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Tampa Bay Lightning vs Calgary Flames 1/6/22 NHL Picks, Predictions, Odds

Calgary Flames (17-8-6) vs. Tampa Bay Lightning (22-8-5)
January 6, 2022 7:00 pm EDT
The Line: Tampa Bay Lightning -143 / Calgary Flames +120; Over/Under: +6
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The Calgary Flames and the Tampa Bay Lightning meet in NHL action from the Amalie Arena on Thursday night.

The Calgary Flames will look to bounce back from a 6-2 loss at the hands of the Florida Panthers in their last game. Johnny Gaudreau leads the Flames in scoring with 37 points including a team-high 23 assists while Elias Lindholm has 28 points with 16 assists and 12 goals with Lindholm posting a team-high +26 plus/minus rating while Gaudreau has a +22 rating. Matthew Tkachuk has 14 goals and 15 assists for his 29 points while Andrew Mangiapane has 21 points and a team-high 18 goals. Jacob Markstrom’s gone 12-7-5 with a 2.15 GAA and a .926 save percentage up to this point in the season in goal for Calgary.

The Tampa Bay Lightning will look to build on their 7-2 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets in their last game. Steven Stamkos leads the Lightning in scoring with 40 points including a team-high 16 goals along with 24 assists while Victor Hedman also has 35 points with a team-high 28 assists as well this season. Alex Killorn has 30 points with 10 goals and 20 assists while the aforementioned Hedman has a team-high +10 plus/minus rating as well for the Bolts this season. Andrei Vaslievskiy has seen the bulk of the workload between the pipes for Tampa Bay this season, posting a record of 18-5-3 with a 2.21 GAA and a .924 save percentage on the year.

Calgary is 0-5 in their last 5 games against a team with a winning record and 0-5 in their last 5 games played on 1 day’s rest while the over is 4-0 in their last 4 games overall. Tampa Bay is 7-2 in their last 9 games following a win and 41-16 in their last 57 games as a home favorite while the over is 5-1 in their last 6 games overall.

The plus money with the Flames is worth a look considering that the Flames have played some solid hockey on the road this season. However, the Lightning are back to looking like the two-time defending Cup champions, and I think that Calgary’s in for a bit of a tough matchup here. Give me the Bolts and the reasonable price.

Chris Ruffolo's Free Pick: Tampa Bay -143

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Chris joined the Sports Chat Place team in August 2016 and has a proven system that combines multiple analytical and situational statistics and trends to give out thousands of winning picks over the last three years with winning records across all of the top leagues, Follow Chris Ruffolo on Twitter @ruffthepickdawg

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