Devils vs Lightning Prediction 1/11/25 NHL Picks Today

The Tampa Bay Lightning and the New Jersey Devils meet Saturday in NHL action from the Prudential Center. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for this game. Here’s a Devils vs Lightning Prediction.

Tampa Bay Lightning Recap

The Tampa Bay Lightning come into this game looking to build on a 4-1 win over the Boston Bruins in their last matchup to improve to 22-15-2 on the year. After this game, the Lightning will head on the road once again to take on the Pittsburgh Penguins.

Lightning Win Back-To-Back Games

Nikita Kucherov leads the Bolts with 58 points including a team-high 17 goals and 41 assists while Brandon Hagel has 45 points with 19 goals and 26 assists and Anthony Cirelli has 34 points of his own with 18 assists. Brayden Point has 47 points with 25 goals and 22 assists while Victor Hedman has 30 points with 25 assists. Jake Guentzel also has 40 points with 21 goals and 19 assists. Andrei Vasilevskiy has gone 18-12-1 with a 2.31 GAA and a .916 save percentage while Jonas Johansson has gone 4-3-1 with a 3.32 GAA and an .898 save percentage on the year in goal for Tampa Bay.

Why the Tampa Bay Lightning will win

• The Lightning have won each of their last five games as underdogs against Metropolitan Division opponents.
• The Devils have lost four of their last five games as favorites.
• The Devils have failed to cover the puck line in each of their last six games.
• The Lightning have covered the puck line in each of their last six games as underdogs against the Devils.

New Jersey Devils Recap

The New Jersey Devils come into this game looking to bounce back from a 3-2 loss in OT at the hands of the New York Rangers last time out. After this game, New Jersey will welcome the Florida Panthers to town.

Devils Lose 5^th In Last 6 Games

Jack Hughes has 50 points with 16 goals and 34 assists while Jesper Bratt has 49 points with 15 goals and 34 assists and Nico Hischier has 36 points with a team-high 19 goals and 17 assists. Stefan Noesen has 27 points with 16 goals and 11 assists while Timo Meier has 29 points with 14 goals and 15 assists. Dougie Hamilton has 27 points with 22 assists. Jacob Markstrom has gone 20-8-3 with a 2.20 GAA and a .911 save percentage while Jake Allen is 5-7-1 with a 2.83 GAA and a .901 save percentage in goal for the Devils this season.

Why the New Jersey Devils will win

• The home team has won nine of the Devils’ last 10 games.
• The Lightning have lost each of their last three road games.
• The home team has covered the puck line in each of the Devils’ last 10 games.

Total Goals Facts

• Fifteen of the Devils’ last 17 games have gone UNDER the total goals line.
• Seven of the Lightning’s last eight games against the Devils following a home win have gone OVER the total goals line.

Devils vs Lightning Prediction

I’m on the Lightning here. I get why the Devils would be favored at home in this matchup, as they’ve got a decent record home or away this season and the Lightning have been about a 50/50 team on the road with a road record of 9-9-1 so far this season. However, the Devils are just in free fall right now. Maybe it’s because they were on a 6-game road trip, and getting back home for this game could help, but until I see it, it makes it really hard to back them laying this kind of price. The Lightning are a solid team across the board on the other side, and I think they can keep in form enough to get themselves a nice road win at some nice plus money. Give me the Lightning in this one.