Monday, November 21, 2016

Bridgestone Arena

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The Tampa Bay Lightning travel to Bridgestone Arena to play the Nashville Predators on Monday, November 21, 2016. The opening line for this game has the Lightning at +118 and the Predators at -130. The over/under has been set at 5.

Tampa Bay comes into this matchup having played 19 games. They have an overall record of 12-6-1 and on the road they have a record of 7-4-0. Currently they are 2nd in the Atlantic Division. They've scored 61 goals and given up 46 goals for a point differential of +15. The Lightning have an overall record of 7-2-1 in their last 10 games. For the season they have an ATS record of 11-7 and an over/under record of 7-9-3. Nashville shows up with a record of 7-7-3 including 5-1-1 at home this season. They are 6th in the Central Division. They've scored 47 goals and surrendered 47 for a goal differential of 0. The Predators have a record of 5-3-2 in their last 10 contests. Their record against the spread is 7-10 while their over/under record sits at 7-8-2.

Nikita Kucherov has accumulated 22 total points this season for the Lightning. He has 9 goals this season with 47 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 19%. He has a total of 13 assists on the season and averages 18 minutes played per game. Victor Hedman has averaged 24 minutes of ice time per game this year. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 9% by scoring 3 goals on 34 shots. He has 10 assists giving him a total of 13 points on the season. Ben Bishop has 7 wins and 5 losses this season in net for the Lightning. He has had 361 shots against him and has given up 33 goals. He has made 328 saves for a save percentage of 91%.

P.K. Subban has accumulated 11 total points this season for the Predators. He has 3 goals this season with 40 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 8%. He has a total of 8 assists on the season and averages 24 minutes played per game. Viktor Arvidsson has averaged 15 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 9% by scoring 5 goals on 53 shots. He has 5 assists giving him a total of 10 points on the season. Pekka Rinne has 6 wins and 5 losses this season in net for the Predators. He has had 423 shots against him and has given up 29 goals. He has made 394 saves for a save percentage of 93%.

The Lightning have 25 total points this season. They have scored 61 goals while giving up 46 goals. They have had 72 power play opportunities and have scored 19 goals on those chances for a percentage of 26%. The Lightning have allowed 61 power play opportunities and given up 9 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 85%. They average 30 shots per game and as a team are shooting 10.54% for the season to this point. They allow 30 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 93%.

The Predators have a total of 17 points on the season. They have 14 power play goals on 62 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 23%. They have allowed 57 power play opportunities and have given up 10 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 82%. As a team, the Lightning have a total of 47 goals scored while they've given up 47 goals to this point. They average 31 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 8.92%. As a team they give up 31 shots per game and have a save percentage of 92%.

Tampa Bay has a Corsi percentage of 50.5% as they've attempted 1,033 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 1,011 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is at 50.3% as they have 781 attempts while they've given up 772 shots on the defensive end. The Lightning start possessions in the offensive zone 49.1% of the time while their defensive zone percentage is at 50.9% for the season. They have 572 face off wins compared to 606 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage is 48.6%. On defense Tampa Bay has 388 hits and they've blocked 239 shots from the opposition.

Nashville has attempted 989 shots at full strength and they've given up 1,002 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 49.7% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 49.3% as they have 732 shots while they've given up 752 attempts on defense. The Predators have an offensive zone percentage of 50.9% and their defensive zone percentage is 49.1% so far this season. They have a faceoff win percentage of 49.3% as they've compiled 502 face off wins this season and they have suffered 516 face off losses. On defense Nashville has blocked 250 shot attempts and they have 361 hits as a unit.

Tampa Bay Lightning Betting Trends

The Tampa Bay Lightning are 11-7 straight up

The Tampa Bay Lightning are 7-9-3 against the over/under

Nashville Predators Betting Trends

The Nashville Predators are 7-10 straight up

The Nashville Predators are 7-8-2 against the over/under

Tampa Bay Lightning Injuries

11/19/16 D Anton Stralman Upper Body "?" Monday vs Nashville
11/16/16 C Steven Stamkos Knee out 4 months

Nashville Predators Injuries

11/19/16 LW Colin Wilson Upper Body "?" Monday vs Tampa Bay
10/17/16 D Anthony Bitetto Upper Body expected to miss 4-6 weeks
10/17/16 RW Miikka Salomaki Upper Body expected to miss 6-8 weeks

Guy's Pick: Take Tampa Bay +118

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