Canucks vs Lightning Picks and Prediction – 10/15/2024

The Vancouver Canucks go on the road Tuesday night with a game in Tampa Bay, Florida against the Tampa Bay Lightning. For other NHL news see our NHL Picks. The Vancouver Canucks take to the road Tuesday night with no wins on the year and have a two game losing streak. Vancouver has been average offensively scoring 3.50 goals per game this season. Defensively the Canucks have been average allowing 4.00 goals per game, and gave up three goals in their recent loss against the Philadelphia Flyers. Kevin Lankinen was in the net for the Canucks against Philadelphia posting the .935 save percentage after giving up two goals on 31 shots in 65 minutes of play. The Flyers Morgan Frost scored in the shootout to win the game.

Tampa Bay stays at home Tuesday night and has been above average this season with 1 win through 1 game played on a one game winning streak following their win against the Carolina Hurricanes. Offensively Tampa Bay has been good scoring 4.00 goals per game. Defensively the Lightning have been above average allowing 1.00 goal so far this season. Nikita Kucherov leads the way for the Tampa Bay offense with 4 points this year. Kucherov also leads the team with 3 goals on 6 shots. Andrei Vasilevskiy is the top goalie for Tampa Bay so far with 1 win and 1 outing carrying a .952 save percentage.

The Vancouver Canucks are 0-2 on the road so far and have taken quite a few penalties which resulted in two overtime losses to start the year. Tampa Bay forward Nikita Kucherov is playing well and could make a difference in this game. Lightning goalie Vasilevskiy has looked good and will limit the Canucks scoring. Tampa Bay will get the job done on home ice and get the win. Final Score Prediction, Tampa Bay wins 4-2.