The Tampa Bay Lightning (16-8-2) have -155 moneyline odds to win when they host a matchup with the Pittsburgh Penguins (13-7-5), who have +130 moneyline odds, on Thursday at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN+.

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Lightning vs. Penguins Betting Lines

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

Lightning vs. Penguins Quick Facts

• Tampa Bay and its opponent have gone over the current 6.5-goal total in 10 of 26 games this season.
• Pittsburgh’s games have gone over 6.5 goals in 11 of 25 chances this season.
• The combined goals scored average of these two teams, 6.4, is 0.1 less than Thursday’s over/under.
• The 5.3 goals per game that these two clubs give up combined are 1.2 less than the 6.5-goal total set for this match.

Lightning Stats, Moneyline & Leaders

Lightning Season Stat Insights

• The Lightning create the eighth-most goals in the NHL, averaging 3.3 per game for a total of 85 this season.
• On defense, Tampa Bay has been one of the best units in NHL play, conceding 67 total goals to rank third.
• With a +18 goal differential, they’re ranked fourth-best in the NHL.
• Tampa Bay has scored 12 power-play goals on 80 chances this season, to rank 25th in the NHL.
• The Lightning’s offense has the NHL’s 27th-ranked power-play conversion rate (15%).
• Tampa Bay’s two shorthanded goals this season rank 11th in the NHL.
• The Lightning’s 89.16% penalty-kill success rate currently leads the NHL.
• With a 45.6% faceoff win rate, the Lightning have the 30th-ranked rate in the NHL.
• Tampa Bay has a 12.3% shooting percentage as a squad, ranking fifth in the NHL.
• The Lightning have yet to shut out an opponent this season, averaging 19.6 hits and 13.8 blocked shots per game.

Lightning Moneyline

• Through 18 games as the moneyline favorite this season, Tampa Bay has won 11 of those games.
• The Lightning have a record of 8-4 this season while playing with their moneyline odds shorter than -155.
• The moneyline odds say Tampa Bay has a 60.8% chance of winning this game.

Lightning Leaders

• Nikita Kucherov: 11 goals and 21 assists
• Jake Guentzel: 14 goals and 13 assists
• Brandon Hagel: 15 goals and 12 assists
• Andrei Vasilevskiy: 11-6-2 record, .917 save percentage, 43 goals allowed

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Penguins Stats, Moneyline & Leaders

Penguins Season Stats Insights

• The Penguins’ 79 total goals (3.2 per game) rank 18th in the NHL.
• Pittsburgh is one of the toughest defensive squads in the league this season, conceding 68 goals (2.7 per game) to rank fourth.
• Their +11 goal differential is sixth-best in the league.
• Pittsburgh has scored 20 power-play goals this season (on 60 chances). That’s the fourth-most in the NHL.
• The Penguins have a league-best power-play conversion rate of 33.33%.
• Pittsburgh has scored one shorthanded goal this season (20th in NHL).
• The 84.93% penalty-kill percentage the Penguins have registered is the league’s fourth-best rate.
• The Penguins have the 16th-ranked faceoff win rate in the NHL (49.8%).
• Pittsburgh’s collective 11.7% shooting percentage ranks 10th in the league.
• The Penguins have not had a shutout victory yet this season.

Penguins Moneyline Insights

• The Penguins have been an underdog in 17 games this season, with 10 upset wins (58.8%).
• Pittsburgh has gone 4-5 when oddsmakers have made them underdogs of +130 or longer on the moneyline.
• Bookmakers have implied, based on the moneyline in this matchup, that the Penguins have a 43.5% chance to win.

Penguins Leaders

• Sidney Crosby: 18 goals and 11 assists
• Evgeni Malkin: seven goals and 19 assists
• Bryan Rust: eight goals and 13 assists
• Arturs Silovs: 4-4-4 record, .898 save percentage, 33 goals given up