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Tampa Bay Lightning vs Nashville Predators NHL Picks, Odds, Predictions 1/30/21

Tampa Bay Lightning vs Nashville Predators NHL Picks, Odds, Predictions 1/30/21
2021-01-30 19:00:00 EDT

The Nashville Predators and the Tampa Bay Lightning meet in NHL action from Amalie Arena on Saturday night.

The Nashville Predators will try to build off of a 2-1 shootout win over Chicago last time out. Viktor Arvidsson leads the Preds in scoring with 5 points coming on a goal and 4 assists while Filip Forsberg has 4 assists. Matt Duchene, Nick Cousins and Mikael Granlund all have 3 points with Duchene logging 3 assists while Granlund has a pair of goals and Cousins has a pair of assists this season. Juuse Saros leads the Predators in goal, putting up a 3-2 record with a 2.94 GAA while Pekka Rinne has a 2.97 GAA and a 1-1 record.

The Tampa Bay Lightning will try to bounce back from a 1-0 loss to Carolina last time out. Steven Stamkos leads the Lightning in scoring with 6 points coming on 2 goals and 4 assists while Victor Hedman and Brayden Point each have 5 assists with Hedman logging 4 assists while Point has 2 goals and 3 helpers. Anthony Cirelli and Ondrej Palat each have 4 points with Cirelli posting 3 assists while Palat has 3 goals. Yanni Gourde, Alex Killorn and Blake Coleman each have 3 points with Gourde and Killorn adding a pair of assists while Coleman has a pair of goals. Andrei Vasilevskiy has started all 5 games for Tampa Bay, going 3-2 with a 1.98 GAA so far this season.

Nashville is 0-4 in their last 4 road games and 3-7 in their last 10 games as an underdog while the over is 7-3 in their last 10 games as a road underdog. Tampa bay is 47-19 in their last 66 games overall and 63-28 in their last 91 home games while the under is 3-1-3 in their last 7 home games. The under is 5-0 in the last 5 meetings between these two teams.

Both of these teams have trended towards lower scoring games this season, but I think this is a spot to flip the script and look at the over. Nashville’s been far from convincing between the pipes with Juuse Saros and Pekka Rinne, and while Andrei Vasilevskiy is a solid goaltender for the Bolts, he’s also prone to giving up a couple of goals here and there. Both offenses are also due to break out after slow starts last time out, so I’m going to back the over in this spot.

Chris Ruffolo's Free Pick: Over 5.5

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