Vancouver Canucks at Tampa Bay Lightning NHL Parlay 10/11/2018

Thursday, October 11, 2018

Amalie Arena

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The Vancouver Canucks head to Amalie Arena to take on the Tampa Bay Lightning on Thursday, October 11, 2018. The opening line for this contest has the Canucks at +239 and the Lightning at -270.

Vancouver has a record of 1-2-0 this year. They are 5th in the Pacific Division. They've tallied 12 goals and surrendered 14 goals for a point differential of -2. For the year they have an ATS mark of 1-2-0 and an over/under record of 3-0-0. Tampa Bay has a record of 1-0-0 this season. They are 6th in the Atlantic Division. They've scored 2 goals and given up 1 for a goal differential of +1. Their record against the spread is 1-0-0 while their over/under mark is 0-1-0.

Valuable Vancouver Canucks Betting Trends

The Vancouver Canucks are 1-2-0 straight up this year

The Vancouver Canucks are 3-0-0 against the over/under this season

Important Tampa Bay Lightning Betting Trends

The Tampa Bay Lightning are 1-0-0 straight up this year

The Tampa Bay Lightning are 0-1-0 against the over/under this season

Key Vancouver Canucks Injuries

10/02/18 LW Antoine Roussel None IR (10/02)

Key Tampa Bay Lightning Injuries

10/10/18 C Tyler Johnson Upper Body is questionable Thursday vs Vancouver

Player Spotlight

Jacob Markstrom has 1 win and 2 losses this season in goal for the Canucks. He has 103 shots against him and he's surrendered 12 goals. He's made 91 stops for a save percentage of 88%. Bo Horvat has scored 3 total points this year for the Canucks. He has 2 goals this season with 6 shots on net, giving him a shooting percentage of 33%. He has a total of 1 assist on the year and averages 17.7 minutes played per contest. Elias Pettersson averages 15 minutes of ice time per game this season. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 38% by tallying 3 goals on 8 attempts. He has 3 assists, giving him a total of 6 points on the year.

Player Spotlight

Ryan McDonagh has 1 total point this season for the Lightning. He has a total of 1 assist on the year and averages 26 minutes played per contest. Andrei Vasilevskiy has 43 shots against him and he's given up 1 goal. He's made 42 saves for a save percentage of 98%. Anthony Cirelli averages 15 minutes of ice time per contest. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 50% by scoring 1 goal on 2 attempts.

Useful Team Statistics

The Canucks have given up 15 power play opportunities and surrendered 3 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 80% this season. That is 15th in the league. They average 23 shots per contest and as a team shoot 17.65% for the year. They allow 35 shot attempts to their opposition per game and have a team save percentage of 87%, ranking them 23rd in the NHL at stopping the puck. The Canucks are 25th overall with 2 total points this year. They are 8th in the league with 12 goals and 5th in goals allowed with 14. They've had 11 power play chances and scored 4 goals on those opportunities for a percentage of 36%. That is 7th in the NHL.

Useful Team Statistics

As a team, the Lightning are 27th with a total of 2 goals scored while they are 31st with 1 goal surrendered this season. They average 29 shots per game and have a team shooting percentage of 6.90%. As a unit they give up 43 shots per contest and have a save percentage of 98%, putting them 1st in the league. They've given up 5 power play opportunities and surrendered no goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 100%, ranking 1st when short-handed.

Advanced Statistics

Vancouver is 31st in the NHL in Corsi percentage with 38.3%, as they've attempted 128 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 206 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is 39.7% as they have 98 attempts while they have given up 149 shots on the defensive end. That ranks them 29th in the league. The Canucks start possessions in the offensive zone 43.9% of the time, which is 24th in the league, while their defensive zone percentage is at 56.1% for the season. That is 8th overall in the NHL. They have 93 face-off wins compared to 102 losses, meaning their face-off win percentage is 47.7%. That ranks them 21st in the league. On defense Vancouver has 55 hits and they have blocked 57 shots from the opposition, putting them 3rd overall.

Advanced Statistics

The Lightning are 25th in the league in starting possessions in the offensive zone, doing so 43.6% of the time. Their defensive zone percentage is at 56.4% for the season, which is 7th in the NHL. They have 27 face-off wins compared to 30 losses, meaning their face-off win percentage is 47.4%. That is 23rd in the league. On defense Tampa Bay has 37 hits and they have blocked 9 shots from the opposition, which is 29th in the league. Tampa Bay is 24th in the NHL in Corsi percentage with 44.9% as they've attempted 53 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 65 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage of 41.7% ranks 27th as they have 40 attempts while they have given up 56 shots on the defensive end.

So what is Tonights Parlay prediction?

Parlays Pundit's Pick: Take Tampa Bay -270 and over 6.5 total goals

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