Coyotes at Lightning 3/18/19 - NHL Picks & Predictions

The Arizona Coyotes look to bounce back from defeat on Monday when they visit the Tampa Bay Lightning to play the NHL’s top team. On Saturday, the Coyotes were defeated by Edmonton 3-2 In overtime. Scoring in the loss for the Coyotes was Alex Galchenyuk with both goals. Darcy Kuemper stopped 22 shots on net for the Coyotes in the loss.

Tampa Bay has won four straight and six of its last seven following a 6-3 win on Saturday over the Washington Capitals. Alex Kilorn scored a hat trick for the Lightning in the win of Washington. Tampa Bay became the 12th team in NHL history to post 55 or more wins in the same season. With five wins over their final 10 games, the Lightning would become only the third NHL team to win 60 games. Alex Galchenyuk leads the Coyotes in goals scored with 17. Clayton Keller is the leader in assists with 32 and points with 45. In goal, Darcy Kuemper is 24-16-6 with goals against average of 2.48 and save percentage of .921. On the season, Arizona is 28th in goals per game at 2.65 and 9th in goals against at 2.76.

Brayden Point leads the Lightning in goals scored with 38. Nikita Kucherov is the assists leader with 82 and points leader with 117. In goal, Andrei Vasilevskiy is 34-8-4 with a goals against of 2.28 and a save percentage of .929. Tampa Bay is 1st in goals scored per game with 3.85 and 4th in goals against at 2.63.