Tampa Bay Lightning (23-11-1) vs. Chicago Blackhawks (8-24-4)
January 3, 2023 8:30 pm EDT
The Line: Chicago Blackhawks +250 / Tampa Bay Lightning -323; Over/Under: +6.5
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The Tampa Bay Lightning and Chicago Blackhawks meet Tuesday in NHL action at the United Center. The Tampa Bay Lightning have won 6 of their last 8 games. The Chicago Blackhawks have lost 8 of their last 9 games.
The Tampa Bay Lightning are averaging 3.5 goals per game and are scoring on 26.7 percent of their power play opportunities. Brayden Point leads Tampa Bay with 21 goals, Nikita Kucherov has 40 assists and Steven Stamkos has 117 shots on goal. Defensively, the Tampa Bay Lightning are allowing 2.9 goals per game and are killing 82.1 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Andrei Vasilevskiy has given up 63 goals on 799 shots faced, and Brian Elliott has allowed 30 goals on 283 shots.
The Chicago Blackhawks are averaging 2.2 goals per game and are scoring on 20.7 percent of their power play opportunities. Max Domi leads Chicago with 11 goals, Patrick Kane has 20 assists and Seth Jones has 69 shots on goal. Defensively, the Chicago Blackhawks are allowing 3.7 goals per game and are killing 72.5 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Petr Mrazek has given up 56 goals on 458 shots faced, and Arvid Soderblom has allowed 48 goals on 453 shots.
The Lightning are 3-7 in their last 10 Tuesday games and 20-8 in their last 28 overall. The Blackhawks are 14-37 in their last 51 home games and 12-41 in their last 53 overall. The under is 3-1-1 in Lightning last 5 road games. The over is 4-0 in Blackhawks last 4 home games. The Lightning are 8-1 in the last 9 meetings in Chicago and 25-8 in the last 33 meetings. The favorite is 22-6 in the last 28 meetings.
The Tampa Bay Lightning are looking more and more like the team we see every year, and they rarely lose to teams they should beat when they’re in this form. The Chicago Blackhawks continue to pile up the losses, and they’re dead last in terms of money earned this season. No team has hurt bettors more this season than the Blackhawks. Give me the Lightning and the PL for max betting value.
