Lightning vs Flyers Picks and Prediction – 2/28/2024

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The Tampa Bay Lightning look for their third consecutive victory on Tuesday when visiting the Philadelphia Flyers. Tampa Bay is 32-23-5 with 69 points and currently holds the second and final wild card spot in the Eastern Conference, seven points ahead of the New Jersey Devils. Tampa Bay defeated the Devils 4-1 on Sunday night. Nikita Kucherov had one goal and three assists for the Lightning to become the first player this season to reach 100 points. Make sure you stay up to date with all the NHL action, with our expert NHL picks.

Nikita Kucherov is leading Tampa Bay in goals scored with 38, in assists with 64 and in points with 102. In goal, Andrei Vasilevskiy is 20-14-0 with a goals against average of 2.97 and save percentage of .897. Tampa Bay averages 3.40 goals per game and allows 3.35 goals per game. Tampa Bay's power play scores 29.3% of the time and its penalty kill unit is successful 80.4% of the time.

The Philadelphia Flyers look to snap a two-game losing streak with a victory at home on Tuesday when hosting Tampa Bay. Philadelphia is 30-22-7 with 67 points and third in the Metropolitan Division, five points ahead of fourth place New Jersey with the top three automatically qualifying for the postseason. Philadelphia was defeated by the Pittsburgh Penguins 7-6 on Sunday.

Travis Konecny is leading Philadelphia in goals scored with 27, in assists with 27 and in points with 54. In goal, Samuel Ersson is 16-11-4 with a goals against average of 2.56 and save percentage of .900. Philadelphia averages 2.93 goals per game and allows 2.93 goals per game. Philadelphia's power play scores 13.2% of the time and its penalty kill unit is successful 86.1% of the time.