Game: Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Ottawa Senators

Date: Saturday, October 19, 2024

Location: Canadian Tire Center in Ottawa, Ontario

TV: TSN

The Ottawa Senators (2-1-0) face the Tampa Bay Lightning (2-0-0) on Saturday at the Canadian Tire Centre.

The Tampa Bay Lightning came out of this game with a good 4-1 win against the Canucks the last time they were on the ice. Tampa Bay received 8 penalty minutes for this match. They also had five chances on the power play but were unable to score. The Lightning had a solid offensive performance and it showed in the win. For the match, they converted 4 of the 27 shots they attempted to score.

In terms of scoring chances, the Tampa Bay Lightning have scored 8 goals this year (23rd in the National Hockey League) and conceded 2. This year they have collected 4 points and their points share is 1,000. Tampa Bay has accumulated 11 power play chances and scored 2 goals during those advantages, a rate of 18.18%. At even strength, the Lightning allowed their opponents to score 1 goal while scoring 6 goals themselves. Tampa Bay has attempted 50 shots and is holding a shooting percentage of 16.0%. There were 48 shots attempted against the Lightning and they have a save percentage of .958. The Tampa Bay Lightning’s opponents had 7 power play opportunities (30th in the league) and scored 1 goal on those attempts.

For the game, Andrei Vasilevskiy will patrol the goal area. Vasilevskiy appeared in net in 427 games over the course of his professional hockey career. He has compiled a record of 265-123-28 and has started 417 games. Opponents have scored 1,053 goals against Vasilevskiy in his professional career and his goals average is 2.52. Vasilevskiy has seen 12,962 shots made against him and has recorded 11,909 total saves. His save percentage is currently .919 during his 25,106 minutes guarding the cage. Over his time in hockey, Vasilevskiy has made 240 good starts and his good starts percentage is .576.

In their last appearance, Ottawa faced the Kings in a match where the Senators took home the win with a final score of 8-7. They had 6 power play opportunities in this match and capitalized on 4 of those chances. The Senators recorded 8 goals out of the 41 shots on goal they took.

The Senators have scored 7 goals at even strength and 5 goals (3rd in professional hockey) on the power play. Ottawa has attempted 97 shots (23rd in the league) and posted a shooting percentage of 12.37% while allowing 84 shots to its opponents. This season, the Ottawa Senators have totaled 12 goals, 4 points and a points percentage of .667. They allowed 12 goals, a combination of 8 goals at even strength and 4 goals while shorthanded. They have a total of 13 power play chances and a power play rate of 38.46%. They have recorded a penalty kill rate of 63.64% on the other teams’ 11 power play chances, and their save rate is currently 85.7%.

Linus Ullmark is in the goal area for the opponent. He has made 5,680 saves out of 6,180 shots taken against him, giving him a save percentage of .919. Ullmark owns a career mark of 117-64-16 and has appeared in 209 games. He started in 201 games and played a total of 12,004 minutes. Ullmark’s percentage of good starts is 63.2% and he has made 127 good starts in his NHL career. Opponents average 2.50 goals per game and he has scored a total of 500 goals.

Who will win tonight’s NHL game against the spread or moneyline?

Parlay’s expert tip: Take Ottawa

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