Tampa Bay Lightning vs Boston Bruins Prediction, 2/13/2024 NHL Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Tampa Bay Lightning vs Boston Bruins

Date: Tuesday, February 13, 2024

Location: TD Garden in Boston, MA

TV: NESN

Odds/Point Spread: Lightning (+135) Bruins (-165)

TD Garden is the location where the Boston Bruins (32-11-9) will compete against the Tampa Bay Lightning (28-20-5) on Tuesday. The moneyline on this contest has Tampa Bay at +135 and Boston is opening at -165. The total comes in at 7.

The Tampa Bay Lightning came out of this game feeling pretty good about themselves with a 4-2 win over the Blue Jackets their last time on the ice. The Lightning had a solid offensive performance and it showed in the win. In the matchup, they converted 4 of the 37 shots they tried. In addition, they had 3 chances with the advantage and were able to net 2 goals. Tampa Bay accounted for 15 penalty minutes in this contest.

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While at even strength, the Lightning have allowed the opponent to score 148 goals while scoring 131 on offense. Tampa Bay Lightning opponents have earned 141 power play tries (30th in the league) and have scored 27 goals in those attempts. With regard to their scoring, the Tampa Bay Lightning have racked up 181 goals (4th in the NHL) on the campaign and have given up 175. Tampa Bay has taken 1,585 shots and holds a shot percentage of 11.4%. For the current season, they have tallied 61 points and their points percentage is sitting at .575. The Lightning have had 1,574 shots attempted against them and have a save percentage of .889. Tampa Bay comes into tonight with 163 power play opportunities and they have scored 50 goals out of those attempts, giving them a rate of 30.67%.

The player between the pipes for this game is Andrei Vasilevskiy. Vasilevskiy has taken the ice for 453 contests over the course of his NHL career. He has compiled an overall mark of 280-134-28 and he has gotten the start in 443 games. Opponents have scored 1,128 goals against Vasilevskiy in his pro hockey career and his goals against rate is 2.54. Vasilevskiy has had 13,694 shot attempts against him and has accrued 12,566 saves. His save percentage is at .918 for his 26,639 minutes played. Over the course of his career, Vasilevskiy has earned 252 quality starts and his percentage for quality starts is .569.

When they took the ice last, Boston went up against the Capitals in a matchup where the Bruins ended up taking the loss by a score of 3-0. They had 4 power play attempts in this game but weren't able to put one in the back of the net. The Bruins notched 0 goals of the 18 shots on goal they took.

The Bruins are sitting with 136 goals at even strength and 40 goals (8th in the NHL) while having a power play advantage. Boston has put up 1,550 shots (19th in the NHL) and has accumulated a shot percentage of 11.35%, while allowing their opponents 1,618 shots. On the year, the Boston Bruins have notched a total of 176 goals, 73 points, in addition to a points percentage of .702. They have allowed 134 goals to be scored by of a combination of 100 goals at even strength and 34 goals while they had less men on the ice. They have a tally of 161 chances on the power play and they have a power play percentage of 24.84%. They have earned a penalty kill rate of 82.11% on their oppositions 190 power play opportunities, and their save percentage currently sits at 91.7%.

For the opposition you will find Linus Ullmark defending the goal. Ullmark has a career record of 132-69-18 and has been in net for 232 games. Ullmark's quality start rate sits at 64.1% and he has 143 quality starting assignments in his NHL career. He has tallied 6,339 stops out of the 6,900 shots attempted, giving him a save percentage of .919. Teams are averaging 2.52 goals per contest and he has yielded 561 goals altogether. He got the starting nod in 223 games and has played 13,371 minutes.

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

Tony's Pick: Take Tampa Bay (+135)

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