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Free NHL Hockey Prediction: Lightning vs Canucks NHL Odds
Looking for Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Vancouver Canucks free hockey plays & NHL Odds? NHL betting sees the Lightning taking on the Canucks on Tuesday December 18th at the Rogers Arena in Vancuover. Cappers Picks provides complimentary expert handicapping picks on all NHL Hockey games all season long so stay tuned for more FREE daily NHL hockey predictions like this Lightning Canucks matchup.
(25-7-2) Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Vancouver Canucks (16-16-4)
Date: Tuesday, December 18th
Time: 10:00 PM
Venue: Rogers Arena, Vancouver, BC
NHL Hockey Moneyline Odds: Lightning -175, Canucks +155
NHL Hockey Puck Line Odds: off
NHL Betting Total: 6.5
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Tuesday night, December 18th brings you a NHL matchup between the Tampa Bay Lightning and the Vancouver Canucks live from the Rogers Arena. Tampa Bay were losers on Sunday 5-4 to the Jets, while Vancouver beat the Oilers 4-2, also on Sunday.
Tampa Bay Lightning
Tampa Bay comes into Tuesday night with an NHL best 52 points on the year, and an incredible 10-3-2 road record after their loss in Winnipeg on Sunday. Prior to their loss to the Jets, the Lightning had won an impressive seven games in a row. Look for them to get back into the win column on Tuesday.
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The Bolts are scoring an average of 4 goals per game this year, while giving up on 2.85 goals per game to their opponents. Tampa Bay’s leading scorer is Nikita Kucherov who has 14 goals and 34 assists. Projected starting goalie Louis Domingue has a 14-4-0 record, a 2.95 GAA and a .905 save percentage.
Injury Report: RWs Ryan Callahan and Mathieu Joseph are listed as “questionable” for Tuesday, while D Anton Stralman is listed as “out.”
Vancouver Canucks
Vancouver comes into Tuesday night winners of five out of their last six games, and are threatening to move back into playoff contention. But they are facing the top team in hockey, and their 8-7-1 home doesn’t exactly make Rogers Arena a hostile building for their foes.
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The Canucks are averaging a decent 3 goals per contest this year, but defensively they have been allowing opposing teams to score an average of 3.22 goals against them this year. And Tampa Bay can score plenty of goals in a hurry. Vancouver’s leading scorer is Elias Pettersson who has 17 goas and 18 assists. Projected starting goalie Jacob Markstrom has a 13-9-3 record with a 3.01 GAA and a .904 save perentage.
Injury Report: C Brandon Sutter and LW Sven Baerthci are both listed as “out” for Tuesday.
NHL Betting Trends:
- Lightning are 5-10 ATS on the road this year
- Lightning are 9-6 O/U on the road this year
- Lightning are 24-6-2 as the FAV this year
- Canucks are 12-4 ATS at home this year
- Canucks are 8-7-1 O/U at home this year
- Canucks are 15-16-3 as the DOG this year
Free Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Vancouver Canucks NHL Prediction:
Both teams have been pretty hot of late, but Tampa Bay isn’t leading the league in points on a fluke. They are the better team in this matchup, even coming off a loss on Sunday.
Take Tampa Bay to win this game on the road and start another win streak for the Lightning. This one should be a really fun game to watch as both teams have been very impressive offensively lately
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