Tampa Bay Lightning at Carolina Hurricanes NHL Picks & Predictions 10/24/2017

Tuesday, October 24, 2017

PNC Arena

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The Tampa Bay Lightning head to PNC Arena to take on the Carolina Hurricanes on Tuesday, October 24, 2017. The opening line for this contest has the Lightning at -113 and the Hurricanes at +102.

Tampa Bay has a record of 7-1-1 this year and away from home they have a record of 2-1-1. They are 1st in the Atlantic Division. They have tallied 36 goals and surrendered 24 goals for a point differential of +12. For the year they have an ATS mark of 7-2-0 and an over/under record of 6-3-0. Carolina has a record of 3-2-1 including 1-0-1 on home ice this year. They are 7th in the Metropolitan Division. They've scored 17 goals and have given up 16 for a goal differential of +1. Their record against the spread is 3-3-0 while their over/under mark is 3-3-0.

Valuable Tampa Bay Lightning Betting Trends

The Tampa Bay Lightning are 7-2-0 straight up this year

The Tampa Bay Lightning are 6-3-0 against the over/under this season

Important Carolina Hurricanes Betting Trends

The Carolina Hurricanes are 3-3-0 straight up this year

The Carolina Hurricanes are 3-3-0 against the over/under this season

Key Tampa Bay Lightning Injuries

10/21/17 C Cedric Paquette Upper Body is "?" Tuesday vs. Carolina

Key Carolina Hurricanes Injuries

10/05/17 RW Lee Stempniak Hip IR (10/02)

Player Spotlight

Brayden Point has scored 10 total points this year for the Lightning. He has 4 goals this season with 16 shots on net, giving him a shooting percentage of 25%. He has a total of 6 assists on the year and averages 19.1 minutes played per contest. Nikita Kucherov averages 19.8 minutes of ice time per game this season. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 29% by tallying 10 goals on 34 attempts. He has 7 assists, giving him a total of 17 points on the year. Andrei Vasilevskiy has 7 wins and 1 loss this season in goal for the Lightning. He has 282 shots against him and he's surrendered 19 goals. He's made 263 stops for a save percentage of 93%.

Player Spotlight

Jeff Skinner has 6 total points this season for the Hurricanes. He has 5 goals this year with 20 shots on goal, giving him a shooting percentage of 25%. He has a total of 1 assist on the year and averages 17.5 minutes played per contest. Jordan Staal averages 19.2 minutes of ice time per contest. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 13% by scoring 2 goals on 15 attempts. He has 3 assists, giving him a total of 5 points on the year. Scott Darling has 2 wins and 2 losses this season in net for the Hurricanes. He has 127 shots against him and he's given up 13 goals. He's made 114 saves for a save percentage of 90%.

Useful Team Statistics

The Lightning have 15 total points this year, which is 1st in the NHL. They've scored 36 goals while giving up 24 scores, which has them ranked 2nd and 15th respectively. They have had 38 power play chances and scored 11 goals on those opportunities for a percentage of 29%. That is 5th in the league. The Lightning have given up 37 power play opportunities and surrendered 7 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 81%, ranking them 16th when short-handed. They average 30 shots per contest and as a team shoot 13.24% for the year. They allow 35 shot attempts to their opposition per game and have a team save percentage of 93%, which is 4th in the league.

Useful Team Statistics

The Hurricanes are 23rd in the league with a total of 7 points this season. They have 5 power play goals on 26 chances for a percentage of 19%. That is 13th in the NHL. They've given up 18 power play opportunities and surrendered 3 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 83%, ranking 10th overall. As a team, the Hurricanes are 29th with a total of 17 goals scored while they've given up 16 goals this season, ranking 30th in goals against. They average 34 shots per game and have a team shooting percentage of 8.42%. As a unit they give up 30 shots per contest and have a save percentage of 91%, putting them 13th overall in the NHL.

Advanced Statistics

Tampa Bay has a Corsi percentage of 49.4% as they've tried 473 shots on goal while at full strength while they have surrendered 484 shots on net when they have a full team on the ice. That ranks them 20th in Corsi percentage. They are 24th in the NHL in Fenwick percentage with 48.2% as they have 361 shots while they've given up 388 attempts on defense. The Lightning start possessions in the offensive zone 51.1% of the time while their defensive zone percentage is at 48.9% for the year. That puts them 23rd and 17th in the league in zone percentages respectively. They have 254 face-off wins as opposed to 252 losses, meaning their face-off win percentage is 50.2%. That is 21st overall in the NHL. On defense Tampa Bay has 175 hits and they've blocked 96 attempts from opposing offenses, which is 16th in the league.

Advanced Statistics

The Hurricanes start possessions in the offensive zone 58.6% of the time while their defensive zone percentage is at 41.4% for the year. That ranks them 1st and 30th respectively in the NHL. They have 156 face-off wins as opposed to 152 losses, meaning their face-off win percentage is 50.6%. That is 15th in the league. On defense Carolina has 64 hits and they've blocked 71 attempts from opposing offenses, ranking them 29th in blocked shots. Carolina is ranked 6th in Corsi percentage with 52.8% as they've tried 313 shots on goal while at full strength while they have surrendered 280 shots on net when they have a full team on the ice. Their Fenwick percentage is 9th in the NHL at 51.7%, as they have 224 shots while they've given up 209 attempts on defense.

Who will win tonight's Lightning/Hurricanes NHL game against the spread?

Guy's Pick: Take Tampa Bay -113

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