Lightning vs Devils Picks and Prediction – 10/22/2024

The Tampa Bay Lightning go on the road Tuesday night with a game in East Rutherford, New Jersey against the New Jersey Devils. For other NHL news see our NHL Picks. Tampa Bay has been good this season with three wins through four games played on a one game losing streak following their loss against against the Ottawa Senators. Offensively Tampa Bay has been good scoring 4.00 goals on 25.0 shots per game. Defensively the Lightning have been above average allowing 1.67 goals on 24.3 shots per game. Nikita Kucherov leads the way for the Tampa Bay offense with 9 points and 34 this season. Nikita Kucherov also leads the team with 7 goals on 22 shots. Andrei Vasilevskiy has been the top goalie for Tampa Bay this season with 3 wins carrying a .901 save percentage.

New Jersey stays at home Tuesday night and have been excellent this season with 5 wins through 8 games played on a one game losing streak following their loss against the Washington Capitals. Offensively New Jersey has been good scoring 3.14 goals per game. Defensively the Devils have been above average allowing 2.00 goals so far this season. Nico Hischier leads the way for the Devils offense with 8 points this year. Hischier also leads the team with 5 goals on 26 shots. Jacob Markstrom is the top goalie for New Jersey so far with 3 wins and 6 outings carrying a .902 save percentage.

The Tampa Bay Lightning have won their last four games played in New Jersey, but this is a bad spot for the Lightning who are on back to back road games on Tuesday night. The Devils have been good this season especially on the power play and are 2-2 at home. Tampa may have backup goalie Jonas Johansson starting in this one. The Devils will turn it on in the 3rd period to get the job done on home ice. Final Score Prediction, New Jersey wins 5-3.