The Tampa Bay Lightning, spearheaded by Nikita Kucherov and Steven Stamkos, are ready to take the ice against Evgeni Malkin, Bryan Rust, and the Pittsburgh Penguins at PPG Paints Arena in an Eastern Conference tilt. The game will get going at 7 p.m. ET on Tuesday, February 11 and it can be watched live on AT&T SportsNet Pittsburgh.
Tampa Bay Lightning at Pittsburgh Penguins Odds
Tampa Bay is 36-20 straight up (SU) and has earned 2.7 units for moneyline bettors this season. Through 56 regular season matches, 28 of its games have gone over the total, while 24 have gone under and just three have pushed. The Bolts are 18-11 SU on the road in 2019-20.
Tampa Bay has converted on 23.8 percent of its power play opportunities this season, a mark that’s good enough for sixth-best in the NHL. Its penalty kill is ranked second overall, and the team’s successfully killed off a whopping 84.3 percent of its penalties..
Averaging 27.9 saves per game with a .918 save percentage, Andrei Vasilevskiy (29-12-3) has been the best option in goal for Tampa Bay this year. If Tampa Bay chooses to rest him, however, the team could turn to Curtis McElhinney (7-8-2), who has a .913 save percentage and 2.75 goals against average this year.
Over on the other bench, Pittsburgh is 34-20 straight up (SU) and has earned moneyline bettors 9.6 units this season. Through 54 regular season outings, 27 of its games have gone under the total, while 26 have gone over and just one has pushed. This year, the team is 19-8 SU as the home team.
The Penguins have converted on just 19.7 percent of their power play opportunities this season, a mark that’s right around league average. On the other hand, its penalty kill is ranked sixth overall, and it’s successfully killed off 83.0 percent of all opponent power plays.
Tristan Jarry has stopped 27.4 shots per game as the primary option in goal for the Penguins. Jarry has 18 wins, nine losses, and one OT loss to his name and has recorded a .929 save percentage and a solid 2.18 goals against average this season.
Tampa Bay Lightning at Pittsburgh Penguins Betting Predictions
Pick: SU Winner – Penguins, O/U – Over
Betting Trends
- Four of Pittsburgh’s last ten contests have been decided by two or more goals, and the club is 1-3 overall in those games.
- Power plays and penalty kills may prove to be key in the outcome of this game. The Lightning are 13-7 when they serve fewer penalty minutes than their opponent and 23-11 in games where they’re in the box for fewer than 10 penalty minutes, in total. The Penguins are 16-9 when the team serves fewer penalty minutes than the opposition and 23-14 in games where they’re in the box for less than 10 minutes.
- Tampa Bay is 2-0 in games decided by a shootout this season while Pittsburgh is 3-0 in shootouts.
- The under has hit in three of Pittsburgh’s last five outings.
- Tampa Bay has averaged 10.4 giveaways over its last five home games, a rise over its season average of 7.8 giveaways per game (ranked third in the NHL).
- Pittsburgh skaters have averaged 10.4 giveaways over its last five home games, a rise over its season average of 9.3 giveaways per game (the 12th-fewest in the league).
- This game features two of the tougher defenses in the league. Tampa Bay skaters have accounted for the league’s 10th-most hits per game (23.1) while the Pens have tallied the third-most (28.3).
