Tampa Bay Lightning vs St. Louis Blues Prediction, 11/5/2024 NHL Picks, Best Bets & Odds
Game: Tampa Bay Lightning vs St. Louis Blues
Date: Tuesday, November 5, 2024
Location: Enterprise Center in St. Louis, MO
TV: Fanduel Sports Network
Enterprise Center is where the St. Louis Blues (6-6-0) will try to defeat the Tampa Bay Lightning (7-5-0) on Tuesday.
The Tampa Bay Lightning will look to clean up some issues after taking a 7-4 loss against the Jets in their previous contest . Tampa Bay garnered 31 penalty minutes for this matchup. Furthermore, they had 2 chances with the advantage and were able to score 1 goal. The Lightning had a solid offensive performance in this loss. In the game, they scored on 4 of the 30 shots they put on net.
In regard to scoring goals, the Tampa Bay Lightning have racked up 46 goals (6th in the National Hockey League) on the year and have given up 40. For the current campaign, they sit with 14 points and their points percentage sits at .583. Tampa Bay comes into tonight with 40 power play opportunities and they have scored 8 goals during those chances, garnering them a percentage of 20.00%. While at even strength, the Lightning let the opposition score 29 goals while notching 38 themselves. Tampa Bay has tried 330 shots and holds a shot percentage of 13.9%. The Lightning have had 343 shots tried against them and hold a save percentage of .883. Tampa Bay Lightning opponents have tallied 41 power play tries (9th in hockey) and have a total of 11 goals in those chances.
The man protecting the net in this game is Andrei Vasilevskiy. Vasilevskiy has been in net for 487 games during his NHL career. He has earned a mark of 299-147-30 and he started in 477 games. Opponents have notched 1,223 goals versus Vasilevskiy in his pro hockey career and his goals against average is 2.56. Vasilevskiy has seen 14,647 shots against him and has gathered 13,424 total saves. He has a save percentage of .917 in his 28,615 minutes in the crease. In his professional hockey career, Vasilevskiy has 270 quality starts and his quality starts rate sits at .566.
In their last game, St. Louis faced off against the Maple Leafs in a matchup where the Blues ended up with the win by a final score of 4-2. They had 4 power play chances in this matchup but didn't score a goal. The Blues scored 4 goals out of the 24 shots on goal they tried.
This season, the St. Louis Blues are sitting with 32 goals, 12 points, and a points percentage of .500. They have permitted 38 goals to be scored by of a combination of 30 goals at even strength and 8 goals while they had less men on the ice. The Blues have accumulated 28 goals at even strength and 4 goals (31st in the NHL) while on the power play. They have recorded 30 opportunities on the power play and they have accumulated a power play percentage of 13.33%. St. Louis has taken 323 shots (23rd in professional hockey) and has accumulated a shooting percentage of 9.91%, while allowing the other team 374 shots. They have accumulated a penalty kill percentage of 76.47% on their oppositions 34 chances on the power play, and their save percentage sits at 89.8%.
On the other side of the ice you will find Jordan Binnington defending the net. He has racked up 7,656 stops out of the 8,436 shots attempted, which gives him a rate of .908. Binnington has compiled a career mark of 148-99-31 and has played in 289 games. He has been a starter 281 games and has racked up 16,739 mins. Binnington's percentage of quality starts comes out to 53.0% and he has 149 quality starting assignments in his NHL career. His opponents are averaging 2.80 goals/game and he has yielded 780 goals altogether.
Who will win tonight's NHL game against the spread or moneyline?
Josh's Pick: Take St. Louis
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