Tampa Bay vs Washington Betting Odds
When: April 6, 2022, at 7:30 p.m. EST
Venue: Capital One Arena – Washington, DC
Tampa Bay vs Washington Betting Preview
An Eastern Conference battle is set for Wednesday night when the Tampa Bay Lightning (43-19-7, 22-12-2 away) visit the Washington Capitals (37-22-10, 16-15-5 home). Tampa is currently in the Wild Card spots but are tied with third place Boston in the Atlantic division. Washington is also in the Wild Card spot and will end up remaining in that spot. This game will air live on TNT.
Steven Stamkos is having a nice season as he leads the Lightning with 78 points and 32 goals, 12 of which have come on the power play. Victor Hedman is the top setup man with 47 assists on the season. Tampa Bay scores 3.30 goals per game and allow 2.80.
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Alexander Ovechkin is still getting done with the Caps as he leads them with 79 points and 42 goals, 14 of which have come on the power play. Evgeny Kuznetsov is the top setup man with 44 assists. Washington is scoring 3.20 goals per game and allow 2.90.
Tampa Bay vs Washington Betting Trends
Lightning
- The total has gone OVER in 4 of Tampa Bay’s last 5 games.
- Tampa Bay are 4-2 SU in their last 6 games.
- The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Tampa Bay’s last 5 games on the road.
- Tampa Bay are 6-14 SU in their last 20 games when playing on the road against Washington.
- The total has gone UNDER in 9 of Tampa Bay’s last 13 games this season.
- Tampa Bay are 5-2 SU in their last 7 games played in April.
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Capitals
- The total has gone OVER in 11 of Washington’s last 13 games.
- Washington are 2-4 SU in their last 6 games.
- The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Washington’s last 5 games against Tampa Bay.
- Washington are 1-4 SU in their last 5 games at home.
- Washington are 14-6 SU in their last 20 games when playing at home against Tampa Bay.
- The total has gone OVER in 4 of Washington’s last 5 games this season.
- The total has gone OVER in 6 of Washington’s last 6 games against an opponent in the Eastern Conference conference.
Tampa Bay vs Washington Pick & Prediction
Last time out, Tampa hosted Toronto and lost 6-2. This game was tied at two midways through the second period, but the Leafs scored four unanswered goals to get the win. Nikita Kucherov and Jan Rutta each scored for the Lightning. Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped just 33 of their 39 shots he faced, and Tampa killed off the only Toronto power play.
Washington hosted Minnesota and were crushed, losing 5-1. The Wild scored four of the first five goals and were never challenged by the Caps in this one. Garnet Hathaway scored the only goal for Washington on the night. Vitek Vanecek stopped just 14 of the 18 shots he faced, and Washington killed off all three Minnesota power plays.