Lightning vs Avalanche Picks and Prediction – 10/31/2024
Lightning vs Avalanche Prediction
The Tampa Bay Lightning go on the road Wednesday night with a game in Denver, Colorado against the Colorado Avalanche. For other NHL news see our NHL Picks. Tampa Bay has been good this season with six wins through nine games played on a two game winning streak following their win against against the Nashville Predators. Offensively Tampa Bay has been good scoring 3.88 goals on 27.8 shots per game. Defensively the Lightning have been above average allowing 3.00 goals on 26.9 shots per game. Nikita Kucherov leads the way for the Tampa Bay offense with 14 points and 6 assists this season. Nikita Kucherov also leads the team with 8 goals on 30 shots. Andrei Vasilevskiy has been the top goalie for Tampa Bay this season with 4 wins carrying a .896 save percentage.
Colorodo stays at home Wednesday night and have been average this season with 5 wins through 10 games played on a one game losing streak following their loss against the Chicago Blackhawks. Offensively Colorado has been good scoring 3.78 goals per game. Defensively the Avalanche have been below average allowing 4.00 goals against per game so far this season. Cale Makar leads the way for the Colorado offense with 16 points this year. Makar also leads the team with 13 assists. Ross Colton leads the Avalanche with 8 goals, but hurt his foot blocking a shot and is not playing in this game. Justus Annunen is the top goalie for Colorado so far with 4 wins and 5 outings carrying a .905 save percentage.
Lightning vs Avalanche Pick Analysis
The Tampa Bay Lightning have played the Avalanche tough in Denver going 2-1 in the last three games played there. The Avalanche will be without Ross Colton their leading scorer this season as he got injured in the last game. Colorado has not been dominant at home so far like previous years. The Lightning have been keeping the puck out of their net lately and will do enough on the road to get a win in this matchup. Final Score prediction, Tampa Bay wins 4-2.
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