Minnesota Wild vs Tampa Bay Lightning Prediction, 10/24/2024 NHL Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Minnesota Wild vs Tampa Bay Lightning

Date: Thursday, October 24, 2024

Location: Amalie Arena in Tampa, FL

TV: WXPX-TV

Amalie Arena is where the Tampa Bay Lightning (4-2-0) will compete against the Minnesota Wild (4-0-2) on Thursday.

The Minnesota Wild will head into their next game feeling good after earning a 5-1 win over the Panthers in their previous outing. Minnesota garnered 2 penalty minutes in this matchup. Furthermore, they had 2 power play opportunities and were able to notch 1 goal. The Wild had a good offensive outing in this victory. In the game, they converted 5 of the 22 shots they looked to score on.

In terms of their goal scoring prowess, the Minnesota Wild have notched 20 goals (18th in the league) this season and have given up 11. For the year, they have recorded 10 points and their points percentage is .833. Minnesota has compiled 18 power play chances and they have notched 6 goals out of those attempts, garnering them a rate of 33.33%. While playing at even strength, the Wild have given up 8 goals while earning 14 of their own. Minnesota has tried 174 shots and is the owner of a shooting percentage of 11.5%. The Wild thus far have had 179 shots taken against them and have a save percentage of .939. Minnesota Wild opponents have totaled 12 power play tries (30th in the league) and have notched 3 goals in those chances.

The player protecting the goal in this game is Marc-Andre Fleury. In his career, Fleury has recorded 475 quality starts and his quality starts rate is .549. His save percentage is at .912 for his 59,343 minutes between the pipes. Fleury has had 29,185 shots against him and has recorded 26,616 saves. Opponents have notched 2,569 goals against Fleury in his professional career and his goals against rate is 2.60. He has compiled an overall mark of 561-330-97 and he started in 865 games. Fleury has taken the ice for 1,026 games over the course of his NHL career.

In their last outing, Tampa Bay faced the Devils in a game where the Lightning earned a victory by a mark of 8-5. They had 2 power play attempts in this game and netted 2 out of those chances. The Lightning notched 8 goals out of the 37 shots on goal they pursued.

The Lightning have tallied 21 goals at even strength and 5 goals (12th in the league) while having more men on the ice. Tampa Bay has taken 175 shots (24th in the league) and has earned a shot percentage of 14.86%, while allowing the opposition 165 shots. On the season, the Tampa Bay Lightning have earned a total of 26 goals, 8 points, in addition to a points percentage of .667. They have allowed 20 goals to be scored by of a combination of 13 goals at even strength and 7 goals while they were shorthanded. They have a total of 24 opportunities on the power play and they have earned a power play rate of 20.83%. They have accumulated a penalty kill rate of 68.18% on their opponents 22 power play opportunities, and their save percentage comes in at 87.9%.

On the other side of the ice you are going to see Andrei Vasilevskiy in net. His opposition is averaging 2.57 goals per contest and he has yielded 1,213 goals in total. Vasilevskiy's quality start percentage comes out to 56.6% and he has 267 quality starting assignments in his NHL career. He has made the start in 472 contests and has played for a total of 28,315 mins. Vasilevskiy is sitting with a lifetime mark of 296-145-30 and has been in net for 482 games. He has a tally of 13,293 stops out of 14,506 shots attempted, giving him a rate of .916.

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

Parlays Pundit's Pick: Take Tampa Bay

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