Two teams on winning streaks, the Tampa Bay Lightning and the Philadelphia Flyers meet at the Wells Fargo Center. This Eastern Conference matchup gets underway at 7 p.m. ET on Tuesday, February 19 and it is being shown live on NBC Sports Philadelphia.
Tampa Bay Lightning at Philadelphia Flyers Odds
Moneyline odds have not yet been posted for this matchup.
Tampa Bay is 45-15 straight up (SU) and has netted 19.3 units for moneyline bettors this season. 30 of its matches have gone over the total, while 26 have gone under and just three have pushed. As the road team in 2018-19, the Bolts are 21-8 SU.
Tampa Bay currently touts the first-strongest power-play unit in the NHL, as it’s scored on 30.5 percent of its extra-man chances this season. Its penalty kill is ranked second overall, and it has successfully killed off a whopping 84.9 percent of all penalties.
Tampa Bay, as a collective unit, has been penalized 3.9 times per game overall this season, and 4.6 per game over its last five on the road. The team’s been forced to kill penalties 10.2 minutes per contest over their last five road games.
With a .930 save percentage and 30.4 saves per game, Andrei Vasilevskiy (26-11-4) has been the top option in goal for Tampa Bay this year. Vasilevskiy played last night, however, so the team may opt to rest him and go with Louis Domingue instead (18-4 record, .907 save percentage, 2.90 goals against average).
Nikita Kucherov and Brayden Point will both lead the offensive attack for the visiting Lightning. Kucherov has 99 points via 29 goals and 70 assists, and has recorded multiple points in 28 different games. Point has 35 goals and 43 assists to his creditand has logged a point in 40 games.
On the other side of the ice, Philadelphia is 28-31 straight up (SU) and has lost 5.3 units for moneyline bettors this year. 30 of its contests have gone over the total, while 29 have gone under and none have pushed. It’s 15-15 SU as the home team this year.
Philadelphia has converted on 17.6 percent of its power play opportunities this season, a figure that’s right around league average. On the other hand, its penalty kill is ranked 27th overall, and it’s successfully killed off 77.0 percent of all penalties.
Philadelphia skaters have been penalized 3.8 times per game this season, and 2.4 per game over their last five at home. The team’s had to defend opponent power plays just 5.9 minutes per game over their last 10 outings.
Carter Hart has stopped 29.8 shots per game as the primary netminder in goal for Philadelphia. Hart has 13 wins, seven losses, and one overtime loss to his credit and has registered a .924 save percentage and 2.53 goals against average this season.
Claude Giroux (17 goals, 44 assists) will lead the offensive counter for the Flyers.
Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Philadelphia Flyers Betting Predictions
Pick: SU Winner – Lightning, O/U – Over
Betting Notes
- For both of these teams, the over has hit in three of their last five outings.
- Tampa Bay has managed 28.4 shot attempts per game over its last five road games while Philadelphia is averaging 37.0 shots per game over its last five home outings.
- The Lightning are 15-9 in games where they serve fewer penalty minutes than their opponent and 22-14 when they’re in the penalty box for fewer than 10 total minutes.
- Tampa Bay is 4-1 in games decided by a shootout this season while Philadelphia is 2-1 in shootouts.
- Philadelphia skaters have averaged 6.4 takeaways per game over its last five home games, an improvement over its season average of 5.7 takeaways per game (ranked 31st overall).
- Tampa Bay has averaged 4.0 goals per game overall this year, but has raised it up to 5.0 per match up in their last six games (the team’s a perfect 6-0 SU over that streak)
- Tampa Bay has averaged 5.2 takeaways per game over its last five road games, a drop-off from its season average of 6.6 takeaways per game (ranked 23rd overall).
