Tuesday, January 12, 2016

Pepsi Center

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The Tampa Bay Lightning travel to Pepsi Center to play the Colorado Avalanche on Tuesday, January 12, 2016. The opening line for this game has the Lightning at -116 and the Avalanche at +105. The over/under has been set at 5.

Tampa Bay comes into this matchup having played 42 games. They have an overall record of 21-17-4 and on the road they have a record of 11-9-2. Currently they are 5th in the Atlantic Division. They've scored 107 goals and given up 102 goals for a point differential of +5. Colorado shows up with a record of 21-19-3 including 9-9-3 at home this season. They are 6th in the Central Division. They've scored 125 goals and surrendered 123 for a goal differential of +2.

Steven Stamkos has accumulated 31 total points this season for the Lightning. He has 18 goals this season with 122 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 15%. He has a total of 13 assists on the season and averages 20 minutes played per game. Nikita Kucherov has averaged 19 minutes of ice time per game this year. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 15% by scoring 16 goals on 107 shots. He has 17 assists giving him a total of 33 points on the season. Ben Bishop has 16 wins and 13 losses this season in net for the Lightning. He has had 886 shots against him and has given up 67 goals. He has made 819 saves for a save percentage of 92%.

Gabriel Landeskog has accumulated 31 total points this season for the Avalanche. He has 10 goals this season with 95 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 11%. He has a total of 21 assists on the season and averages 19 minutes played per game. Nathan MacKinnon has averaged 20 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 10% by scoring 15 goals on 143 shots. He has 22 assists giving him a total of 37 points on the season. Semyon Varlamov has 15 wins and 11 losses this season in net for the Avalanche. He has had 864 shots against him and has given up 78 goals. He has made 786 saves for a save percentage of 91%.

The Lightning have 46 total points this season. They have scored 105 goals while giving up 99 goals. They have had 143 power play opportunities and have scored 26 goals on those chances for a percentage of 18%. The Lightning have allowed 123 power play opportunities and given up 26 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 79%. They average 28 shots per game and as a team are shooting 8.81% for the season to this point. They allow 28 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 92%.

The Avalanche have a total of 45 points on the season. They have 32 power play goals on 149 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 21%. They have allowed 137 power play opportunities and have given up 29 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 79%. As a team, the Lightning have a total of 125 goals scored while they've given up 123 goals to this point. They average 29 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 10.20%. As a team they give up 31 shots per game and have a save percentage of 91%.

Tampa Bay Lightning Betting Trends

The Tampa Bay Lightning are 19-21 straight up

The Tampa Bay Lightning are 14-21-7 against the over/under

Colorado Avalanche Betting Trends

The Colorado Avalanche are 21-22 straight up

The Colorado Avalanche are 22-20-1 against the over/under

Tampa Bay Lightning Injuries

12/15/15 F Joel Vermin Hand out 6-8 weeks
10/06/14 D Mattias Ohlund Knee out indefinitely

Colorado Avalanche Injuries

12/30/15 D Brad Stuart Back out indefinitely
12/26/15 GO Reto Berra Ankle out indefinitely
10/06/15 C Jesse Winchester Concussion out indefinitely
01/04/16 D Erik Johnson Lower Body expected to miss 1-2 weeks

Guy's Pick: Take Colorado

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