Tuesday, October 20, 2015

Bridgestone Arena

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The Tampa Bay Lightning travel to Bridgestone Arena to play the Nashville Predators on Tuesday, October 20, 2015. The opening line for this game has the Lightning at +121 and the Predators at -134. The over/under has been set at 5.5.

Tampa Bay comes into this matchup having played 6 games. They have an overall record of 4-2-0 and on the road they have a record of 2-1-0. They have scored 19 goals and given up 15 goals for a point differential of +4. Nashville shows up with a record of 4-1-0 including 2-0-0 at home this season. They have scored 14 goals and surrendered 9 for a goal differential of +5.

Steven Stamkos has accumulated 5 total points this season for the Lightning. He has 4 goals this season with 15 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 27%. He has a total of 1 assist on the season and averages 19 minutes played per game. Tyler Johnson is averaging 18 minutes of ice time per contest this season. Over that span he has 0 goals by way of 16 shots. He has tallied 4 assists giving him a total of 4 points for the year. Ben Bishop has 4 wins and 2 losses on the year in net for the Lightning. He has given up 14 goals on the 157 shots he has faced. He has 143 saves for a save percentage of 91%.

Shea Weber has accumulated 2 total points this season for the Predators. He has 0 goals this season with 12 shots on goal. He has a total of 2 assists on the season and averages 24 minutes played per game. Filip Forsberg is averaging 18 minutes of ice time per contest. Over that span he has a shooting percentage of 20% by getting 2 goals by way of 10 shots. He has tallied 2 assists giving him a total of 4 points for the year. Pekka Rinne has 3 wins and 1 loss on the year in net for the Predators. He has given up 6 goals on the 108 shots he has faced. He has 102 saves for a save percentage of 94%.

The Lightning have accumulated 8 total points this season. They have given up 15 goals while scoring 19 goals themselves. They have had 19 power play opportunities and scored a goal on 4 chances for a percentage of 21%. They have allowed 18 power play opportunities and surrendered 7 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 61%.

The Predators have a total of 8 points for the season. They have tallied 4 power play goals on 15 chances thus far for a percentage of 27%. They have allowed 14 power play opportunities and have surrendered 1 goal on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 93%. They have given up a total of 9 goals scored while scoring 14 goals this year.

Tampa Bay Lightning Betting Trends

The Tampa Bay Lightning are 4-2 straight up

The Tampa Bay Lightning are 2-4-0 against the over/under

Nashville Predators Betting Trends

The Nashville Predators are 3-1 straight up

The Nashville Predators are 2-3-0 against the over/under

Tampa Bay Lightning Injuries

10/17/15 D Nikita Nesterov Suspension expected to miss Tuesday vs Nashville
10/17/15 D Victor Hedman Upper Body "?" Tuesday vs Nashville
10/06/14 D Mattias Ohlund Knee out indefinitely
10/05/15 GO Andrei Vasilevskiy Blood Clot out indefinitely

Nashville Predators Injuries

No key injuries to report

Josh's Pick: Take Nashville

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