Tampa Bay Lightning at San Jose Sharks NHL Picks & Predictions 11/8/2017

Wednesday, November 8, 2017

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The Tampa Bay Lightning head to SAP Center to take on the San Jose Sharks on Wednesday, November 8, 2017. The opening line for this contest has the Lightning at +104 and the Sharks at -115.

Tampa Bay has a record of 11-2-2 this year and away from home they have a record of 4-1-1. They are 1st in the Atlantic Division. They have tallied 59 goals and surrendered 42 goals for a point differential of +17. For the year they have an ATS mark of 11-4-0 and an over/under record of 9-6-0. San Jose has a record of 8-5-0 including 5-3-0 on home ice this year. They are 3rd in the Pacific Division. They've scored 36 goals and have given up 30 for a goal differential of +6. Their record against the spread is 8-5-0 while their over/under mark is 3-9-0.

Valuable Tampa Bay Lightning Betting Trends

The Tampa Bay Lightning are 11-4-0 straight up this year

The Tampa Bay Lightning are 9-6-0 against the over/under this season

Important San Jose Sharks Betting Trends

The San Jose Sharks are 8-5-0 straight up this year

The San Jose Sharks are 3-9-0 against the over/under this season

Key Tampa Bay Lightning Injuries

10/26/17 C Cedric Paquette Upper Body is out indefinitely

Key San Jose Sharks Injuries

11/04/17 D Marc-Edouard Vlasic Head is "?" Wednesday vs. Tampa Bay
10/12/17 D Paul Martin Ankle IR (10/07)

Player Spotlight

Nikita Kucherov has scored 23 total points this year for the Lightning. He has 14 goals this season with 58 shots on net, giving him a shooting percentage of 24%. He has a total of 9 assists on the year and averages 20.3 minutes played per contest. Brayden Point averages 19.5 minutes of ice time per game this season. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 21% by tallying 7 goals on 33 attempts. He has 9 assists, giving him a total of 16 points on the year. Andrei Vasilevskiy has 11 wins and 1 losses this season in goal for the Lightning. He has 437 shots against him and he's surrendered 33 goals. He's made 404 stops for a save percentage of 92%.

Player Spotlight

Joe Thornton has 9 total points this season for the Sharks. He has 2 goals this year with 17 shots on goal, giving him a shooting percentage of 12%. He has a total of 7 assists on the year and averages 18.1 minutes played per contest. Joe Pavelski averages 18.6 minutes of ice time per contest. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 10% by scoring 4 goals on 39 attempts. He has 3 assists, giving him a total of 7 points on the year. Martin Jones has 7 wins and 3 losses this season in net for the Sharks. He has 273 shots against him and he's given up 19 goals. He's made 254 saves for a save percentage of 93%.

Useful Team Statistics

The Lightning have 24 total points this year, which is 1st in the NHL. They've scored 59 goals while giving up 42 scores, which has them ranked 2nd and 19th respectively. They have had 59 power play chances and scored 17 goals on those opportunities for a percentage of 29%. That is 3rd in the league. The Lightning have given up 57 power play opportunities and surrendered 10 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 82%, ranking them 9th when short-handed. They average 32 shots per contest and as a team shoot 12.47% for the year. They allow 33 shot attempts to their opposition per game and have a team save percentage of 92%, which is 8th in the league.

Useful Team Statistics

The Sharks are 21st in the league with a total of 16 points this season. They have 10 power play goals on 55 chances for a percentage of 18%. That is 17th in the NHL. They've given up 48 power play opportunities and surrendered 5 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 90%, ranking 2nd overall. As a team, the Sharks are 27th with a total of 36 goals scored while they've given up 30 goals this season, ranking 31st in goals against. They average 33 shots per game and have a team shooting percentage of 8.47%. As a unit they give up 28 shots per contest and have a save percentage of 92%, putting them 7th overall in the NHL.

Advanced Statistics

Tampa Bay is 13th in the NHL in Corsi percentage with 51%, as they've attempted 900 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 865 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is 50.7% as they have 688 attempts while they have given up 668 shots on the defensive end. That ranks them 11th in the league. The Lightning start possessions in the offensive zone 53.9% of the time, which is 10th in the league, while their defensive zone percentage is at 46.1% for the season. That is 25th overall in the NHL. They have 466 face-off wins compared to 486 losses, meaning their face-off win percentage is 48.9%. That ranks them 23rd in the league. On defense Tampa Bay has 290 hits and they have blocked 197 shots from the opposition, putting them 22nd overall.

Advanced Statistics

The Sharks are 9th in the league in starting possessions in the offensive zone, doing so 53.9% of the time. Their defensive zone percentage is at 46.1% for the season, which is 24th in the NHL. They have 408 face-off wins compared to 367 losses, meaning their face-off win percentage is 52.6%. That is 3rd in the league. On defense San Jose has 261 hits and they have blocked 224 shots from the opposition, which is 7th in the league. San Jose is 5th in the NHL in Corsi percentage with 52.3% as they've attempted 783 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 715 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage of 54.4% ranks 4th as they have 586 attempts while they have given up 491 shots on the defensive end.

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

Josh's Pick: Take Tampa Bay +104

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