Tampa Bay Lightning at Calgary Flames NHL Parlay 12/20/2018

Thursday, December 20, 2018

Scotiabank Saddledome

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The Tampa Bay Lightning head to Scotiabank Saddledome to take on the Calgary Flames on Thursday, December 20, 2018. The opening line for this contest has the Lightning at -120 and the Flames at +100.

Tampa Bay has a record of 26-7-2 this year. They are 1st in the Atlantic Division. They've tallied 143 goals and surrendered 99 goals for a point differential of +44. For the year they have an ATS mark of 25-9-0 and an over/under record of 18-14-0. Calgary has a record of 22-11-2 this season. They are 1st in the Pacific Division. They've scored 122 goals and given up 95 for a goal differential of +27. Their record against the spread is 22-12-0 while their over/under mark is 17-16-0.

Valuable Tampa Bay Lightning Betting Trends

The Tampa Bay Lightning are 25-9-0 straight up this year

The Tampa Bay Lightning are 18-14-0 against the over/under this season

Important Calgary Flames Betting Trends

The Calgary Flames are 22-12-0 straight up this year

The Calgary Flames are 17-16-0 against the over/under this season

Key Tampa Bay Lightning Injuries

12/18/18 RW Mathieu Joseph Lower Body IR (12/18)
12/18/18 RW Ryan Callahan Upper Body is questionable Thursday vs Calgary
11/29/18 D Anton Stralman Upper Body is out indefinitely

Key Calgary Flames Injuries

12/19/18 C Sam Bennett Upper Body is questionable Thursday vs Tampa Bay
11/28/18 D Juuso Valimaki Lower Body is out indefinitely

Player Spotlight

Andrei Vasilevskiy has 11 wins and 3 losses this season in goal for the Lightning. He has 541 shots against him and he's surrendered 38 goals. He's made 503 stops for a save percentage of 93%. Brayden Point has scored 44 total points this year for the Lightning. He has 21 goals this season with 92 shots on net, giving him a shooting percentage of 23%. He has a total of 23 assists on the year and averages 18.1 minutes played per contest. Nikita Kucherov averages 18.5 minutes of ice time per game this season. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 16% by tallying 15 goals on 93 attempts. He has 35 assists, giving him a total of 50 points on the year.

Player Spotlight

Johnny Gaudreau has 45 total points this season for the Flames. He has 15 goals this year with 107 shots on goal, giving him a shooting percentage of 14%. He has a total of 30 assists on the year and averages 20.4 minutes played per contest. Mike Smith has 11 wins and 7 losses this season in net for the Flames. He has 493 shots against him and he's given up 55 goals. He's made 438 saves for a save percentage of 89%. Sean Monahan averages 19.8 minutes of ice time per contest. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 18% by scoring 20 goals on 110 attempts. He has 19 assists, giving him a total of 39 points on the year.

Useful Team Statistics

The Lightning have given up 119 power play opportunities and surrendered 19 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 84% this season. That is 4th in the league. They average 33 shots per contest and as a team shoot 12.27% for the year. They allow 32 shot attempts to their opposition per game and have a team save percentage of 91%, ranking them 5th in the NHL at stopping the puck. The Lightning are 1st overall with 54 total points this year. They are 1st in the league with 143 goals and 21st in goals allowed with 99. They've had 118 power play chances and scored 36 goals on those opportunities for a percentage of 31%. That is 1st in the NHL.

Useful Team Statistics

As a team, the Flames are 6th with a total of 122 goals scored while they are 25th with 95 goals surrendered this season. They average 32 shots per game and have a team shooting percentage of 10.83%. As a unit they give up 28 shots per contest and have a save percentage of 90%, putting them 14th in the league. The Flames have a total of 46 points this season, which is 5th in the NHL. They have had 28 power play goals on 124 chances for a percentage of 23%. That is 10th overall. They've given up 109 power play opportunities and surrendered 22 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 80%, ranking 15th when short-handed.

Advanced Statistics

Tampa Bay is 9th in the NHL in Corsi percentage with 51.5%, as they've attempted 2,110 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 1,987 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is 51.6% as they have 1,600 attempts while they have given up 1,503 shots on the defensive end. That ranks them 10th in the league. The Lightning start possessions in the offensive zone 50.5% of the time, which is 15th in the league, while their defensive zone percentage is at 49.5% for the season. That is 16th overall in the NHL. They have 1,075 face-off wins compared to 1,049 losses, meaning their face-off win percentage is 50.6%. That ranks them 13th in the league. On defense Tampa Bay has 865 hits and they have blocked 484 shots from the opposition, putting them 14th overall.

Advanced Statistics

The Flames are 3rd in the league in starting possessions in the offensive zone, doing so 55.5% of the time. Their defensive zone percentage is at 44.5% for the season, which is 30th in the NHL. They have 1,057 face-off wins compared to 976 losses, meaning their face-off win percentage is 52%. That is 4th in the league. On defense Calgary has 515 hits and they have blocked 426 shots from the opposition, which is 29th in the league. Calgary is 4th in the NHL in Corsi percentage with 54.1% as they've attempted 2,093 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 1,776 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage of 53.4% ranks 5th as they have 1,550 attempts while they have given up 1,350 shots on the defensive end.

So what is Tonights Parlay prediction?

Parlays Pundit's Pick: Take Tampa Bay -120 and over 6.5 total goals

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