Tampa Bay Lightning at Winnipeg Jets NHL Picks & Predictions 12/16/2018

Sunday, December 16, 2018

Bell MTS Place

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The Tampa Bay Lightning head to Bell MTS Place to take on the Winnipeg Jets on Sunday, December 16, 2018. The opening line for this contest has the Lightning at -110 and the Jets at -110.

Tampa Bay has a record of 25-7-1 this year. They are 1st in the Atlantic Division. They've tallied 134 goals and surrendered 92 goals for a point differential of +42. For the year they have an ATS mark of 25-8-0 and an over/under record of 17-14-0. Winnipeg has a record of 21-9-2 this season. They are 1st in the Central Division. They have scored 116 goals and given up 90 for a goal differential of +26. Their record against the spread is 21-11-0 while their over/under mark is 16-12-0.

Valuable Tampa Bay Lightning Betting Trends

The Tampa Bay Lightning are 25-8-0 straight up this year

The Tampa Bay Lightning are 17-14-0 against the over/under this season

Important Winnipeg Jets Betting Trends

The Winnipeg Jets are 21-11-0 straight up this year

The Winnipeg Jets are 16-12-0 against the over/under this season

Key Tampa Bay Lightning Injuries

12/14/18 RW Mathieu Joseph Lower Body is downgraded to doubtful Sunday vs Winnipeg
11/29/18 D Anton Stralman Upper Body is out indefinitely

Key Winnipeg Jets Injuries

12/01/18 D Joe Morrow Lower Body IR (12/01)
11/28/18 C Andrew Copp Head IR (11/28)

Player Spotlight

Brayden Point has scored 41 total points this year for the Lightning. He has 21 goals this season with 87 shots on net, giving him a shooting percentage of 24%. He has a total of 20 assists on the year and averages 17.8 minutes played per contest. Nikita Kucherov averages 18.4 minutes of ice time per game this season. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 15% by tallying 13 goals on 85 attempts. He has 34 assists, giving him a total of 47 points on the year. Andrei Vasilevskiy has 10 wins and 3 losses this season in goal for the Lightning. He has 461 shots against him and he's surrendered 31 goals. He's made 430 stops for a save percentage of 93%.

Player Spotlight

Mark Scheifele has 43 total points this season for the Jets. He has 20 goals this year with 88 shots on goal, giving him a shooting percentage of 23%. He has a total of 23 assists on the year and averages 22.6 minutes played per contest. Blake Wheeler averages 21.5 minutes of ice time per contest. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 5% by scoring 5 goals on 95 attempts. He has 38 assists, giving him a total of 43 points on the year. Connor Hellebuyck has 14 wins and 8 losses this season in net for the Jets. He has 718 shots against him and he's given up 66 goals. He's made 652 saves for a save percentage of 91%.

Useful Team Statistics

The Lightning have 51 total points this year, which is 1st in the NHL. They've scored 134 goals while giving up 92 scores, which has them ranked 1st and 21st respectively. They have had 116 power play chances and scored 34 goals on those opportunities for a percentage of 29%. That is 2nd in the league. The Lightning have given up 112 power play opportunities and surrendered 18 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 84%, ranking them 6th when short-handed. They average 33 shots per contest and as a team shoot 12.40% for the year. They allow 32 shot attempts to their opposition per game and have a team save percentage of 91%, which is 5th in the league.

Useful Team Statistics

The Jets are 2nd in the league with a total of 44 points this season. They have 32 power play goals on 106 chances for a percentage of 30%. That is 1st in the NHL. They've given up 96 power play opportunities and surrendered 17 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 82%, ranking 9th overall. As a team, the Jets are 3rd with a total of 116 goals scored while they've given up 90 goals this season, ranking 23rd in goals against. They average 33 shots per game and have a team shooting percentage of 11.00%. As a unit they give up 32 shots per contest and have a save percentage of 91%, putting them 4th overall in the NHL.

Advanced Statistics

Tampa Bay is 9th in the NHL in Corsi percentage with 51.4%, as they've attempted 1,961 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 1,856 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is 51.5% as they have 1,488 attempts while they have given up 1,403 shots on the defensive end. That ranks them 9th in the league. The Lightning start possessions in the offensive zone 50.6% of the time, which is 15th in the league, while their defensive zone percentage is at 49.4% for the season. That is 17th overall in the NHL. They have 999 face-off wins compared to 991 losses, meaning their face-off win percentage is 50.2%. That ranks them 14th in the league. On defense Tampa Bay has 817 hits and they have blocked 453 shots from the opposition, putting them 16th overall.

Advanced Statistics

The Jets are 3rd in the league in starting possessions in the offensive zone, doing so 55.7% of the time. Their defensive zone percentage is at 44.3% for the season, which is 29th in the NHL. They have 1,022 face-off wins compared to 960 losses, meaning their face-off win percentage is 51.6%. That is 8th in the league. On defense Winnipeg has 622 hits and they have blocked 443 shots from the opposition, which is 20th in the league. Winnipeg is 11th in the NHL in Corsi percentage with 51% as they've attempted 1,900 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 1,826 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage of 51.1% ranks 11th as they have 1,444 attempts while they have given up 1,383 shots on the defensive end.

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

Josh's Pick: Take Tampa Bay -110

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