Lightning at Red Wings 3/14/19 - NHL Picks & Predictions
Last Updated: 08/20/2019 at 9:14 AM ET
The Tampa Bay Lightning look for a third straight victory on Thursday when they visit Motown to play the Detroit Red Wings. Tampa Bay defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 6-2 on Monday in their most recent outing. Tyler Johnson and Cedric Paquette scored two goals apiece in the win for Tampa Bay. The Lightning lead the NHL at 53-13-4 and 110 points.
Detroit looks to snap a three-game losing skid on Thursday. The Red Wings lost to the Montreal Canadians on Tuesday 3-1. The only goal scored by Detroit in the loss came off the stick of Andreas Athanasiou. Detroit is seventh in the Atlantic division at 24-36-10 with 58 points. Brayden Point leads the Lightning in goals scored with 37. Nikita Kucherov is the assists leader with 78 and points leader with 111. In goal, Andrei Vasilevskiy is 32-8-4 with a goals against of 2.23 and a save percentage of .931. Tampa Bay is 1st in goals scored per game with 3.80 and 4th in goals against at 2.60.
Dylan Larkin leads the Red Wings in goals scored with 27, in assists with 35 and in points with 62. Goalie Jimmy Howard is 18-19-5 with a goals against of 3.02 and a save percentage of .907. Detroit is 27th in goals scored per game at 2.66 and 28th in goals against at 3.37
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Tampa Bay is simply the class of the NHL having racked up 110 points through 70 games on the schedule. The Lightning have won 22 of the last 27 versus the Red Wings and each of the last 6 played on Detroit’s home ice. The favorite (TB) has won 23 of the last 29 between the two. Final Score Prediction, Tampa Bay Lightning wins and cover the puck line 4-1.
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