Philadelphia Flyers at Tampa Bay Lightning 10/18/22 - NHL Picks & Predictions
The Tampa Bay Lightning take the ice in their second home game Tuesday night against the Philadelphia Flyers. The Lightning are 1-2 starting the season and currently sit sixth place in the Atlantic Division. Tampa Bay is coming off a 6-2 road loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins.
In the loss to the Penguins, Tampa Bay gave starting goalie Andrei Vasilevsky the night off and started Brian Elliott in net. Elliott made 39 saves on 44 shots allowed, giving up 5 goals and ending the game with a .886 save percentage. The Lightning center Steven Stamkos leads the team in scoring with 4 goals and 1 assist so far this season. Tampa looks to find themselves a win at home, where they went 35-10-7 a season ago.
The Philadelphia Flyers visit Tampa Bay for their first road game of the season after a 3-2 win over the Vancouver Canucks at home. The Flyers are now 2-0 to start the season and are currently second place in the Metropolitan Division.
The Flyers have started the season with back to back home wins. Flyers goalie Carter Hart is protecting the net well with 63 saves on 67 total shots allowed and a .940 save percentage. Travis Konecny is the Flyers leading scorer with 3 goals and 1 assist so far this season. Philadelphia will look to be better on the road this season, after going 11-25-5 on the road last season.
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Philadelphia comes in to Tampa Bay averaging four goals per game so far this season and look to keep the scoring going. The Lightning get Ian Cole back after being reinstated from suspension and Vasilevsky in net after having the night off their last game. Tampa Bay gets it done for the home opening crowd. Final Score Prediction, Tampa Bay Lightning win 4-3 but best bet is OVER 6.
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