Ottawa Senators vs Tampa Bay Lightning Prediction, 11/1/2022 NHL Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Ottawa Senators vs Tampa Bay Lightning

Date: Tuesday, November 1, 2022

Location: Amalie Arena in Tampa, FL

TV: Bally Sports Sun

Odds/Point Spread: Senators (+230) Lightning (-285)

The Ottawa Senators (4-4-0) are on their way to Amalie Arena on Tuesday where they will try to beat the Tampa Bay Lightning (5-4-0). The moneyline on this contest has Ottawa at +230 and Tampa Bay is at -285. The over/under is set at 7.

The Ottawa Senators will look to clean up some issues after taking a 5-3 defeat against the Panthers their last time out. The Senators had an average offensive output in the defeat. While out there on the ice, they tallied a score on 3 of the 26 shots they put on net. In addition, they had 2 power play chances and were able to score 1 goal. Ottawa accumulated 16 mins in the box in this outing.

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When at even strength, the Senators have conceded 20 goals while scoring 23 themselves. Ottawa Senators opponents have recorded 29 power play opportunities (23rd in the NHL) and have notched 7 goals in those chances. Concerning their scoring capabilities, the Ottawa Senators have racked up 30 goals (12th in hockey) over the course of the season and have given up 27. Ottawa has tried 258 shots and holds a shooting percentage of 11.6%. For the current campaign, they have accumulated 8 points and their points percentage sits at .500. The Senators have had 277 shots tried against them and have earned a save percentage of .903. Ottawa has tallied 27 power play chances and they have scored 7 goals out of those attempts, earning them a percentage of 25.93%.

The man protecting the goal in this game is Anton Forsberg. The opposition has racked up 292 goals against Forsberg in his career and his goals against rate is 3.03. Forsberg has participated in 109 matchups over the course of his professional hockey career. He has a save percentage of .910 for his 5,785 mins between the pipes. He has a mark of 40-50-9 and was named the starter in 101 games. Over the course of his time in hockey, Forsberg has accrued 57 quality starts and his quality starts percentage is .564. Forsberg has had 3,235 shots taken against him and has recorded 2,943 saves.

In their last contest, Tampa Bay faced off against the Sharks in an outing where the Lightning got the victory by a final score of 4-3. They had 2 power play attempts in this outing but weren't able to put one in the back of the net. The Lightning tallied 4 goals out of the 26 shots on goal they tried.

This season, the Tampa Bay Lightning have accumulated 28 goals, 10 points, in addition to a points percentage of .556. They have granted a total of 28 goals to be scored by of a combination of 22 goals at even strength and 6 goals while they had less men on the ice. The Lightning have earned 20 goals at even strength and 8 goals (10th in the league) while having a power play advantage. They have earned 34 opportunities on the power play and they have a power play rate of 23.53%. Tampa Bay has attempted 278 shots (17th in the NHL) and has earned a shot percentage of 10.07%, while allowing their opponents 290 shots. They have a penalty kill percentage of 80.65% on the other teams 31 chances on the power play, and their save percentage is 90.3%.

Across the ice you will find Andrei Vasilevskiy protecting the goal. His opponents are averaging 2.51 goals per game and he has allowed 909 goals altogether. Vasilevskiy's percentage of quality starts sits at 57.1% and he has qualified for 206 quality starts in his NHL career. He was named a starter in 361 games and has played for a total of 21,746 mins. Vasilevskiy has amassed a career mark of 232-104-24 and has played in 371 games. He has racked up 10,319 saves out of the 11,228 shots tried, which gives him a rate of .919.

Who will win tonight's NHL game against the spread or moneyline?

Parlays Pundit's Pick: Take Tampa Bay (-285) and under 6.5 goals

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