Lightning vs. Canucks betting preview

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Tuesday’s NHL schedule features a matchup between the Tampa Bay Lightning (1-0) and the Vancouver Canucks (0-0-2) at Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida. The Lightning are -135 on the moneyline to win at home against the Canucks (+114) in the game, which starts at 7:00 PM ET on ESPN+.

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Lightning to win vs Canucks -135

Bet $20, Payout $34.81

Lightning vs. Canucks Betting Lines

  • Favorite: Lightning (-135)
  • Underdog: Canucks (+114)
  • Over/under: 6.5

Lightning vs. Canucks Quick Facts

  • In 43 of 86 games last season, Tampa Bay and its opponent combined for more than 6.5 goals.
  • Vancouver combined with its opponent to score more than 6.5 goals in 45 of 95 games last season.
  • These two teams scored a combined 6.9 goals per game, 0.4 more than this one’s over/under.
  • These two teams together conceded six goals per game, 0.5 fewer than this one’s total.
  • The Canucks were sixth in the league in goals scored, compared to the fifth-ranked Lightning.
  • The Canucks were fifth in the league in goals surrendered, and the Lightning were 22nd.

Lightning Stats, Moneyline & Leaders

Lightning Season Stat Insights

  • The Lightning scored the fifth-most goals in the league last season (288 total, 3.5 per game).
  • Tampa Bay gave up 267 total goals (3.3 per game), ranking 22nd in NHL action in goals against.
  • Their goal differential (+21) ranked 12th in the league.
  • The 71 power-play goals Tampa Bay scored last season led the NHL (on 248 chances).
  • The Lightning paced the league with a 28.63% power-play conversion rate.
  • Tampa Bay scored five shorthanded goals last season (24th among all NHL teams).
  • The Lightning’s 83.33% penalty-kill success rate was fifth-best in the league.
  • The Lightning had the ninth-best faceoff win percentage in the NHL, at 51.8%.
  • Tampa Bay had a 12% shooting percentage, which led the league.
  • The Lightning did not shut out an opponent last season. They averaged 24.2 hits and 15.2 blocked shots per game.

Lightning Moneyline

  • The Lightning won 58.8% of their games last season when they were a moneyline favorite (30-21).
  • Tampa Bay went 22-13 when playing as a moneyline favorite with odds of -135 or shorter.
  • The Lightning have an implied moneyline win probability of 57.4% in this contest.

Lightning Leaders

  • A leading offensive player last season for Tampa Bay, Nikita Kucherov scored 144 points in 81 games (44 goals and 100 assists).
  • Brayden Point had 90 points (1.1 per game), scoring 46 goals and adding 44 assists.
  • Jake Guentzel’s 77 points came from 30 goals and 47 assists.
  • Andrei Vasilevskiy had a record of 30-20-2. He allowed 148 goals (2.9 goals against average) and recorded 1329 saves.

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Canucks Stats, Moneyline & Leaders

Canucks Season Stats Insights

  • With 279 goals (3.4 per game) last season, the Canucks had the league’s sixth-best offense.
  • Vancouver conceded 2.7 goals per game (221 in total), the fifth-fewest in the NHL.
  • Their +58 goal differential was fifth-best in the league.
  • Vancouver had 58 power-play goals (ninth-most in NHL) on 257 chances.
  • The Canucks’ power-play percentage (22.57) put them 12th in the league.
  • In terms of shorthanded goals, Vancouver had seven.
  • At 79.13%, the Canucks had the 17th-ranked penalty-kill percentage in the league.
  • The Canucks were eighth in faceoff win percentage in the NHL (52.1%).
  • With a shooting percentage of 12%, Vancouver was tops in the league.
  • The Canucks did not shut out their opponents once. They averaged 26.6 hits and 14 blocked shots per game.

Canucks Moneyline Insights

  • The Canucks were an underdog in 38 games last season, and won 22 (57.9%).
  • Vancouver had a record of 9-9 in games when bookmakers pegged it as an underdog of at least +114 on the moneyline.
  • Sportsbooks have implied, given the moneyline set for this matchup, that the Canucks have a 46.7% chance to win.

Canucks Leaders

  • Jonathan Tanner Miller totaled 103 points (1.3 per game) for Vancouver last season, with 37 goals and 66 assists in 81 games (playing 19:15 per game).
  • Quinn Hughes helped lead the offense for Vancouver last season with 17 goals and 75 assists.
  • Vancouver’s Elias Pettersson was among the leaders on the team with 89 total points (34 goals and 55 assists).
  • Thatcher Demko was 35-14-2 in 51 games last season, conceding 123 goals (2.4 goals against average) with a .918 save percentage (seventh-best in the league).
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