Little Caesars Arena will be hosting an enticing matchup as the Detroit Red Wings take the ice against the visiting Tampa Bay Lightning. Fox Sports Detroit will broadcast this divisional matchup, and the action gets underway at 7:30 p.m. ET on Tuesday, December 4.
Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Detroit Red Wings Odds
Tampa Bay is 20-8 straight up (SU) and has earned 4.5 units for moneyline bettors this year. Through 28 regular season matches, 14 of its games have gone over the total, while 11 have gone under and just two have pushed. The Bolts are 9-4 SU as the away team in 2018-19.
Tampa Bay has converted on 28.7 percent of its power play opportunities this season, a figure that’s good enough for fourth-best in the league. On the other hand, its penalty kill is ranked ninth overall, and it has successfully killed off 81.8 percent of its penalties.
For the team as a whole, Tampa Bay has been sent to the penalty box 3.9 times per game overall this season, and 5.0 per game over its last five on the road. The team has been forced to kill penalties just 7.6 minutes per game over their last 10 outings.
Boasting a .900 save percentage and 28.1 saves per game, Louis Domingue (11-4) has been the top option in goal for Tampa Bay this year. Domingue played last night, however, so Tampa Bay might choose to rest him and instead turn to Andrei Vasilevskiy (9-4-1 record, .927 save percentage, 2.29 goals against average).
The visiting Lightning have relied on Nikita Kucherov and Brayden Point this year. Kucherov has 42 points on 12 goals and 30 assists, and has recorded multiple points in 12 different games. Point has 20 goals and 17 assists to his credit (and has registered at least one point in 17 games).
On the other bench, Detroit is 12-15 straight up (SU) and has earned moneyline bettors 1.7 units this year. 13 of its games have gone over the total, while another 13 have gone under and just one has pushed. It’s 7-8 SU at home this year.
Detroit has converted on 19.7 percent of its power play chances this year, a figure that’s right around league average. On the other hand, its penalty kill is ranked 19th overall, and it’s successfully killed off 78.1 percent of all penalties.
The Red Wings have been penalized 4.3 times per game this season, and 3.0 per game over their last five home outings. The team’s been forced to kill penalties just 7.2 minutes per contest over their last five home games.
Jimmy Howard (30.4 saves per game) has been the primary netminder in the crease for Detroit. Howard has nine wins, 10 losses, and three overtime losses and has maintained a .923 save percentage and 2.66 goals against average this year.
The Wings offense will be led by Dylan Larkin (10 goals, 12 assists).
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Betting Notes
For both of these clubs, the over has hit in three of their last five outings.
Five of Tampa Bay’s last ten games have been decided by two goals or more. The team is 4-1 in those games.
Tampa Bay skaters have dished out the ninth-most hits in the league (24.4 per game).
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