Saturday’s NHL lineup features an outing between the favored Tampa Bay Lightning (44-21-6, -175 on the moneyline to win at home) and the Ottawa Senators (38-24-10, +145 moneyline odds) at 1 p.m. ET on ESPN+.
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Moneyline
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Lightning to win vs Senators -175
Lightning vs. Senators Betting Lines
- Favorite: Lightning (-175)
- Underdog: Senators (+145)
- Over/under: 6.5
Lightning vs. Senators Quick Facts
- Tampa Bay and its opponent have gone over the current 6.5-goal total in 35 of 71 games this season.
- So far this season, 50.0% of Ottawa’s games (36/72) have had more goals than Saturday’s over/under of 6.5.
- The combined goals scored average of these two teams, 6.9, is 0.4 more than Saturday’s over/under.
- This game’s over/under is 0.7 more than the 5.8 goals these two clubs concede per game combined.
Lightning Stats, Moneyline & Leaders
Lightning Season Stat Insights
- The Lightning create the second-most goals in the league, averaging 3.6 per game for a total of 256 this season.
- Tampa Bay is ranked third in league play for the fewest goals against this season, having conceded 197 in total (2.8 per game).
- With a +59 goal differential, they’re ranked second-best in the league.
- Tampa Bay has recorded 49 power-play goals on 214 chances this season, to rank 11th in the league.
- The Lightning’s offense has the league’s 12th-ranked power-play conversion rate (22.9%).
- Tampa Bay’s offense has recorded five shorthanded goals this season (17th among all squads).
- The Lightning’s 81.82% penalty-kill success rate is currently sixth-best in the league.
- With a 47.7% faceoff win percentage, the Lightning have the 25th-ranked rate in the NHL.
- Tampa Bay has a 12.8% shooting percentage as a squad, ranking third in the league.
- The Lightning have yet to shut out an opponent this season, averaging 20.1 hits and 12.3 blocked shots per game.
Lightning Moneyline
- Tampa Bay has gone 37-23 as the oddsmakers’ choice this season.
- In 27 games with moneyline oddds lower than -175, the Lightning have 18 wins.
- The moneyline odds say Tampa Bay has a 63.6% chance of winning this game.
Lightning Leaders
- Nikita Kucherov: 40 goals and 81 assists
- Jake Guentzel: 33 goals and 43 assists
- Brandon Hagel: 33 goals and 37 assists
- Andrei Vasilevskiy: 34-12-4 record, .912 save percentage, 115 goals allowed
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Senators Stats, Moneyline & Leaders
Senators Season Stats Insights
- The Senators’ 239 total goals (3.3 per game) are the ninth-most in the NHL.
- Ottawa has conceded 3.0 goals per game, and 219 total, which ranks 17th among all league teams.
- Their ninth-best goal differential is +20.
- Ottawa has scored 54 power-play goals this season, which are the fourth-most in the NHL (on 233 chances).
- The Senators’ power-play conversion rate (23.18%) is 10th-best in the league.
- Ottawa has scored six shorthanded goals this season (11th among all NHL teams).
- The 74.76% penalty-kill percentage the Senators have amassed is the league’s 30th-ranked rate.
- The Senators win 54.6% of their faceoffs. That’s the second-best figure in the NHL.
- Ottawa’s collective 11.5% shooting percentage ranks 10th in the league.
- The Senators have yet to shut out an opponent this season.
Senators Moneyline Insights
- This season the Senators have seven wins in the 19 games in which they’ve been an underdog.
- Ottawa is 2-2 when oddsmakers have made them underdogs of +145 or longer on the moneyline.
- The moneyline for this matchup implies a 40.8% chance for the Senators to win.
Senators Leaders
- Tim Stutzle: 32 goals and 42 assists
- Drake Batherson: 29 goals and 33 assists
- Dylan Cozens: 25 goals and 26 assists
- Linus Ullmark: 23-10-8 record, .888 save percentage, 115 goals allowed
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