The Tampa Bay Lightning (2-4-2) are favorites when they welcome in the Vegas Golden Knights (5-1-2) on Sunday, Oct. 26 at 5 p.m. ET on ESPN+. The Lightning are -142 on the moneyline to win, while the Golden Knights have +120 moneyline odds.
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Lightning to win vs Golden Knights -142
Lightning vs. Golden Knights Betting Lines
- Favorite: Lightning (-142)
- Underdog: Golden Knights (+120)
- Over/under: 6.5
Lightning vs. Golden Knights Quick Facts
- Tampa Bay and its opponent have combined to put up more than 6.5 goals in four of eight games this season.
- Vegas has combined with its opponent to score over 6.5 goals in four of eight games this season.
- This season, these two teams have combined to average 6.5 goals per game, the same as Sunday’s over/under.
- These two clubs give up 6.1 goals per game combined, 0.4 fewer than this game’s over/under.
Lightning Stats, Moneyline & Leaders
Lightning Season Stat Insights
- The Lightning offense’s 22 total goals (2.8 per game) rank 28th in the NHL.
- Tampa Bay is ranked 14th in league action in goals against this season, having conceded 27 (3.4 per game).
- The team is ranked 25th in goal differential at -5.
- The five power-play goals Tampa Bay has recorded this season (on 26 chances) rank 20th in the NHL.
- The Lightning are ranked 20th in the league with a 19.23% power-play conversion rate this season.
- The Lightning defeat 89.29% of opponent power plays, currently the fifth-best penalty-kill percentage in the NHL.
- The Lightning’s players win 45.4% of their faceoffs to rank 30th in the league.
- Tampa Bay connects on 10.8% of its shots, ranking 19th in the league.
- The Lightning average 22 hits and 14.5 blocked shots per game.
Lightning Moneyline
- Tampa Bay has been victorious twice while playing six games as the moneyline favorite this season.
- In six games with moneyline odds lower than -142, the Lightning have two wins.
- The moneyline odds say Tampa Bay has a 58.7% chance of winning this game.
Lightning Leaders
- Jake Guentzel: four goals and five assists
- Nikita Kucherov: two goals and five assists
- Brayden Point: two goals and five assists
- Andrei Vasilevskiy: 0-3-2 record, .884 save percentage, 17 goals allowed
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Golden Knights Stats, Moneyline & Leaders
Golden Knights Season Stats Insights
- The Golden Knights’ 30 total goals (3.8 per game) are the seventh-most in the league.
- Vegas has been one of the toughest defensive units in the league this season, giving up 22 goals (2.8 per game) to rank eighth.
- They have a +8 goal differential, which is sixth-best in the league.
- Vegas has recorded nine power-play goals this season (second-most in the NHL) on 30 chances.
- The Golden Knights’ power-play conversion rate (30%) ranks fifth-best in the league.
- Vegas has scored one shorthanded goal this season (sixth among all NHL teams).
- The Golden Knights’ 17th-ranked penalty kill rate is 77.27%.
- The Golden Knights have the fourth-best faceoff win rate in the NHL (55.6%).
- The 13% shooting percentage Vegas has amassed ranks fifth in the league.
- The Golden Knights have not shut out an opponent this season. They average 22.3 hits and 17.5 blocked shots per game.
Golden Knights Moneyline Insights
- This is the first game as an underdog for the Golden Knights this season.
- Vegas has not been a longer moneyline underdog than the +120 odds on them winning this game.
- The win probability for the Golden Knights, implied from the moneyline, is 45.5%.
Golden Knights Leaders
- Jack Eichel: six goals and 10 assists
- Mark Stone: two goals and 11 assists
- Mitchell Marner: two goals and eight assists
- Akira Schmid: 4-1-0 record, .896 save percentage, 12 goals allowed
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