Lightning at Blue Jackets 2/18/19 - NHL Picks & Predictions

Last Updated: 08/08/2019 at 9:11 AM ET

The Tampa Bay Lightning will look for a sixth straight victory on Monday when they visit the Columbus Blue Jackets. Tampa Bay won its fifth straight on Saturday following a 3-0 shutout of the Montreal Canadians. Nikita Kucherov scored one goal and had one assist, while Yanni Gourde and Tyler Johnson also scored as Tampa Bay broke open a 0-0 game with all three goals in the third period.

Columbus won its fifth game in its last six played on Saturday as the Blue Jackets defeated the Chicago Blackhawks 5-2. Artemi Panarin scored two goals and assisted on another in the win for Columbus. The Blue Jackets are third in the Metropolitan division at 33-21-3 and 69 points trailing the first place New York Islanders by seven points.
Brayden Point leads the Lightning in goals scored with 33. Nikita Kucherov is the assists leader with 67 and points leader with 94. In goal, Andrei Vasilevskiy is 25-7-4 with a goals against of 2.32 and a save percentage of .928. Tampa Bay is 1st in goals scored per game with 3.86 and 5th in goals against at 2.68.

Cam Atkinson leads the Blue Jackets in goals scored with 32. Artemi Panarin leads in assists with 43 and points with 67. Goalie Sergei Bobrovsky is 24-17-1 with a 2.88 goals against average and .904 save percentage. Columbus is 8th in goals scored at 3.25 and 15th in goals against at 3.00.

Tampa Bay has won each of the last 5 versus the Blue Jackets and 5 of the last 6 at Columbus. The Lightning are a scoring machine averaging an NHL leading 3.86 goals per game, while the goaltending is nothing short of excellent allowing 2.68 goals per game which is 5th best in the league. Final Score Prediction, Tampa Bay Lightning win 5-2.

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