Tampa Bay Lightning vs Florida Panthers Prediction, 10/21/2022 NHL Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Tampa Bay Lightning vs Florida Panthers

Date: Friday, October 21, 2022

Location: FLA Live Arena in Sunrise, FL

TV: Bally Sports Florida

Odds/Point Spread: Lightning (-110) Panthers (-111)

The Tampa Bay Lightning are en route to FLA Live Arena on Friday where they will take on the Florida Panthers. The moneyline on this matchup has the Lightning at -110 while the Panthers are sitting at -111. The total comes in at 7.

The Tampa Bay Lightning will look to clean up some issues after taking a 3-2 loss to the Flyers in their previous contest . Tampa Bay accounted for 14 penalty mins in this matchup. In addition, they had 3 chances on the power play and were able to net 2 goals. The Lightning had a below average offensive outing in this defeat. In the outing, they converted 2 out of the 38 shots they tried.

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Tampa Bay Lightning opponents have amassed 14 power play tries (13th in hockey) and have come away with 4 goals in those attempts. The Lightning have had 136 shots attempted against them and have earned a save percentage of .897. Tampa Bay has tried 139 shots and has a shot percentage of 7.2%. When playing at even strength, the Lightning have surrendered 10 goals while notching 5 on the offensive side of the ice. Tampa Bay comes into tonight with 15 power play chances and they have notched 5 goals during those chances, giving them a rate of 33.33%. For the current season, they have earned 2 points and their points percentage sits at .250. With respect to their goal scoring prowess, the Tampa Bay Lightning have accumulated 10 goals (22nd in the National Hockey League) for the year and have given up 14.

The player between the pipes for this game is Andrei Vasilevskiy. Opponents have been able to score 900 goals against Vasilevskiy in his career and his goals against average per game is 2.50. Vasilevskiy has been involved in 368 contests throughout his professional hockey career. His save percentage currently sits at .919 in his 21,566 minutes in the crease. He has an overall mark of 230-103-24 and he has gotten the start in 358 games. Over the course of his career, Vasilevskiy is sitting with 205 quality starts and his rate for quality starts is .573. Vasilevskiy has seen 11,130 shots taken against him and has recorded 10,230 saves.

In their last game, Florida faced the Flyers in a matchup where the Panthers got the win by a final of 4-3. They had 3 power play attempts in this one but weren't able to score a goal. The Panthers converted 4 goals of the 35 shots on goal they tried.

Florida has put up 142 shots (5th in hockey) and has a shot percentage of 9.86%, while allowing the other team 128 shots. They have recorded a penalty kill rate of 87.50% on their oppositions 16 power play opportunities, and their save percentage is currently 90.6%. They have earned 18 power play chances and they have accumulated a power play rate of 11.11%. The Panthers are sitting with 12 goals at even strength and 2 goals (18th in the NHL) while on the power play. They have granted a total of 12 goals to be scored by way of 10 goals at even strength and 2 goals while they were shorthanded. Over the course of the season, the Florida Panthers have tallied 14 goals, 6 points, in addition to a points percentage of .750.

On the other side of the ice you will find Sergei Bobrovsky in goal. He has accrued 16,003 saves out of 17,469 shots attempted, giving him a save % of .916. Bobrovsky is the owner of a career record of 338-188-48 and has participated in 595 games. He was named a starter in 580 games and has played for a total of 34,250 minutes. Bobrovsky's rate of quality starts comes out to 57.1% and he has qualified for 331 quality starts in his hockey career. The opposition is averaging 2.57 goals per game and he has conceded 1,466 goals overall.

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

Guy's Pick: Take Florida (-111)

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