Tampa Bay Lightning at Winnipeg Jets NHL Picks & Predictions 1/30/2018

Tuesday, January 30, 2018

Bell MTS Place

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The Tampa Bay Lightning travel to Bell MTS Place to play the Winnipeg Jets on Tuesday, January 30, 2018. The opening line for this game has the Lightning at -118 and the Jets at -118.

Tampa Bay has a record of 34-12-3 this season and on the road they have a record of 17-7-2-2. They are 1st in the Atlantic Division. They've scored 175 goals and given up 125 goals for a point differential of +50. For the season they have an ATS record of 34-15-0 and an over/under record of 29-20-0. Winnipeg is 29-13-8 including 17-3-1-0 at home this season. They are 1st in the Central Division. They've scored 164 goals and surrendered 136 for a goal differential of +28. Their record against the spread is 29-21-0 while their over/under record is 25-23-0.

Valuable Tampa Bay Lightning Betting Trends

The Tampa Bay Lightning are 34-15-0 straight up this year

The Tampa Bay Lightning are 29-20-0 against the over/under this season

Important Winnipeg Jets Betting Trends

The Winnipeg Jets are 29-21-0 straight up this year

The Winnipeg Jets are 25-23-0 against the over/under this season

Key Tampa Bay Lightning Injuries

12/30/17 GO Peter Budaj Leg IR (12/29)
01/22/18 LW Ondrej Palat Lower Body is out indefinitely
01/21/18 D Victor Hedman Knee IR (01/11)

Key Winnipeg Jets Injuries

No key injuries to report

Player Spotlight

Brayden Point has accumulated 44 total points this season for the Lightning. He has 20 goals this year with 122 shots on goal, giving him a shooting percentage of 16%. He has a total of 24 assists on the season and averages 19.3 minutes played per game. Nikita Kucherov averages 20.3 minutes of ice time per game this year. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 16% by scoring 27 goals on 168 shots. He has 36 assists, giving him a total of 63 points on the season. Andrei Vasilevskiy has 29 wins and 9 losses this season in net for the Lightning. He has 1,272 shots against him and he's given up 88 goals. He's made 1,184 saves for a save percentage of 93%.

Player Spotlight

Nikolaj Ehlers has scored 37 total points this year for the Jets. He has 19 goals this season with 141 shots on goal, giving him a shooting percentage of 14%. He has a total of 18 assists on the season and averages 16.4 minutes played per game. Nikolaj Ehlers averages 16.4 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 14% by scoring 19 goals on 141 shots. He has 18 assists, giving him a total of 37 points on the season. Connor Hellebuyck has 26 wins and 6 losses this year in goal for the Jets. He has 1,241 shots against him and he's surrendered 94 goals. He's made 1,147 saves for a save percentage of 92%.

Useful Team Statistics

The Lightning have 71 total points this season, which ranks them 1st in the NHL. They are 1st in the league in goals scored with 175 while they've given up 125 goals, ranking them 28th overall. They have had 169 power play opportunities and have scored 40 goals on those chances for a percentage of 24%. That is 4th in the NHL. The Lightning have allowed 163 power play opportunities and have given up 34 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 79%, putting them 21st in the league when short-handed. They average 33 shots per game and as a team shoot 10.96% for the season. They allow 32 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 92%. That puts them 3rd in the league in stopping the puck.

Useful Team Statistics

The Jets are 4th in the NHL with a total of 66 points this year. They have 43 power play goals on 174 opportunities for a percentage of 25%. That ranks them 2nd in the league as a power play unit. They've allowed 174 power play opportunities and have given up 31 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 82%. That is 12th in the NHL. As a team, the Jets are 3rd in the league with 164 goals scored while they've given up 136 goals, which is 22nd overall. They average 32 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 10.24%. As a team they give up 32 shots per game and have a save percentage of 92%. That is 10th in the NHL.

Advanced Statistics

Tampa Bay is 9th in the NHL in Corsi percentage with 52%, as they've attempted 3,016 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 2,784 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is 52% as they have 2,256 attempts while they have given up 2,083 shots on the defensive end. That ranks them 10th in the league. The Lightning start possessions in the offensive zone 53.4% of the time, which is 7th in the league, while their defensive zone percentage is at 46.6% for the season. That is 26th overall in the NHL. They have 1,428 face-off wins compared to 1,615 losses, meaning their face-off win percentage is 46.9%. That ranks them 30th in the league. On defense Tampa Bay has 986 hits and they have blocked 701 shots from the opposition, putting them 20th overall.

Advanced Statistics

The Jets start possessions in the offensive zone 49.2% of the time while their defensive zone percentage is at 50.8% for the year. That ranks them 23rd and 11th respectively in the NHL. They have 1,632 face-off wins as opposed to 1,471 losses, meaning their face-off win percentage is 52.6%. That is 4th in the league. On defense Winnipeg has 1,092 hits and they've blocked 785 attempts from opposing offenses, ranking them 3rd in blocked shots. Winnipeg is ranked 22nd in Corsi percentage with 49.3% as they've tried 2,911 shots on goal while at full strength while they have surrendered 2,996 shots on net when they have a full team on the ice. Their Fenwick percentage is 16th in the NHL at 49.9%, as they have 2,203 shots while they've given up 2,211 attempts on defense.

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

Josh's Pick: Take Winnipeg -118

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