Capitals at Lightning 3/16/19 - NHL Picks & Predictions

The Capitals are facing the Lightning here and what is really amazing is this could be another playoff game here. The Capitals were able to best the NHL last year in what a lot of people thought would be the winning year and the this is it year for the Lightning last season. The Lightning for their part did decent, but the Lightning did have some struggles in some of the games against higher pressure teams, but the Capitals have had a lot of the same issues on the year. The Capitals offense on the year has been able to score 3.39 goals a game on the season. The Capitals have been able to allow only 3.07 goals a game on the season The Capitals have been able to convert on the power play at 21.7% so far, but the penalty kill for the Capitals has managed to kill off a total of 79.5% on the season.

With the Lightning they are coming into the game here with the best offense in the NHL at 3.82 goals a game, but have converted on the power play at 29%, but the defense is ranked 4th in the NHL. The defense has given up only 2.62 goals a game on the season, but have ended up killing off a league leading 85.8% of the opponents penalties they have been facing on the season so far.