Calgary Flames vs. Tampa Bay Lightning Prediction, Preview, and Odds

Calgary Flames are on the road to face the Tampa Bay Lightning on Thursday night. Calgary comes in off a 6-5 home victory over Los Angeles on Monday night and Tampa beat Dallas 5-4 in overtime on Tuesday night in their most recent game. The last 10 games between the teams have been decided by a margin of 6 to 4.

Calgary Flames won their second straight game at home against the Los Angeles Kings on Monday night. Jacob Markstrom made 24 saves for the Flames. Calgary is fifth in the Pacific Division, 10 points behind Vegas for top spot. The Flames are 16 in goals for and 22 in terms of goals against this season. They are tied for 19 in power play success and 8th in penalty killing. Calgary will play Tampa Bay Lightning on Wednesday. It is expected that Markstom will start in goal. He is the starter against Tampa.   Calgy Flames vs. Tampa Tampa Lightning.

Tampa Bay Lightning won their second straight game against Dallas. The Lightning entered Wednesday tied for third in the Atlantic Division, nine points behind the top spot. Tampa Bay is 11th in goals per game and allows 3.25 per contest. Alex Killorn scored the game-winner in overtime. Brian Elliott made 28 saves for the Lightning. Andrei Vasilevskiy is expected to start in goal for this game. He is the team's first choice goalie. They are 11 in league in terms of goals scored per match and 18 in points allowed. Their penalty killing is also very good.

Both teams are capable of doing a lot of damage on the offensive end of the ice. The Flames have to prove that they can have success on their home ice, while Tampa Bay is 5-2-1 at home.

Calgary Flames and Tampa Bay Lightning are playing each other. Calgary has a better record than Tampa. The Flames have scored more goals on the road than on home ice this season. Tampa has seen an average of 6.62 goals per game this year.

Chris King has been involved in professional and collegiate sports for more than three decades. He has written books about college basketball, the NBA, NFL, MLB, NHL, golf and the World Cup. Chris has also been an expert bettor in his career. Calgary Flames play Tampa Bay Lightning.