Monday, October 12, 2015

TD Garden

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The Tampa Bay Lightning travel to TD Garden to play the Boston Bruins on Monday, October 12, 2015. The opening line for this game has the Lightning at -145 and the Bruins at +125. The over/under has been set at 5.5.

The Tampa Bay Lightning have started out the young season with a 2 - 0 record. They have scored 4 points and 7 goals while giving up 3 goals on the young season. They have had 6 power play opportunities and scored 1 powerplay goal for a 16% powerplay percentage so far. They have attempted 63 shots on goal and surrendered 50 shots. Their overall save percentage to this point is 94%.

The Boston Bruins have started out the young season with a 0 - 2 record. They have scored 0 points and 4 goals while giving up 10 goals on the young season. They have had 6 power play opportunities and scored 1 powerplay goal for a 16.67% powerplay percentage so far. They have attempted 52 shots on goal and surrendered 70 shots. Their overall save percentage to this point is 86%.

The Lightning are 5-1 in their last 6 Monday games, are 4-1 in their last 5 vs. the Eastern Conference, and are 7-2 in their last 9 vs. the Atlantic. They are 5-2 in their last 7 road games, are 13-6 in their last 19 games playing on 1 days rest, and are 36-17 in their last 53 vs. a team with a losing record. The under is 3-0-1 in their last 4 games playing on 1 days rest, is 5-0-1 in their last 6 overall, is 4-0-1 in their last 5 after allowing 2 goals or less in their previous game, and is 4-0-1 in their last 5 when their opponent scores 2 goals or less in their previous game. The under is also 4-0-1 in their last 5 games following a win, is 15-4-2 in their last 21 road games, is 3-1-1 in their last 5 vs. the Eastern Conference, and is 10-4-4 in their last 18 vs. the Atlantic.

The Bruins are 38-14 in their last 52 Monday games, are 3-7 in their last 10 vs. the Atlantic, are 2-5 in their last 7 home games vs. a team with a road winning % of greater than .600, are 0-5 in their last 5 overall, are 0-5 in their last 5 after scoring 2 goals or less in their previous game, and are 0-4 in their last 4 vs. the Eastern Conference. The over is 3-0-1 in the Bruins last 4 overall, is 3-0-1 in their last 4 after scoring 2 goals or less in their previous game, and is 3-1-1 in their last 5 vs. a team with a winning % above .600. The over is also 3-1-1 in the Bruins last 5 Monday games, is 3-1-2 in their last 6 home games, and is 3-1-3 in their last 7 vs. the Atlantic.

In head to head meetings, the home team is 36-16-2 in the last 54 meetings. The Lightning are 20-47-5 in the last 72 meetings and are 4-29-4 in the last 37 meetings in Boston.

Tampa Bay Lightning Betting Trends

The Tampa Bay Lightning are 2-0 straight up

The Tampa Bay Lightning are 0-2-0 against the over/under

Boston Bruins Betting Trends

The Boston Bruins are 0-2 straight up

The Boston Bruins are 2-0-0 against the over/under

Tampa Bay Lightning Injuries

10/10/15 C Cedric Paquette Foot "?" Monday vs Boston

10/06/14 D Mattias Ohlund Knee out indefinitely

10/05/15 GO Andrei Vasilevskiy Blood Clot out indefinitely

Boston Bruins Injuries

10/11/15 LW Brad Marchand Head out indefinitely

10/10/15 D Zdeno Chara Upper Body "?" Monday vs Tampa Bay

10/06/15 D Dennis Seidenberg Back out indefinitely

Josh's Pick: Take Boston

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