Arizona Coyotes (0-5-1) vs. Tampa Bay Lightning (3-3-1)
October 28, 2021 7:00 pm EDT
The Line: Tampa Bay Lightning -263 / Arizona Coyotes +208; Over/Under: -5.5
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The Arizona Coyotes and Tampa Bay Lightning meet Thursday in NHL action at the Amalie Arena. The Arizona Coyotes need a win to rebound from a brutal 0-5-1 start to the season. The Tampa Bay Lightning look for a win after splitting their last six games.
The Arizona Coyotes are averaging 1.83 goals per game and are scoring on 12.5 percent of their power play opportunities. Clayton Keller leads Arizona with three goals, Shayne Gostisbehere has four assists and Jakob Chychrun has 20 shots on goal. Defensively, the Arizona Coyotes are allowing 4.83 goals per game and are killing 35.7 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Carter Hutton has given up 15 goals on 58 shots faced, and Karel Vejmelka has given up 13 goals on 129 shots.
The Tampa Bay Lightning are averaging three goals per game and are scoring on 13.6 percent of their power play opportunities. Steven Stamkos leads Tampa Bay with four goals, Victor Hedman has seven assists and Erik Cernak has 25 shots on goal. Defensively, the Tampa Bay Lightning are allowing 3.71 goals per game and are killing 83.3 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Andrei Vasilevskiy has given up 17 goals on 178 shots faced, and Brain Elliott has allowed three goals on 23 shots.
The Coyotes are 16-37 in their last 53 road games and 5-18 in their last 23 overall. The Lightning are 51-22 in their last 73 home games and 99-48 in their last 147 overall. The over is 6-1 in Coyotes last 7 road games. The under is 5-2 in Lightning last 7 Thursday games. The home team is 4-0 in the last 4 meetings.
The Arizona Coyotes are off to a rough start this season, and catching the Lightning on the road likely won’t turn things around. The Coyotes are getting blitzed at both ends of the ice. The Tampa Bay Lightning have been hit or miss through seven games and aren’t looking like the team we expected to see, but we know it’s only a matter of time before things turnaround, especially defensively. Give me the Lightning and the PL for max betting value.
