Tampa Bay Lightning at Columbus Blue Jackets NHL Betting Tips 2/18/2019

Monday, February 18, 2019

Nationwide Arena

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The Tampa Bay Lightning head to Nationwide Arena to take on the Columbus Blue Jackets on Monday, February 18, 2019. The opening line for this contest has the Lightning at -135 and the Blue Jackets at +110.

Tampa Bay has a record of 44-11-4 this year. They are 1st in the Atlantic Division. They've tallied 232 goals and surrendered 159 goals for a point differential of +73. For the year they have an ATS mark of 44-15-0 and an over/under record of 30-26-0. Columbus has a record of 33-21-3 this season. They are 3rd in the Metropolitan Division. They have scored 185 goals and given up 172 for a goal differential of +13. Their record against the spread is 33-24-0 while their over/under mark is 23-28-0.

Valuable Tampa Bay Lightning Betting Trends

The Tampa Bay Lightning are 44-15-0 straight up this year

The Tampa Bay Lightning are 30-26-0 against the over/under this season

Important Columbus Blue Jackets Betting Trends

The Columbus Blue Jackets are 33-24-0 straight up this year

The Columbus Blue Jackets are 23-28-0 against the over/under this season

Key Tampa Bay Lightning Injuries

No key injuries to report

Key Columbus Blue Jackets Injuries

02/16/19 LW Markus Hannikainen Illness is questionable Monday vs Tampa Bay
02/15/19 C Brandon Dubinsky Hamstring IR (02/15)
01/31/19 C Boone Jenner Ankle is out indefinitely

Player Spotlight

Brayden Point has scored 75 total points this year for the Lightning. He has 33 goals this season with 147 shots on net, giving him a shooting percentage of 22%. He has a total of 42 assists on the year and averages 18.7 minutes played per contest. Nikita Kucherov averages 19.5 minutes of ice time per game this season. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 17% by tallying 27 goals on 163 attempts. He has 67 assists, giving him a total of 94 points on the year. Andrei Vasilevskiy has 25 wins and 7 losses this season in goal for the Lightning. He has 1,168 shots against him and he's surrendered 84 goals. He's made 1,084 stops for a save percentage of 93%.

Player Spotlight

Cam Atkinson has 55 total points this season for the Blue Jackets. He has 32 goals this year with 220 shots on goal, giving him a shooting percentage of 15%. He has a total of 23 assists on the year and averages 19.7 minutes played per contest. Artemi Panarin averages 20.2 minutes of ice time per contest. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 16% by scoring 24 goals on 146 attempts. He has 43 assists, giving him a total of 67 points on the year. Sergei Bobrovsky has 24 wins and 17 losses this season in net for the Blue Jackets. He has 1,202 shots against him and he's given up 115 goals. He's made 1,087 saves for a save percentage of 90%.

Useful Team Statistics

The Lightning have 92 total points this year, which is 1st in the NHL. They've scored 232 goals while giving up 159 scores, which has them ranked 1st and 28th respectively. They have had 195 power play chances and scored 58 goals on those opportunities for a percentage of 30%. That is 1st in the league. The Lightning have given up 188 power play opportunities and surrendered 29 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 85%, ranking them 2nd when short-handed. They average 32 shots per contest and as a team shoot 12.13% for the year. They allow 32 shot attempts to their opposition per game and have a team save percentage of 92%, which is 4th in the league.

Useful Team Statistics

The Blue Jackets are 11th in the league with a total of 69 points this season. They have 26 power play goals on 162 chances for a percentage of 16%. That is 26th in the NHL. They've given up 149 power play opportunities and surrendered 24 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 84%, ranking 3rd overall. As a team, the Blue Jackets are 11th with a total of 185 goals scored while they've given up 172 goals this season, ranking 18th in goals against. They average 32 shots per game and have a team shooting percentage of 10.21%. As a unit they give up 30 shots per contest and have a save percentage of 90%, putting them 22nd overall in the NHL.

Advanced Statistics

Tampa Bay is 11th in the NHL in Corsi percentage with 50.7%, as they've attempted 3,443 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 3,351 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is 50.8% as they have 2,620 attempts while they have given up 2,537 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 18th in the league, while their defensive zone percentage is at 49.8% for the season. That is 14th overall in the NHL. They have 1,802 face-off wins compared to 1,749 losses, meaning their face-off win percentage is 50.7%. That ranks them 11th in the league. On defense Tampa Bay has 1,496 hits and they have blocked 814 shots from the opposition, putting them 20th overall.

Advanced Statistics

The Blue Jackets are 12th in the league in starting possessions in the offensive zone, doing so 51.7% of the time. Their defensive zone percentage is at 48.3% for the season, which is 20th in the NHL. They have 1,685 face-off wins compared to 1,723 losses, meaning their face-off win percentage is 49.4%. That is 19th in the league. On defense Columbus has 1,148 hits and they have blocked 779 shots from the opposition, which is 25th in the league. Columbus is 12th in the NHL in Corsi percentage with 50.7% as they've attempted 3,199 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 3,116 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage of 51.7% ranks 8th as they have 2,505 attempts while they have given up 2,337 shots on the defensive end.

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

Josh's Pick: Take Columbus +110

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