Tampa Bay Lightning vs Dallas Stars 11/15/22 NHL Picks, Predictions, Odds

The Tampa Bay Lightning and Dallas Stars do battle Tuesday in NHL action at the Amalie Arena. The Tampa Bay Lightning have won 6 of their last 10 games. The Dallas Stars have split their last 10 games.

The Dallas Stars are averaging 3.73 goals per game and are scoring on 30.4 percent of their power play opportunities. Jason Robertson leads Dallas with 10 goals, Roppe Hintz has 13 assists and Jamie Benn has 35 shots on goal. Defensively, the Dallas Stars are allowing 2.53 goals per game and are killing 85.3 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Jake Oettinger has allowed 15 goal on 242 shots faced, and Scott Wedgewood has given up 21 goals on 216 shots.

The Tampa Bay Lightning are averaging 3.27 goals per game and are scoring on 23 percent of their power play opportunities. Steven Stamkos leads Tampa Bay with 7 goals, Nikita Kucherov has 16 assists and Brayden Point has 42 shots on goal. Defensively, the Tampa Bay Lightning are allowing 3.2 goals per game and are killing 83.1 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Andrei Vasilevskiy has given up 34 goals on 334 shots faced, and Brian Elliott has allowed 13 goals on 124 shots.

The Stars are 4-1 in their last 5 games playing on 1 days rest. The Lightning are 37-16 in their last 53 home games and 1-4 in their last 5 Tuesday games. The over is 5-0-2 in Stars last 7 overall. The over is 5-1-1 in Lightning last 7 overall. The Stars are 1-4 in the last 5 meetings in Tampa Bay and 4-11 in the last 15 meetings. The favorite is 11-4 in the last 15 meetings. The home team is 5-1 in the last 6 meetings. The over is 10-3-4 in the last 17 meetings in Tampa Bay.

The Tampa Bay Lightning look like a team that’s starting to put things together, and their defensive effort has improved for the most part. The Dallas Stars can’t string together victories, and they’re running into a Tampa team that’s owned them over the years. The price is reasonable. I’ll lay the juice with the Lightning at home.