Tuesday, October 13, 2015

Joe Louis Arena

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The Tampa Bay Lightning travel to Joe Louis Arena to play the Detroit Red Wings on Tuesday, October 13, 2015. The opening line for this game has the Lightning at -140 and the Red Wings at +120. 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 so far. They have had 6 power play opportunities and scored 1 powerplay goal for a 17% 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 Detroit Red Wings have started out the season with a 2 - 0 record. They have scored 4 points and 8 goals while giving up 3 goals so far. They have had 5 power play opportunities and scored 1 powerplay goals for a 20% powerplay percentage so far. They have attempted 41 shots on goal and surrendered 69 shots. Their overall save percentage to this point is 96%.

The Lightning are 4-1 in their last 5 vs. the Eastern Conference, 7-2 in their last 9 vs. the Atlantic and 5-2 in their last 7 road games. They are 16-35 in their last 51 road games vs. a team with a home winning % of greater than .600, 1-4 in their last 5 in the fourth game of a 4-in-6 situation, 1-4 in their last 5 in the third game of a 3-in-4 situation and 0-4 in their last 4 games playing on no days rest.

The under is 5-0-1 in the Lightning last 6 overall, 5-0 in their last 5 road games vs. a team with a home winning % of greater than .600 and 4-0 in their last 4 vs. a team with a winning record. The under is also 15-4-2 in their last 21 road games, 16-5 in their last 21 in the fourth game of a 4-in-6 days situation and 16-5 in their last 21 in the third game of a 3-in-4 days situation.

The Red Wings are 7-3 in their last 10 Tuesday games, 13-27 in their last 40 games playing on 2 days rest and 5-12 in their last 17 vs. the Atlantic.

The nder is 5-1-3 in the Red Wings last 9 home games, 4-1-1 in their last 6 vs. the Atlantic and 7-2-1 in their last 10 vs. a team with a winning % above .600. The under is also 12-4 in their last 16 games playing on 2 days rest, 11-5-3 in their last 19 vs. the Eastern Conference and 33-16-2 in their last 51 Tuesday games.

Head to head, the under is 6-2-1 in the last 9 meetings and 5-2-1 in the last 8 meetings in Detroit. The Lightning are 11-5 in the last 16 meetings and 5-11-1 in the last 17 meetings in Detroit.

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

Detroit Red Wings Betting Trends

The Detroit Red Wings are 2-0 straight up

The Detroit Red Wings are 1-1-0 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

Detroit Red Wings Injuries

10/08/15 C Pavel Datsyuk Ankle out indefinitely
10/07/15 C Darren Helm Concussion expected to miss 1 week
10/06/15 D Danny DeKeyser Foot out indefinitely

Guy's Pick: Take Detroit

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