Carolina Hurricanes vs. Tampa Bay Lightning Free Preview 11/30/19

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The Carolina Hurricanes, fueled by Andrei Svechnikov and Dougie Hamilton, are prepared to take the ice against Nikita Kucherov, Victor Hedman, and the Tampa Bay Lightning at Amalie Arena in an Eastern Conference showdown. This one will get going at 7 p.m. ET on Saturday, November 30 and it will be televised live on Fox Sports Sun.

Carolina Hurricanes at Tampa Bay Lightning Odds

Though the team is 15-11 straight up (SU) this season, Carolina has actually lost 1.2 units for moneyline bettors this year. Through 26 regular season contests, 13 of its games have gone over the total, while 12 have gone under and none have pushed. The Canes are 7-6 SU on the road in 2019-20.

Carolina has converted on 21.0 percent of its power play opportunities this season, a mark that places them in the top-10 among NHL teams. Additionally, it has the seventh-best penalty kill in the league, and the team’s successfully killed off 84.4 percent of its penalties..

Sporting a .901 save percentage and 23.7 saves per game, Petr Mrazek (11-7-1) has been the top option in goal for Carolina this year. Mrazek played last night, however, so the team might opt to rest him and go with James Reimer instead (4-5 record, .910 save percentage, 2.71 goals against average).

On the other bench, Tampa Bay is 12-11 straight up (SU) and has lost 4.9 units for moneyline bettors thus far. Through 23 regular season contests, 14 of its games have gone over the total, while eight have gone under and none have pushed. It’s 6-4 SU at home this year.

The Lightning have converted on 31.1 percent of their power play opportunities this year, a mark that’s good enough for fourth-best in the league. On the other hand, its penalty kill is ranked 21st overall, and it’s successfully killed off 78.5 percent of all opponent power plays.

Andrei Vasilevskiy has stopped 28.4 shots per game as the primary netminder in goal for the Lightning. Vasilevskiy has nine wins, eight losses, and one OT loss and has recorded a pedestrian 2.96 goals against average and a subpar .906 save percentage this season.

Carolina Hurricanes vs. Tampa Bay Lightning Free Picks

Free Pick: SU Winner – Lightning, O/U – Over

Betting Notes

  • For both of these teams, the over has hit in three of their past five outings.
  • Over Tampa Bay’s last ten outings, six of them have been decided by two or more goals (the team is 5-1 in those games).
  • The Lightning this season have tallied the seventh-most hits per game in the NHL (23.8).