Devils vs Lightning Prediction
The New Jersey Devils will play the Tampa Bay Lightning on Sunday night at Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida.
Devils Preview
The New Jersey Devils are 44-18-7 this season after they lost to the Florida Panthers by a score of 4-2 in their last game. New Jersey was out shot by a total of 41-35 and went 0-2 on the power play in the loss. The New Jersey Devils are averaging 3.49 goals per game, 2.66 goals against per game, 21.5% on the power play, and 82% on the penalty kill. Jack Hughes has led the Devils this season with 37 goals, 44 assists, and 287 shots on goal. The projected starting goalie for New Jersey is Vitek Vanecek, who is 28-8-3 this season with a 2.52 goals against average and a .908 save percentage.
Lightning Preview
The Tampa Bay Lightning are 42-22-6 this season after they defeated the Montreal Canadiens by a score of 5-3 in their last game. Tampa Bay out shot Montreal by a total of 41-21 and won 61.7% of the face-offs in the game. The Tampa Bay Lightning are averaging 3.45 goals per game, 3.01 goals against per game, 25.5% on the power play, and 79.8% on the penalty kill. Nikita Kucherov has led the Lightning this season with 27 goals, 72 assists, and 236 shots on goal. The projected starting goalie for Tampa Bay is Andrei Vasilevskiy, who is 31-17-4 this season with a 2.67 goals against average and a .914 save percentage.
Trends
New Jersey is 4-0 in their last 4 Sunday games and 20-9 in their last 29 games. The under is 4-1 in New Jersey’s last 5 games. Tampa Bay is 8-3 in their last 11 games against the Metro and 1-4 in their last 5 Sunday games. The over is 5-1-1 in Tampa Bay’s last 7 games against the Metro. New Jersey is 1-6 in these two teams last 7 head to head meetings in Tampa Bay.
Pick
Both of these teams will be on the second game of a back to back in this matchup, after both teams played on Saturday. New Jersey has lost three games in a row and allowed Florida to score four unanswered goals in the third period on Saturday. Tampa Bay has won three games in a row and defeated New Jersey twice last week on the road. New Jersey hasn’t played well on the road at Tampa Bay recently, so I am going to side with the Lightning here.
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