Nikita Kucherov, Brayden Point, and the Tampa Bay Lightning will do battle against Anders Lee, Mathew Barzal, and the New York Islanders at Nassau Coliseum in an Eastern Conference tilt. The match will get started at 7 p.m. ET on Friday, February 1, and it will be televised live on MSG Network.
Tampa Bay Lightning at New York Islanders Odds
Moneyline odds have not yet been posted for this matchup.
Tampa Bay is 37-13 straight up (SU) and has earned 15.8 units for moneyline bettors this season. Through 50 regular season matches, 27 of its games have gone over the total, while 21 have gone under and just two have pushed. The Bolts are 17-8 SU as an away team in 2018-19.
Tampa Bay currently touts the first-best power-play unit in the NHL, as it’s converted on 29.9 percent of its extra-man opportunities this season. Additionally, it has the fourth-best penalty kill in the league, and it has successfully killed off 83.9 percent of all penalties..
Averaging 30.2 saves per game with a .922 save percentage, Andrei Vasilevskiy (20-9-2) has been the top option in goal for Tampa Bay this season. If it chooses to give him a rest, however, Tampa Bay could go with Louis Domingue (16-4), who has a .905 save percentage and 2.99 goals against average this year.
On the other bench, New York is 29-20 straight up (SU) and has earned moneyline bettors 15.4 units this year. Through 49 regular season matches, 30 of its games have gone under the total, while 16 have gone over and just three have pushed. It’s 14-10 SU as the home team this year.
The Islanders have converted on just 16.7 percent of their power play chances this season, a mark that places them in the bottom 10 overall among NHL teams. On the other hand, its penalty kill is ranked 23rd overall, and it’s successfully killed off 78.0 percent of all opponent power plays.
Robin Lehner has stopped 26.1 shots per game as the top netminder in the crease for the Islanders. Lehner has 15 wins, 12 losses, and four overtime losses and has maintained a sharp .931 save percentage and a solid 2.02 goals against average this season.
Tampa Bay Lightning at New York Islanders Betting Predictions
Free Prediction: SU Winner – Lightning, O/U – Over
Betting Trends
- Over New York’s last ten outings, four of them have been decided by two or more goals (the team is 4-0 in those games).
- The extra-man advantage could prove to be extremely important in the outcome of this one. The Lightning are 13-8 in games where they serve fewer penalty minutes than their opponent and 18-12 when they’re in the box for fewer than 10 total penalty minutes. The Islanders are 10-7 when the team serves fewer penalty minutes than the opposition and 20-14 in games where total penalty minutes are in the single digits.
- New York is 2-4 in games decided by a shootout this season while Tampa Bay is 3-0 in shootouts.
- Tampa Bay has averaged 7.8 giveaways over its last five home games, its season average of 8.2 giveaways per game (the sixth-fewest in the league).
- New York is ranked 18th this season with 10.3 giveaways per game. That figure has trended down lately, however, as the team’s averaged 8.2 giveaways over its last 10 games and 8.4 giveaways over its last five.
- This game features two of the more physical teams in the league. Tampa Bay skaters have dished out the league’s seventh-most hits per game (25.0) while the Isles have recorded the ninth-most (24.2).
