The Tampa Bay Lightning (29-13-3) are heavily favored (-205 moneyline odds to win) when they go on the road in a matchup with the St. Louis Blues (18-21-8), who have +170 moneyline odds, on Friday at 8 p.m. ET on ESPN+.

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Lightning vs. Blues Betting Lines

• Favorite: Lightning (-205)
• Underdog: Blues (+170)
• Over/under: 5.5

Lightning vs. Blues Quick Facts

• Tampa Bay’s games this season have gone over 5.5 goals 26 of 45 times.
• In 51.1% of St. Louis’ previous games this season (24/47), the teams combined to score more than Friday’s over/under of 5.5 goals.
• These two clubs combine to score six goals per game, 0.5 more than the total set for this match.
• The 5.9 goals per game these two clubs are giving up this season are 0.4 more than the 5.5-goal over/under set for this match.

Lightning Stats, Moneyline & Leaders

Lightning Season Stat Insights

• The Lightning offense’s 158 total goals (3.5 per game) are ranked fifth in the NHL this year.
• On defense, Tampa Bay is one of the best squads in NHL competition, giving up 115 total goals to rank second.
• With a +43 goal differential, they’re ranked second-best in the league.
• Tampa Bay has put up 28 power-play goals on 144 chances this season, to rank 15th in the NHL.
• The Lightning are ranked 19th in the league with a 19.44% power-play conversion rate this season.
• Tampa Bay’s three shorthanded goals this season rank 14th in the NHL.
• The Lightning’s 83.67% penalty-kill success rate is currently fifth-best in the NHL.
• The Lightning’s players win 46% of their faceoffs to rank 31st in the NHL.
• Tampa Bay scores on 12.9% of its shots as a team, ranking second in the league.
• The Lightning have yet to shut out an opponent this season, averaging 19.4 hits and 12.8 blocked shots per game.

Lightning Moneyline

• Through 35 games as the moneyline favorite this season, Tampa Bay has won 22 of those games.
• In four games with moneyline odds lower than -205, the Lightning have two wins.
• There is a 67.2% chance that Tampa Bay wins this game, per the moneyline.

Lightning Leaders

• Nikita Kucherov: 23 goals and 44 assists
• Jake Guentzel: 20 goals and 27 assists
• Brandon Hagel: 22 goals and 19 assists
• Andrei Vasilevskiy: 19-7-2 record, .915 save percentage, 63 goals given up

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Blues Stats, Moneyline & Leaders

Blues Season Stats Insights

• The Blues have scored 117 goals this season (2.5 per game) to rank 32nd in the NHL.
• St. Louis has conceded 3.4 goals per game, and 159 total, which ranks 29th among all NHL teams.
• Their -42 goal differential ranks 31st in the league.
• St. Louis has put up 21 power-play goals this season, which ranks 29th in the NHL (on 123 chances).
• The Blues have the NHL’s 24th-ranked power-play conversion rate of 17.07%.
• St. Louis has scored five shorthanded goals this season (seventh among all NHL teams).
• The 77.05% penalty-kill percentage the Blues have put totgether is the league’s 25th-ranked rate.
• The Blues have the NHL’s 14th-ranked faceoff win rate (50.5%).
• St. Louis’ collective 10.1% shooting percentage ranks 25th in the league.
• The Blues have yet to shut out an opponent this season.

Blues Moneyline Insights

• The Blues have been made the underdog 28 times this season, and upset their opponent 15 times.
• St. Louis has been an underdog by +170 or longer on the moneyline three times, losing each of those contests.
• The moneyline for this matchup implies a 37.0% chance for the Blues to win.

Blues Leaders

• Robert Thomas: 11 goals and 22 assists
• Pavel Buchnevich: eight goals and 16 assists
• Justin Faulk: 11 goals and 11 assists
• Jordan Binnington: 8-12-6 record, .871 save percentage, 87 goals allowed