It will be West vs East on Thursday night when the Vancouver Canucks (37 points) visit the Tampa Bay Lightning (51 points). Vancouver is third from the bottom in the Pacific division and are on the fringe race for Connor Bedard. Tampa is third in the Atlantic and are comfortably ahead of fourth place. Below is my NHL prediction for Vancouver vs Tampa Bay.
Canucks vs Lightning Betting Pick
ℹ️ The Pick: | Lightning Moneyline (-250) |
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This game will be played at Amalie Arena at 7:00 p.m. ET on Thursday, January 12, 2023.
Why Bet the Lightning:
✅ Tampa Bay is 10-4 in their last 14 games played.
✅ The Lightning are 8-0 in their last eight home games.
✅ Vancouver is 1-5 in their last six games.
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Vancouver Canucks
Tampa Bay Lightning
Team Records
VAN | Team Records | TB |
---|---|---|
45-20-8 | Overall | 40-25-7 |
0-2 | Shootout | 3-0 |
6-6 | Overtime | 5-7 |
24-9-4 | Home | 22-9-4 |
21-11-4 | Road | 18-16-3 |
21-7-4 | EAS | 21-15-4 |
24-13-4 | WES | 19-10-3 |
12-3-1 | ATL | 9-7-4 |
9-4-3 | MET | 12-8-0 |
11-6-4 | CEN | 8-7-1 |
13-7-0 | PAC | 11-3-2 |
16-7-8 | ≤1 | 11-2-7 |
18-9-0 | ≥3 | 17-13-0 |
6-2-1 | Oct | 4-2-3 |
9-6-0 | Nov | 6-7-2 |
8-2-2 | Dec | 8-6-0 |
10-1-2 | Jan | 9-3-0 |
5-6-2 | Feb | 5-6-1 |
7-3-1 | Mar | 8-1-1 |
0-0-0 | Apr | 0-0-0 |
Team Stats
VAN | Team Stats | TB |
---|---|---|
252 | Goals For | 250 |
193 | Goals Agst | 236 |
3.15 | PP For GM | 3.03 |
.68 | PP Goals GM | .88 |
21.74 | PP% | 28.90 |
3.04 | PP Agst GM | 2.86 |
.63 | PP Agst Goals GM | .50 |
79.28 | PK% | 82.52 |
9.2 | PIM GM | 11.3 |
9.8 | oPIM GM | 11.4 |
Goalies
C. Delia | A. Vasilevskiy | |
---|---|---|
20 | GP | 45 |
18 | GS | 45 |
10-6-2 | W-L-T/O | 27-16-2 |
62 | Goals Allowed | 128 |
3.28 | GAA | 2.90 |
526 | Shots Against | 1261 |
.882 | SV% | .898 |
0 | SO | 2 |
8 | Quality Starts | 23 |
.444 | QS% | .511 |
4 | Bad Starts | 8 |
123 | Goals All.% | 105 |
-11.64 | Goals Sv Above Avg | -6.43 |
Recent Starts
Date | Opp | W/L | GA | SA | SV | SV% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
4/29/22 BUF | Tokarski ML N/A | L2-3 TOTAL N/A | 3 | 36 | 33 | .917 |
4/21/22 LA | Quick ML N/A | L1-4 TOTAL N/A | 4 | 35 | 31 | .886 |
4/12/22 LA | Quick ML N/A | L2-5 TOTAL N/A | 4 | 35 | 31 | .886 |
4/10/22 DAL | Oettinger ML N/A | L4-6 TOTAL N/A | 5 | 20 | 15 | .750 |
3/31/22 FLA | Bobrovsky ML N/A | L0-4 TOTAL N/A | 4 | 44 | 40 | .909 |
Date | Opp | W/L | GA | SA | SV | SV% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
5/4/22 TOR | Campbell ML N/A | W5-3 TOTAL N/A | 3 | 34 | 31 | .912 |
5/2/22 TOR | Campbell ML N/A | L0-5 TOTAL N/A | 5 | 32 | 27 | .844 |
4/29/22 NYI | Sorokin ML N/A | W6-4 TOTAL N/A | 4 | 37 | 33 | .892 |
4/26/22 CBJ | Merzlikins ML N/A | W4-1 TOTAL N/A | 1 | 21 | 20 | .952 |
4/24/22 FLA | Bobrovsky ML N/A | W8-4 TOTAL N/A | 4 | 39 | 35 | .897 |
Betting Trends
VAN | Betting Trends | TB |
---|---|---|
OVERALL | OVERALL | |
1-2-0 | Win/Loss/Tie | 1-2-0 |
2-1-0 | ATS W/L/P | 1-2-0 |
4 | Avg Score | 3 |
4.67 | Avg Opp Score | 4 |
AWAY | HOME | |
0-3-0 | Win/Loss/Tie | 3-0-0 |
2-1-0 | ATS W/L/P | 2-1-0 |
3.33 | Avg Score | 4.33 |
5 | Avg Opp Score | 2.33 |
VAN | Betting Trends | TB |
---|---|---|
OVERALL | OVERALL | |
1-4-0 | Win/Loss/Tie | 3-2-0 |
3-2-0 | ATS W/L/P | 3-2-0 |
3.2 | Avg Score | 3.6 |
4.6 | Avg Opp Score | 3.2 |
AWAY | HOME | |
1-4-0 | Win/Loss/Tie | 5-0-0 |
3-2-0 | ATS W/L/P | 4-1-0 |
3.4 | Avg Score | 4.2 |
4.2 | Avg Opp Score | 1.8 |
VAN | Betting Trends | TB |
---|---|---|
OVERALL | OVERALL | |
4-6-0 | Win/Loss/Tie | 6-4-0 |
6-4-0 | ATS W/L/P | 5-5-0 |
3.6 | Avg Score | 3.4 |
4.1 | Avg Opp Score | 3 |
AWAY | HOME | |
6-4-0 | Win/Loss/Tie | 9-1-0 |
6-4-0 | ATS W/L/P | 7-3-0 |
4 | Avg Score | 4.2 |
3.6 | Avg Opp Score | 2.1 |
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Vancouver Canucks
Last time out, Vancouver visited the Pittsburgh Penguins and left with a 5-4 defeat. This was a fantastic first period to watch as six goals were scored, three by both teams. The Canucks jumped out to an early 3-0 lead, but the Penguins tied it up by intermission. Pittsburgh ended their scoring run at five goals as they took a 5-3 lead heading into the third period. Vancouver scored late to give themselves a chance, but they could not get the tying goal.
Connor Garland, Brock Boeser, Quinn Hughes, and Travis Dermott all scored for Vancouver. Seven Canucks recorded at least one assist in the loss.
The Canucks have been led by Elias Pettersson and his 31 assists and 48 points. Bo Horvat leads the team with 29 goals. Vancouver is scoring 3.40 goals per game and allow 3.93.
Tampa Bay Lightning
Tampa Bay hosted the Columbus Blue Jackets and earned a 6-3 win. The Lightning led 2-0 after the first period and maintained that two goal lead going into the third period. Columbus trimmed the lead to one early in the third, but the Lighting scored the next three goals to slam the door shit.
Nikita Kucherov, two goals, was joined on the scoresheet by Nicholas Paul, Vladislav Namestnikov, Brayden Point, and Ross Colton. Eight Lightning players recorded at least one assist in the win.
Nikita Kucherov is having one of the better seasons in the NHL as he leads Tampa Bay with 43 assists and 59 points. Brayden Point has a team high 23 goals. The Lightning are scoring 3.54 goals per game and allow 2.92.
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