Tampa Bay Lightning vs Philadelphia Flyers Betting Analysis

There are nine NHL games on the NHL schedule on a busy Tuesday night. In one of the early games, the surprising Philadelphia Flyers (25-16-6) host the Tampa Bay Lightning (25-18-5). It’s the first meeting between the two teams this season. Philadelphia is second in the NHL standings for the Metropolitan Division and Tampa Bay is fifth in the Atlantic.

Andrei Vasilevskiy (2.83 GAA, .901 save percentage) is expected to start in goal for the Lightning, while Carter Hart (2.80 GAA, .906 save percentage) is likely to start for the Flyers. Let’s take a closer look at the Lightning vs. Flyers betting analysis.

Tampa Bay Lightning vs Philadelphia Flyers Odds

TB Lightning vs PHI Flyers Information

Tampa Bay Lightning vs Philadelphia Flyers

Location of the game: Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Date & Time: Tuesday, January 23 at 7 p.m. ET

How to Watch: ESPN+

Tampa Bay Lightning vs Philadelphia Flyers Recent Scores

Tampa Bay, despite being slightly out of the picture for the NHL playoffs, have been playing better as of late. They’re 7-3 in their last 10 games, but are coming off of a 2-1 loss to the Detroit Red Wings on Sunday. Vasilevskiy stopped 33 of 35 shots and Victor Hedman scored the team’s lone goal. The Lightning, usually among the NHL picks to win the Stanley Cup every year, won five in a row before the loss to Detroit.

Philadelphia, meanwhile, comes into the Lightning vs. Flyers betting analysis having lost consecutive games, but are still 6-3-1 in their last 10. They’ve given up 12 goals in their last two contests, losing 5-3 to the Ottawa Senators and 7-4 to the Colorado Avalanche. They squandered a 3-1 lead against the Senators.

Tampa Bay Lightning vs Philadelphia Flyers Betting Analysis

Lightning Struggling on the Road

Tampa Bay is a tough team to play at home, but they’ve been terrible on the road this season with a 9-13-2 record, including 3-5 in their last eight games. Without last change, the Tampa Bay Lightning lines seem to have a hard time defending as they’ve given up 44 goals in their last 10 road games for an average of 4.4 per game, which is well above their season average of 3.3 goals allowed per game.

Tampa Bay’s offense hasn’t been as good as usual either, although they’re a respectable 11th leaguewide with 3.32 goals per game. They also boast the league’s best power-play (29.7 percent). Nikita Kucherov leads the Lightning in NHL player stats with 76 points (28 goals, 48 assists) in 46 games and is just one point back of Nathan MacKinnon for the league lead.

Flyers among the League’s Best Defensive Teams

Despite giving up 12 goals in their last two games, the Flyers are still one of the best defensive NHL teams in the league. They rank eighth in goals allowed (2.79), fifth in shots allowed (28.7), and have the second-best penalty kill in the league (86.3 percent). Interestingly, they’re a much better road team than they are at home, where they’re just 11-10-2, including 3-4-1 in their last seven games.

Travis Konecny leads the Philadelphia Flyers roster with 42 points (22 goals, 20 assists). Joel Farabee is second with 39 points (17 goals, 22 assists). Five other players, including Sean Couturier, Owen Tippett, and defenseman Travis Sanheim, have at least 20 points this season.

Updates

Tampa Bay has several players on the NHL injury report, including Tanner Jeanott and defensemen Erik Cernak, Mikhail Sergachev, and Haydn Fleury. Tippett is day-to-day for the Flyers with a lower-body injury.

Tampa Bay Lightning vs Philadelphia Flyers Betting Preview

The Lightning are slight underdogs in the Lightning vs. Flyers betting analysis with NHL odds of +100 for the moneyline and +1.5 (-275) for the puck line. Philadelphia are -120 moneyline favorites with -1.5 (+200) puck line odds. The over/under is 6.5 at BetUS.

Tampa Bay Lightning vs Philadelphia Flyers Betting Prediction

The Flyers have the second-best record against the spread (ATS) this season, but are just 10-13 ATS at home, whereas the Lightning are 9-15 ATS on the road, so something has to give here. The better option is the under. Tampa doesn’t score as much on the road – their over/under record is 10-14 – and the Flyers are a top-10 defensive team, having hit the under in more than half of their home games.

• Pick: Under 6.5 (-125)

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