Nikita Kucherov, Brayden Point, and the Tampa Bay Lightning will face off against Mark Scheifele, Blake Wheeler, and the Winnipeg Jets at Bell MTS Place in an East-West showdown. This one gets started at 7 p.m. ET on Sunday, December 16 and it can be caught live on Sportsnet.
Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Winnipeg Jets Odds
The Jets (-115) are favored over the Lightning (-105), and the Over/Under (O/U) is set at 7 goals (-120 money on the over, +100 on the under).
Tampa Bay is 25-8 straight up (SU) and has earned 10.4 units for moneyline bettors this season. Through 33 regular season outings, 17 of its games have gone over the total, while 14 have gone under and just two have pushed. This 2018-19 Lightning team is 10-4 SU on the road.
Tampa Bay enters the match up with the second-strongest power-play unit in the NHL, as it’s converted on 29.3 percent of its extra-man chances this year. Its penalty kill is ranked sixth overall, and it’s successfully killed off 83.9 percent of all penalties..
Averaging 28.1 saves per game with a .905 save percentage, Louis Domingue (14-4) has been the top option in goal for Tampa Bay this season. If it decides to give him a rest, however, Tampa Bay may turn to Andrei Vasilevskiy (10-4-1), who has a .933 save percentage and 2.20 goals against average this year.
On the other side of the rink, Winnipeg is 21-11 straight up (SU) and has earned 5.3 units for moneyline bettors this year. Through 32 regular season outings, 16 of its games have gone over the total, while 12 have gone under and just four have pushed. It’s 12-6 SU at home this season.
The Jets enter the matchup with the second-best power-play unit in the NHL, as they’ve scored on 30.2 percent of their extra-man opportunities this year. On the other hand, its penalty kill is ranked 10th overall, and it’s successfully killed off 82.3 percent of all opponent power plays.
Connor Hellebuyck has denied 27.2 shots per game as the top option in goal for the Jets. Hellebuyck has 14 wins, 10 losses, and one overtime loss to his credit and has recorded a subpar .908 save percentage and 2.85 goals against average this year.
Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Winnipeg Jets Betting Predictions
Free Prediction: SU Winner – Jets, O/U – Over
Betting Notes
- The Lightning are 2-0 in games decided by a shootout this season while the Jets are 1-1 in shootouts.
- For both of these clubs, the total has gone over in four of their past five games.
- Two clubs that force a lot of shots on goal, Tampa Bay has registered the league’s seventh-most shots on goal (32.7) and Winnipeg has attempted the seventh-most (33.0).
- Over Tampa Bay’s last ten games, six of them have been decided by two or more goals (the team is 5-1 in those games).
- Tampa Bay skaters have accounted for the eighth-most hits in the league (24.8 per game), but that number’s down to just 20.0 hits over their last five away games.
