Tampa Bay Lightning vs Vancouver Canucks NHL Pick 1/18/23

It will be East vs West Wednesday night when the Tampa Bay Lightning (57 points) visit the Vancouver Canucks (39 points). Tampa Bay is third in the Atlantic division and are comfortably occupying the automatic playoff spot. Vancouver is on the fringe Connor Bedard race. Below is my NHL betting pick for Lightning vs Canucks.

Lightning vs Canucks Betting Pick

This game will be played at Rogers Arena at 10:00 p.m. ET on Monday, January 16, 2023.

Why Bet the Lightning:

✅ Tampa Bay is 8-2 in their last 10 games played.

✅ The Lighting are 7-1 in their last eight road game at the Canucks.

✅ Vancouver is 1-4 in their last five games played.

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Tampa Bay Lightning

Last time out, Tampa Bay visited the Seattle Kraken and left with a 4-1 win. The Lightning led 1-0 after the first period and the score remained the same after two. Tampa Bay made it 2-0 early in the third period before the teams scored three goals combined late in the period.

Pierre-Eduoard Bellemare, Nicholas Paul, Brandon Hagel, and Victor Hedman all scored on the night. Six Lightning players recorded at least one assist in the victory.

Nikita Kucherov is having one of the better seasons in the NHL as he leads Tampa Bay with 45 assists and 62 points. Brayden Point has a team high 23 goals. The Lightning are scoring 3.60 goals per game and allow 2.88.

Vancouver Canucks

Vancouver took a trip to Carolina and left with a 4-3 shootout win. Carolina led 2-0 after the first period, but Vancouver got one back in the second and tied it up midway through the third. Each team exchanged late third period goals to send the game to overtime and it was the Canucks who got both points after the shootout win.

Ethan Bear, J.T. Miller, and Brock Boeser all scored for Vancouver on the day. Four Canucks recorded at least one assist in the victory.

The Canucks have been led by Elias Pettersson and his 35 assists and 52 points. Bo Horvat leads the team with 30 goals. Vancouver is scoring 3.40 goals per game and allow 3.93.