Tampa Bay Lightning at Carolina Hurricanes NHL Parlay 3/21/2019

Thursday, March 21, 2019

PNC Arena

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The Tampa Bay Lightning head to PNC Arena to take on the Carolina Hurricanes on Thursday, March 21, 2019. The opening line for this contest has the Lightning at -115 and the Hurricanes at -105.

Tampa Bay has a record of 56-13-4 this year. They are 1st in the Atlantic Division. They've tallied 281 goals and surrendered 190 goals for a point differential of +91. For the year they have an ATS mark of 56-17-0 and an over/under record of 37-33-0. Carolina has a record of 40-25-7 this season. They are 4th in the Metropolitan Division. They've scored 213 goals and given up 196 for a goal differential of +17. Their record against the spread is 39-32-0 while their over/under mark is 30-39-0.

Valuable Tampa Bay Lightning Betting Trends

The Tampa Bay Lightning are 56-17-0 straight up this year

The Tampa Bay Lightning are 37-33-0 against the over/under this season

Important Carolina Hurricanes Betting Trends

The Carolina Hurricanes are 39-32-0 straight up this year

The Carolina Hurricanes are 30-39-0 against the over/under this season

Key Tampa Bay Lightning Injuries

03/18/19 D Anton Stralman Lower Body is questionable Wednesday vs Washington
03/18/19 D Dan Girardi Lower Body is questionable Wednesday vs Washington

Key Carolina Hurricanes Injuries

03/15/19 D Calvin de Haan Eye is questionable Thursday vs Tampa Bay

Player Spotlight

Andrei Vasilevskiy has 35 wins and 8 losses this season in goal for the Lightning. He has 1,523 shots against him and he's surrendered 107 goals. He's made 1,416 stops for a save percentage of 93%. Brayden Point has scored 87 total points this year for the Lightning. He has 38 goals this season with 172 shots on net, giving him a shooting percentage of 22%. He has a total of 49 assists on the year and averages 18.7 minutes played per contest. Nikita Kucherov averages 19.7 minutes of ice time per game this season. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 16% by tallying 35 goals on 216 attempts. He has 82 assists, giving him a total of 117 points on the year.

Player Spotlight

Teuvo Teravainen has 66 total points this season for the Hurricanes. He has 18 goals this year with 151 shots on goal, giving him a shooting percentage of 12%. He has a total of 48 assists on the year and averages 17.9 minutes played per contest. Petr Mrazek has 19 wins and 13 losses this season in net for the Hurricanes. He has 959 shots against him and he's given up 87 goals. He's made 872 saves for a save percentage of 91%. Sebastian Aho averages 20.2 minutes of ice time per contest. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 14% by scoring 30 goals on 219 attempts. He has 48 assists, giving him a total of 78 points on the year.

Useful Team Statistics

The Lightning have given up 238 power play opportunities and surrendered 34 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 86% this season. That is 1st in the league. They average 32 shots per contest and as a team shoot 11.90% for the year. They allow 32 shot attempts to their opposition per game and have a team save percentage of 92%, ranking them 3rd in the NHL at stopping the puck. The Lightning are 1st overall with 116 total points this year. They are 1st in the league with 281 goals and 28th in goals allowed with 190. They've had 236 power play chances and scored 67 goals on those opportunities for a percentage of 28%. That is 1st in the NHL.

Useful Team Statistics

As a team, the Hurricanes are 18th with a total of 213 goals scored while they are 26th with 196 goals surrendered this season. They average 35 shots per game and have a team shooting percentage of 8.50%. As a unit they give up 29 shots per contest and have a save percentage of 91%, putting them 13th in the league. The Hurricanes have a total of 87 points this season, which is 11th in the NHL. They have had 39 power play goals on 229 chances for a percentage of 17%. That is 22nd overall. They've given up 214 power play opportunities and surrendered 38 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 82%, ranking 6th when short-handed.

Advanced Statistics

Tampa Bay is 12th in the NHL in Corsi percentage with 50.7%, as they've attempted 4,242 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 4,132 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is 50.9% as they have 3,244 attempts while they have given up 3,126 shots on the defensive end. That ranks them 12th in the league. The Lightning start possessions in the offensive zone 50.2% of the time, which is 19th in the league, while their defensive zone percentage is at 49.8% for the season. That is 13th overall in the NHL. They have 2,251 face-off wins compared to 2,155 losses, meaning their face-off win percentage is 51.1%. That ranks them 9th in the league. On defense Tampa Bay has 1,857 hits and they have blocked 1,006 shots from the opposition, putting them 20th overall.

Advanced Statistics

The Hurricanes are 1st in the league in starting possessions in the offensive zone, doing so 54.9% of the time. Their defensive zone percentage is at 45.1% for the season, which is 31st in the NHL. They have 2,136 face-off wins compared to 2,231 losses, meaning their face-off win percentage is 48.9%. That is 23rd in the league. On defense Carolina has 1,792 hits and they have blocked 900 shots from the opposition, which is 31st in the league. Carolina is 1st in the NHL in Corsi percentage with 55.1% as they've attempted 4,678 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 3,806 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage of 55% ranks 1st as they have 3,545 attempts while they have given up 2,906 shots on the defensive end.

So what is Tonights Parlay prediction?

Parlays Pundit's Pick: Take Tampa Bay -115 and over 6.5 total goals

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