Carolina Hurricanes at Tampa Bay Lightning NHL Parlay 1/9/2018

Tuesday, January 9, 2018

Amalie Arena

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The Carolina Hurricanes head to Amalie Arena to take on the Tampa Bay Lightning on Tuesday, January 9, 2018. The opening line for this contest has the Hurricanes at +180 and the Lightning at -201.

Carolina has a record of 19-14-8 this year and away from home they have a record of 9-10-4-2. They are 6th in the Metropolitan Division. They've tallied 115 goals and surrendered 126 goals for a point differential of -11. For the year they have an ATS mark of 19-22-0 and an over/under record of 19-20-0. Tampa Bay has a record of 30-9-3, including 16-3-1-0 on home ice this year. They are 1st in the Atlantic Division. They've scored 155 goals and have given up 103 for a goal differential of +52. Their record against the spread is 29-12-0 while their over/under mark is 23-18-0.

Valuable Carolina Hurricanes Betting Trends

The Carolina Hurricanes are 19-22-0 straight up this year

The Carolina Hurricanes are 19-20-0 against the over/under this season

Important Tampa Bay Lightning Betting Trends

The Tampa Bay Lightning are 29-12-0 straight up this year

The Tampa Bay Lightning are 23-18-0 against the over/under this season

Key Carolina Hurricanes Injuries

11/13/17 RW Lee Stempniak Hip IR (10/02)
01/07/18 RW Sebastian Aho Lower Body left last game, is "?" Tuesday vs Tampa Bay

Key Tampa Bay Lightning Injuries

12/30/17 GO Peter Budaj Leg IR (12/29)
01/07/18 D Dan Girardi Upper Body injured last game, is "?" Tuesday vs Carolina
01/07/18 D Jake Dotchin Undisclosed is "?" Tuesday vs Carolina

Player Spotlight

Cam Ward has 11 wins and 3 losses this season in goal for the Hurricanes. He has 472 shots against him and he's surrendered 42 goals. He's made 430 stops for a save percentage of 91%. Sebastian Aho has scored 33 total points this year for the Hurricanes. He has 13 goals this season with 118 shots on net, giving him a shooting percentage of 11%. He has a total of 20 assists on the year and averages 17.9 minutes played per contest. Teuvo Teravainen averages 16.7 minutes of ice time per game this season. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 13% by tallying 11 goals on 85 attempts. He has 22 assists, giving him a total of 33 points on the year.

Player Spotlight

Nikita Kucherov has 59 total points this season for the Lightning. He has 27 goals this year with 149 shots on goal, giving him a shooting percentage of 18%. He has a total of 32 assists on the year and averages 20.6 minutes played per contest. Andrei Vasilevskiy has 26 wins and 6 losses this season in net for the Lightning. He has 1,075 shots against him and he's given up 70 goals. He's made 1,005 saves for a save percentage of 94%. Brayden Point averages 19.1 minutes of ice time per contest. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 16% by scoring 16 goals on 102 attempts. He has 20 assists, giving him a total of 36 points on the year.

Useful Team Statistics

The Hurricanes have given up 100 power play opportunities and surrendered 21 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 79% this season. That is 24th in the league. They average 34 shots per contest and as a team shoot 8.16% for the year. They allow 29 shot attempts to their opposition per game and have a team save percentage of 90%, ranking them 25th in the NHL at stopping the puck. The Hurricanes are 20th overall with 46 total points this year. They are 23rd in the league with 115 goals and 11th in goals allowed with 126. They've had 131 power play chances and scored 21 goals on those opportunities for a percentage of 16%. That is 25th in the NHL.

Useful Team Statistics

As a team, the Lightning are 1st with a total of 155 goals scored while they are 29th with 103 goals surrendered this season. They average 33 shots per game and have a team shooting percentage of 11.13%. As a unit they give up 32 shots per contest and have a save percentage of 92%, putting them 2nd in the league. The Lightning have a total of 63 points this season, which is 1st in the NHL. They have had 38 power play goals on 154 chances for a percentage of 25%. That is 3rd overall. They've given up 140 power play opportunities and surrendered 27 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 81%, ranking 18th when short-handed.

Advanced Statistics

Carolina is 1st in the NHL in Corsi percentage with 54.5%, as they've attempted 2,648 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 2,215 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is 54.1% as they have 1,971 attempts while they have given up 1,675 shots on the defensive end. That ranks them 1st in the league. The Hurricanes start possessions in the offensive zone 58.8% of the time, which is 1st in the league, while their defensive zone percentage is at 41.2% for the season. That is 31st overall in the NHL. They have 1,252 face-off wins compared to 1,164 losses, meaning their face-off win percentage is 51.8%. That ranks them 5th in the league. On defense Carolina has 796 hits and they have blocked 540 shots from the opposition, putting them 30th overall.

Advanced Statistics

The Lightning start possessions in the offensive zone 54% of the time while their defensive zone percentage is at 46% for the year. That ranks them 6th and 29th respectively in the NHL. They have 1,227 face-off wins as opposed to 1,390 losses, meaning their face-off win percentage is 46.9%. That is 30th in the league. On defense Tampa Bay has 816 hits and they've blocked 572 attempts from opposing offenses, ranking them 24th in blocked shots. Tampa Bay is ranked 5th in Corsi percentage with 52.7% as they've tried 2,637 shots on goal while at full strength while they have surrendered 2,367 shots on net when they have a full team on the ice. Their Fenwick percentage is 9th in the NHL at 52.4%, as they have 1,979 shots while they've given up 1,795 attempts on defense.

So what is Tonights Parlay prediction?

Parlays Pundit's Pick: Take Carolina +180 and over 5.5 total goals

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