Tampa Bay Lightning at Montreal Canadiens NHL Picks & Predictions 11/3/2018
Saturday, November 3, 2018
Bell Centre
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The Tampa Bay Lightning head to Bell Centre to take on the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday, November 3, 2018. The opening line for this contest has the Lightning at -150 and the Canadiens at +116.
Tampa Bay has a record of 8-3-1 this year. They are 1st in the Atlantic Division. They've tallied 42 goals and surrendered 34 goals for a point differential of +8. For the year they have an ATS mark of 8-3-0 and an over/under record of 5-6-0. Montreal has a record of 7-3-2 this season. They are 3rd in the Atlantic Division. They have scored 40 goals and given up 33 for a goal differential of +7. Their record against the spread is 6-5-0 while their over/under mark is 4-6-0.
Valuable Tampa Bay Lightning Betting Trends
The Tampa Bay Lightning are 8-3-0 straight up this year
The Tampa Bay Lightning are 5-6-0 against the over/under this season
Important Montreal Canadiens Betting Trends
The Montreal Canadiens are 6-5-0 straight up this year
The Montreal Canadiens are 4-6-0 against the over/under this season
Key Tampa Bay Lightning Injuries
11/02/18 LW Ondrej Palat Lower Body is questionable Saturday vs Montreal
10/29/18 D Victor Hedman Upper Body is out indefinitely
Key Montreal Canadiens Injuries
11/02/18 LW Paul Byron Lower Body is questionable Saturday vs Tampa Bay
10/19/18 C Tomas Plekanec Back is out indefinitely
10/03/18 LW Nicolas Deslauriers Facial IR (10/03)
10/01/18 D David Schlemko Knee is out indefinitely
10/01/18 D Shea Weber Knee is out indefinitely
Player Spotlight
Brayden Point has scored 14 total points this year for the Lightning. He has 7 goals this season with 26 shots on net, giving him a shooting percentage of 27%. He has a total of 7 assists on the year and averages 17.2 minutes played per contest. Yanni Gourde averages 17.6 minutes of ice time per game this season. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 15% by tallying 4 goals on 26 attempts. He has 8 assists, giving him a total of 12 points on the year. Andrei Vasilevskiy has 6 wins and 2 losses this season in goal for the Lightning. He has 271 shots against him and he's surrendered 19 goals. He's made 252 stops for a save percentage of 93%.
Player Spotlight
Tomas Tatar has 11 total points this season for the Canadiens. He has 3 goals this year with 33 shots on goal, giving him a shooting percentage of 9%. He has a total of 8 assists on the year and averages 16.9 minutes played per contest. Max Domi averages 17.4 minutes of ice time per contest. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 22% by scoring 6 goals on 27 attempts. He has 6 assists, giving him a total of 12 points on the year. Carey Price has 5 wins and 2 losses this season in net for the Canadiens. He has 244 shots against him and he's given up 22 goals. He's made 222 saves for a save percentage of 91%.
Useful Team Statistics
The Lightning have 17 total points this year, which is 2nd in the NHL. They've scored 42 goals while giving up 34 scores, which has them ranked 9th and 20th respectively. They have had 43 power play chances and scored 12 goals on those opportunities for a percentage of 28%. That is 7th in the league. The Lightning have given up 45 power play opportunities and surrendered 3 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 93%, ranking them 1st when short-handed. They average 34 shots per contest and as a team shoot 10.42% for the year. They allow 32 shot attempts to their opposition per game and have a team save percentage of 91%, which is 10th in the league.
Useful Team Statistics
The Canadiens are 7th in the league with a total of 16 points this season. They have 7 power play goals on 45 chances for a percentage of 16%. That is 23rd in the NHL. They've given up 41 power play opportunities and surrendered 9 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 78%, ranking 17th overall. As a team, the Canadiens are 12th with a total of 40 goals scored while they've given up 33 goals this season, ranking 24th in goals against. They average 33 shots per game and have a team shooting percentage of 10.15%. As a unit they give up 29 shots per contest and have a save percentage of 90%, putting them 14th overall in the NHL.
Advanced Statistics
Tampa Bay is 13th in the NHL in Corsi percentage with 51.1%, as they've attempted 720 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 688 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is 50.9% as they have 540 attempts while they have given up 520 shots on the defensive end. That ranks them 10th in the league. The Lightning start possessions in the offensive zone 51.1% of the time, which is 16th in the league, while their defensive zone percentage is at 48.9% for the season. That is 16th overall in the NHL. They have 361 face-off wins compared to 366 losses, meaning their face-off win percentage is 49.7%. That ranks them 18th in the league. On defense Tampa Bay has 291 hits and they have blocked 168 shots from the opposition, putting them 19th overall.
Advanced Statistics
The Canadiens are 6th in the league in starting possessions in the offensive zone, doing so 54.3% of the time. Their defensive zone percentage is at 45.7% for the season, which is 26th in the NHL. They have 337 face-off wins compared to 419 losses, meaning their face-off win percentage is 44.6%. That is 31st in the league. On defense Montreal has 344 hits and they have blocked 177 shots from the opposition, which is 16th in the league. Montreal is 7th in the NHL in Corsi percentage with 52.8% as they've attempted 729 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 651 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage of 52.1% ranks 8th as they have 516 attempts while they have given up 474 shots on the defensive end.
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