Tampa Bay Lightning vs St. Louis Blues Prediction, 11/30/2021 NHL Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Tampa Bay Lightning vs St. Louis Blues

Date: Tuesday, November 30, 2021

Location: Enterprise Center in St. Louis, MO

TV: Bally Sports Midwest

Odds/Point Spread: Lightning (-117) Blues (-104)

Jordan Binnington and the St. Louis Blues (11-7-3) host the Tampa Bay Lightning (12-5-3) at Enterprise Center on Tuesday. The moneyline on this matchup has the Lightning priced at -117 and the Blues are at -104. The O/U has been set at 5.5.

The Lightning will need a bounce back game after taking a 4-2 loss against the Wild in their last game. When starting in the offensive zone they came in at 64.3% and they had a PDO at even strength of 96.2 for this one. They had 23 face-off wins when at even strength and were beaten on 18 opportunities to take control of the puck. Their Fenwick came in at 31 and the Fenwick Against sat at 43, meaning they had a Fenwick rate of 41.9%. The Corsi for the Lightning was 44 and the Corsi against was 52 meaning they had a Corsi percentage of 45.8%. Tampa Bay garnered 6 penalty mins for this game. Additionally, they had 3 power play opportunities but weren't able to convert one of them into a goal. The Lightning had an offensive game that was below their expectations in the defeat. In the outing, they tallied a score on 2 out of the 30 shots they looked to score on.

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The Lightning have had 588 shots tried against them and are the owners of a save percentage of .906. While playing at even strength, the Lightning have conceded 47 goals while scoring 51 on offense. Tampa Bay Lightning opponents have earned 62 power play tries (14th in the NHL) and have scored 8 goals in those chances. For the year, they have racked up 27 points and their points percentage is sitting at .675. Tampa Bay has tried 593 shots and is the owner of a shooting percentage of 10.5%. When it comes to their scoring, the Tampa Bay Lightning have racked up 62 goals (13th in hockey) on the campaign and have given up 55. Tampa Bay comes into tonight with 60 power play chances and they have tallied 11 goals out of those attempts, giving them a percentage of 18.33%.

The man in net for this game is Andrei Vasilevskiy. Opponents have been able to score 773 goals against Vasilevskiy in his career and his goals against average is 2.49. Vasilevskiy has been in goal for 319 matchups over the course of his hockey career. He has a save percentage of .920 for his 18,663 minutes guarding the cage. He has earned a mark of 200-87-22 and got the start in 309 games. For his professional hockey career, Vasilevskiy has recorded 175 quality starts and his quality starts percentage is .566. Vasilevskiy has seen 9,669 shot attempts against him and has accrued 8,896 saves.

The last time they were on the ice, St. Louis faced off against the Blue Jackets in a matchup where the Blues got the victory by a tally of 6-3. They had a PDO of 117 and their percentage of oZS was 59.3%. They had 2 power play attempts in this one but weren't able to notch a goal. Their Fenwick percentage was 58.8% by notching a Fenwick of 40 and the Blue Jackets having notched a 28 Fenwick. The Blues recorded 6 goals of the 33 shots on goal they attempted. St. Louis wrapped up this game with a 51.7% Corsi rating. These Corsi stats tell us the story of the kind of game St. Louis had and it was an excellent showing for this outing.

During this campaign, the St. Louis Blues have notched a total of 70 goals, 25 points, as well as a points percentage of .595. They have allowed 58 goals to be scored by of a combination of 47 goals at even strength and 11 goals while they had less men on the ice. The Blues have scored 53 goals at even strength and 17 goals (3rd in pro hockey) while on the power play. They have recorded 58 power play opportunities and they have a power play rate of 29.31%. St. Louis has tried 710 shots (6th in the league) and has a shot percentage of 9.86%, while allowing their opponents 643 shots. They have a penalty kill percentage of 80.70% on their opponents 57 power play tries, and their save percentage comes in at 91.0%.

On the other side of the ice you are going to see Jordan Binnington protecting the goal. Opponents are averaging 2.46 goals per game and he has relinquished 336 goals in total. Binnington's quality start percentage sits at 55.1% and he has made 75 quality starts in his NHL career. He has started in 136 games and has played for a total of 8,186 minutes. Binnington holds a lifetime mark of 79-37-19 and has been in net for 140 games. He has recorded 3,585 stops out of the 3,921 shots attempted, which gives him a percentage of .914.

Who will win tonight's NHL game ATS?

Guy's Pick: Take St. Louis (-104)

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