Free NHL Hockey Prediction: Lightning vs. Kings NHL Odds
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(3-3-0) Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Los Angeles Kings (3-4-0)
Date: Tuesday October 25th
Time: 10:30 PM ET
Venue: Crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles
NHL Hockey Moneyline Odds: Lightning -133 Kings +100 (Bet Now!)
NHL Hockey Puck Line Odds: Lightning -1.5 +162 Kings +1.5 -250
NHL Betting Total: O/U 6.5
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In a surprising bad start to the season for the road team, can they overcome their offensive issues? On the other side, can Los Angeles make the right defensive adjustments to help the bad goaltending they’re experiencing?
Tampa Bay Lightning
The Lightning are hoping to keep their two-win momentum going, after starting the season in shambles.
Question is, are we witnessing the collapse of arguably the most dominant franchise in the 21st century, or a slow season start?
On the offensive side, Tampa’s ranked a paltry 21st for goals, and 13th for shots per tilt; by only scoring 3.0 goals, on 32.8 shots on average.
Although, The Lightning have some spark on the powerplay, ranking 9th in the NHL, by capitalizing on 28% of their opportunities.
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Defensively, Tampa Bay’s permitting a monstrous 35.0 shots, which are resulting in 3.2 goals per outing: unfortunately, ranking 18th and 28th in the league.
However, their penalty killing efficacy is mid-pack at 14th, by stopping opposing powerplays just 81.8% of the time.
Los Angeles Kings
Unfortunately, The Kings are on a two-game skid, losing a close matchup against Washington 4-3 on Saturday night.
Offensively speaking, Los Angeles are managing 32.6 shots a game, resulting in an average 3.2 goals: together ranking 16th and 13th.
However, The Kings weakest link is their powerplay, ranking 22nd by scoring just 15.2% of the time.
On the defensive side, Los Angeles is allowing a terrible 4.4 goals on 34.1 shots per game, which rank 28th and 26th, dreadfully.
To add to this, they’re penalty killing efficiency is subpar, by letting opposing teams to score on 21.9% of chances.
NHL Betting Trends:
- Tampa Bay is 1-5 SU in their last 6 games following a win.
- The total has gone UNDER in Tampa Bay’s last 4 Tuesday games.
- Los Angeles is 5-1 SU in their 6 Tuesday games.
- The total has gone OVER in Los Angeles’s last 5 games.
- Tampa Bay is 5-0 in their last 5 games in Los Angeles.
Free Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Los Angeles Kings NHL Prediction
Considering the unstable offense and defense on both sides, we’ve decided to ignore the money line and spread completely.
While Los Angeles last 5 games have ended up an overdue to terrible goalie play, Tampa’s lighting up the under on Tuesday’s (no pun intended).
4* Free NHL Betting Pick: OVER 6.5
All that being said, The Kings goalies are allowing a lot of goals, and the oppising team carry’s the shooters to bury this high total.
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