Tampa Bay Lightning at Boston Bruins Expert NHL Picks 4/6/2019

Saturday, April 6, 2019

TD Garden

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The Tampa Bay Lightning head to TD Garden to take on the Boston Bruins on Saturday, April 6, 2019. The opening line for this contest has the Lightning at -112 and the Bruins at -117.

Tampa Bay has a record of 60-16-4 this year. They are 1st in the Atlantic Division. They've tallied 310 goals and surrendered 217 goals for a point differential of +93. For the year they have an ATS mark of 60-20-0 and an over/under record of 43-34-0. Boston has a record of 48-23-9 this season. They are 2nd in the Atlantic Division. They have scored 251 goals and given up 206 for a goal differential of +45. Their record against the spread is 48-32-0 while their over/under mark is 34-42-0.

Valuable Tampa Bay Lightning Betting Trends

The Tampa Bay Lightning are 60-20-0 straight up this year

The Tampa Bay Lightning are 43-34-0 against the over/under this season

Important Boston Bruins Betting Trends

The Boston Bruins are 48-32-0 straight up this year

The Boston Bruins are 34-42-0 against the over/under this season

Key Tampa Bay Lightning Injuries

04/01/19 D Victor Hedman Upper Body is out indefinitely
03/20/19 D Dan Girardi Lower Body is out indefinitely

Key Boston Bruins Injuries

04/04/19 D Charlie McAvoy Rest is questionable Saturday vs Tampa Bay
04/04/19 C David Krejci Rest is questionable Saturday vs Tampa Bay
04/04/19 D Zdeno Chara Rest is questionable Saturday vs Tampa Bay
04/03/19 RW Chris Wagner Lower Body is questionable Saturday vs Tampa Bay
03/31/19 D John Moore Upper Body is out indefinitely
03/23/19 C Sean Kuraly Hand is out indefinitely

Player Spotlight

Brayden Point has scored 92 total points this year for the Lightning. He has 41 goals this season with 189 shots on net, giving him a shooting percentage of 22%. He has a total of 51 assists on the year and averages 18.9 minutes played per contest. Nikita Kucherov averages 20 minutes of ice time per game this season. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 16% by tallying 39 goals on 242 attempts. He has 86 assists, giving him a total of 125 points on the year. Andrei Vasilevskiy has 38 wins and 10 losses this season in goal for the Lightning. He has 1,683 shots against him and he's surrendered 127 goals. He's made 1,556 stops for a save percentage of 93%.

Player Spotlight

Brad Marchand has 100 total points this season for the Bruins. He has 36 goals this year with 231 shots on goal, giving him a shooting percentage of 16%. He has a total of 64 assists on the year and averages 19.6 minutes played per contest. Patrice Bergeron averages 18.5 minutes of ice time per contest. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 16% by scoring 32 goals on 203 attempts. He has 47 assists, giving him a total of 79 points on the year. Tuukka Rask has 27 wins and 12 losses this season in net for the Bruins. He has 1,224 shots against him and he's given up 104 goals. He's made 1,120 saves for a save percentage of 92%.

Useful Team Statistics

The Lightning have 124 total points this year, which is 1st in the NHL. They've scored 310 goals while giving up 217 scores, which has them ranked 1st and 24th respectively. They have had 259 power play chances and scored 73 goals on those opportunities for a percentage of 28%. That is 1st in the league. The Lightning have given up 263 power play opportunities and surrendered 40 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 85%, ranking them 3rd when short-handed. They average 32 shots per contest and as a team shoot 12.07% for the year. They allow 32 shot attempts to their opposition per game and have a team save percentage of 92%, which is 3rd in the league.

Useful Team Statistics

The Bruins are 3rd in the league with a total of 105 points this season. They have 65 power play goals on 247 chances for a percentage of 26%. That is 3rd in the NHL. They've given up 241 power play opportunities and surrendered 48 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 80%, ranking 16th overall. As a team, the Bruins are 11th with a total of 251 goals scored while they've given up 206 goals this season, ranking 29th in goals against. They average 33 shots per game and have a team shooting percentage of 9.61%. As a unit they give up 30 shots per contest and have a save percentage of 91%, putting them 4th overall in the NHL.

Advanced Statistics

Tampa Bay is 11th in the NHL in Corsi percentage with 50.4%, as they've attempted 4,684 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 4,609 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is 50.6% as they have 3,580 attempts while they have given up 3,492 shots on the defensive end. That ranks them 13th in the league. The Lightning start possessions in the offensive zone 50% of the time, which is 19th in the league, while their defensive zone percentage is at 50% for the season. That is 13th overall in the NHL. They have 2,490 face-off wins compared to 2,384 losses, meaning their face-off win percentage is 51.1%. That ranks them 8th in the league. On defense Tampa Bay has 2,089 hits and they have blocked 1,117 shots from the opposition, putting them 20th overall.

Advanced Statistics

The Bruins are 7th in the league in starting possessions in the offensive zone, doing so 53.5% of the time. Their defensive zone percentage is at 46.5% for the season, which is 25th in the NHL. They have 2,437 face-off wins compared to 2,355 losses, meaning their face-off win percentage is 50.9%. That is 9th in the league. On defense Boston has 1,851 hits and they have blocked 1,041 shots from the opposition, which is 28th in the league. Boston is 6th in the NHL in Corsi percentage with 52.5% as they've attempted 4,789 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 4,341 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage of 52.7% ranks 5th as they have 3,683 attempts while they have given up 3,300 shots on the defensive end.

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

Josh's Pick: Take Tampa Bay -112

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