Tampa Bay Lightning vs Dallas Stars Prediction, 12/2/2023 NHL Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Tampa Bay Lightning vs Dallas Stars

Date: Saturday, December 2, 2023

Location: American Airlines Center in Dallas, TX

TV: Bally Sports Southwest

Odds/Point Spread: Lightning (+105) Stars (-133)

American Airlines Center is the location where the Dallas Stars (13-5-3) will try to beat the Tampa Bay Lightning (10-9-5) on Saturday. The moneyline on this game has the Lightning at +105 while the Stars are sitting at -133. The total has been set at 7.

The Tampa Bay Lightning will need a bounce back game after taking a 4-2 defeat against the Penguins in their last outing. The Lightning had a below average offensive outing in the loss. In the game, they netted 2 of the 41 shots they looked to score on. Furthermore, they had 2 chances with the advantage and notched 1 goal. Tampa Bay recorded 2 mins in the box for this matchup.

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When discussing their goal scoring prowess, the Tampa Bay Lightning have racked up 82 goals (3rd in the league) on the campaign and have allowed 85. For the current campaign, they have accumulated 25 points and their points percentage sits at .521. Tampa Bay comes into tonight with 79 power play opportunities and they have scored 26 goals during those chances, garnering them a percentage of 32.91%. While playing at even strength, the Lightning have conceded 74 goals while scoring 56 of their own. Tampa Bay has tried 742 shots and holds a shot percentage of 11.1%. The Lightning so far have had 745 shots tried against them and have a save percentage of .886. Tampa Bay Lightning opponents have 72 power play opportunities (19th in the NHL) and have scored 11 goals in those attempts.

Protecting the goal for this matchup will be Andrei Vasilevskiy. Vasilevskiy has been involved in 428 contests over the course of his NHL career. He has compiled a win-loss record of 264-125-28 and he was named the starter in 418 games. Opponents have notched 1,059 goals against Vasilevskiy in his professional career and his goals against average is 2.53. Vasilevskiy has seen 12,988 shots against him and has recorded 11,929 saves. His save percentage sits at .918 for his 25,163 minutes in the crease. For his career, Vasilevskiy has 239 quality starts and his percentage for quality starts is .572.

In their last game, Dallas opposed the Flames in a game where the Stars ended up taking the loss by a score of 4-3. They had 1 opportunity on the power play in this contest but didn't put one in the back of the net. The Stars earned 3 goals of the 16 shots on goal they pursued.

Dallas has taken 623 shots (27th in the league) and has earned a shooting percentage of 11.24%, while allowing their opponents 669 shots. They have accumulated a penalty kill percentage of 88.89% on the other teams 72 power play opportunities, and their save percentage currently sits at 91.0%. They have earned 64 opportunities on the power play and they have a power play rate of 20.31%. The Stars are sitting with 57 goals at even strength and 13 goals (22nd in the NHL) while on the power play. They have granted a total of 60 goals to be scored by of a combination of 52 goals at even strength and 8 goals while they had less men on the ice. On the campaign, the Dallas Stars have earned 70 goals, 29 points, and a points percentage of .690.

On the other side of the ice you are expected to see Jake Oettinger in net. He has accounted for 3,910 stops out of the 4,269 shots tried, which gives him a rate of .916. Oettinger has compiled a lifetime mark of 87-38-21 and has been in goal for 154 games. He has started in 146 games and has played for a total of 8,858 mins. Oettinger's percentage of quality starts sits at 59.6% and he has 87 quality starting assignments in his professional career. His opponents are averaging 2.43 goals/game and he has relinquished 359 goals altogether.

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

Josh's Pick: Take Tampa Bay (+105)

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