocked shots per game.
Lightning Moneyline
- Tampa Bay has won three of the seven games it’s played as the moneyline favorite this season.
- The Lightning have been victorious one time through three games as a moneyline favorite shorter than -180 this season.
- The moneyline odds imply that Tampa Bay has a 64.3% chance of winning this contest.
Lightning Leaders
- Jake Guentzel: four goals and six assists
- Victor Hedman: eight assists
- Nikita Kucherov: three goals and five assists
- Andrei Vasilevskiy: 1-3-2 record, .891 save percentage, 18 goals allowed
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Predators Stats, Moneyline & Leaders
Predators Season Stats Insights
- The Predators have scored 25 goals this season (2.5 per game) to rank 25th in the league.
- Nashville has conceded 32 total goals (3.2 per game) to rank 25th.
- Their -7 goal differential ranks 27th in the league.
- Nashville has recorded three power-play goals this season (29th in the NHL) on 31 chances.
- The Predators have the league’s 31st-ranked power-play conversion rate of 9.68%.
- Nashville has scored one shorthanded goal this season (seventh among all NHL squads).
- The Predators’ sixth-best penalty kill rate is 88.89%.
- The Predators have the 16th-ranked faceoff win percentage in the NHL (50.4%).
- Nashville’s collective 9.2% shooting percentage ranks 27th in the league.
- The Predators have not had a shutout victory yet this season.
Predators Moneyline Insights
- This season the Predators have two wins in the seven games in which they’ve been an underdog.
- Nashville has played with moneyline odds of +150 or longer twice this season, and lost both.
- The moneyline implies a 40.0% chance to win for the Predators.
Predators Leaders
- Ryan O’Reilly: five goals and four assists
- Filip Forsberg: three goals and four assists
- Jonathan Marchessault: three goals and two assists
- Juuse Saros: 4-2-2 record, .909 save percentage, 22 goals conceded
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