Tampa Bay Lightning at Edmonton Oilers NHL Parlay 2/5/2018

Monday, February 5, 2018

Rogers Place

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The Tampa Bay Lightning head to Rogers Place to take on the Edmonton Oilers on Monday, February 5, 2018. The opening line for this contest has the Lightning at -135 and the Oilers at +122.

Tampa Bay has a record of 36-13-3 this year and away from home they have a record of 19-8-2-2. They are 1st in the Atlantic Division. They've tallied 187 goals and surrendered 134 goals for a point differential of +53. For the year they have an ATS mark of 36-16-0 and an over/under record of 31-21-0. Edmonton has a record of 22-24-4, including 11-13-2-0 on home ice this year. They are 6th in the Pacific Division. They've scored 138 goals and have given up 161 for a goal differential of -23. Their record against the spread is 22-28-0 while their over/under mark is 24-25-0.

Valuable Tampa Bay Lightning Betting Trends

The Tampa Bay Lightning are 36-16-0 straight up this year

The Tampa Bay Lightning are 31-21-0 against the over/under this season

Important Edmonton Oilers Betting Trends

The Edmonton Oilers are 22-28-0 straight up this year

The Edmonton Oilers are 24-25-0 against the over/under this season

Key Tampa Bay Lightning Injuries

12/30/17 GO Peter Budaj Leg IR (12/29)
02/03/18 D Dan Girardi Lower Body is "?" Monday vs Edmonton
01/22/18 LW Ondrej Palat Lower Body IR (01/20)

Key Edmonton Oilers Injuries

02/01/18 D Adam Larsson Personal is "?" Monday vs Tampa Bay
02/01/18 GO Cam Talbot Illness is upgraded to available Monday vs Tampa Bay
01/18/18 C Ryan Nugent-Hopkins Ribs IR (01/13)

Player Spotlight

Andrei Vasilevskiy has 31 wins and 9 losses this season in goal for the Lightning. He has 1,351 shots against him and he's surrendered 94 goals. He's made 1,257 stops for a save percentage of 93%. Brayden Point has scored 46 total points this year for the Lightning. He has 20 goals this season with 131 shots on net, giving him a shooting percentage of 15%. He has a total of 26 assists on the year and averages 19.3 minutes played per contest. Nikita Kucherov averages 20.2 minutes of ice time per game this season. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 16% by tallying 27 goals on 173 attempts. He has 39 assists, giving him a total of 66 points on the year.

Player Spotlight

Leon Draisaitl has 42 total points this season for the Oilers. He has 12 goals this year with 112 shots on goal, giving him a shooting percentage of 11%. He has a total of 30 assists on the year and averages 18.9 minutes played per contest. Cam Talbot has 18 wins and 17 losses this season in net for the Oilers. He has 1,124 shots against him and he's given up 111 goals. He's made 1,013 saves for a save percentage of 90%. Connor McDavid averages 21.5 minutes of ice time per contest. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 11% by scoring 17 goals on 157 attempts. He has 39 assists, giving him a total of 56 points on the year.

Useful Team Statistics

The Lightning have given up 172 power play opportunities and surrendered 36 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 79% this season. That is 20th in the league. They average 32 shots per contest and as a team shoot 11.13% for the year. They allow 32 shot attempts to their opposition per game and have a team save percentage of 92%, ranking them 3rd in the NHL at stopping the puck. The Lightning are 1st overall with 75 total points this year. They are 1st in the league with 187 goals and 28th in goals allowed with 134. They've had 181 power play chances and scored 42 goals on those opportunities for a percentage of 23%. That is 5th in the NHL.

Useful Team Statistics

As a team, the Oilers are 24th with a total of 138 goals scored while they are 9th with 161 goals surrendered this season. They average 34 shots per game and have a team shooting percentage of 8.08%. As a unit they give up 31 shots per contest and have a save percentage of 90%, putting them 30th in the league. The Oilers have a total of 48 points this season, which is 26th in the NHL. They have had 19 power play goals on 134 chances for a percentage of 14%. That is 31st overall. They've given up 159 power play opportunities and surrendered 45 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 72%, ranking 31st when short-handed.

Advanced Statistics

Tampa Bay has a Corsi percentage of 51.6% as they've tried 3,171 shots on goal while at full strength while they have surrendered 2,977 shots on net when they have a full team on the ice. That ranks them 8th in Corsi percentage. They are 9th in the NHL in Fenwick percentage with 51.5% as they have 2,372 shots while they've given up 2,232 attempts on defense. The Lightning start possessions in the offensive zone 52.9% of the time while their defensive zone percentage is at 47.1% for the year. That puts them 7th and 27th in the league in zone percentages respectively. They have 1,528 face-off wins as opposed to 1,705 losses, meaning their face-off win percentage is 47.3%. That is 30th overall in the NHL. On defense Tampa Bay has 1,039 hits and they've blocked 745 attempts from opposing offenses, which is 18th in the league.

Advanced Statistics

The Oilers start possessions in the offensive zone 53.8% of the time while their defensive zone percentage is at 46.2% for the year. That ranks them 4th and 28th respectively in the NHL. They have 1,510 face-off wins as opposed to 1,560 losses, meaning their face-off win percentage is 49.2%. That is 21st in the league. On defense Edmonton has 1,347 hits and they've blocked 788 attempts from opposing offenses, ranking them 14th in blocked shots. Edmonton is ranked 5th in Corsi percentage with 52.4% as they've tried 3,166 shots on goal while at full strength while they have surrendered 2,876 shots on net when they have a full team on the ice. Their Fenwick percentage is 2nd in the NHL at 53.1%, as they have 2,361 shots while they've given up 2,088 attempts on defense.

So what is Tonights Parlay prediction?

Parlays Pundit's Pick: Take Tampa Bay -135 and over 5.5 total goals

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