The San Jose Sharks and the Tampa Bay Lightning meet in NHL action from the Amalie Arena on Tuesday night. Let’s dive into the odds, injuries, matchup history and make a prediction for this game.
Odds
The Lightning are -255 home favorites while the Sharks are +190 road underdogs with the total for this game set at 6 goals.
Injuries
Nico Sturm is questionable for this game for the Sharks with an undisclosed injury while the Lightning have no new injury announcements coming into this game.
Matchup History
Tampa Bay’s 4-3 win back on October 29th, 2022, made it six straight wins for the Lightning in this head-to-head matchup.
Trends
San Jose is 18-50 in their last 68 games overall and 16-39 in their last 55 road games while the over is 4-0 in their last 4 games following a win. Tampa Bay is 40-12 in their last 52 games against the Pacific division and 25-10 in their last 35 games overall while the over is 3-0-1 in their last 4 games against the Pacific division.
Pick
I’m backing the Lightning -1.5 here. This is just a bad spot for San Jose against a ticked off Lightning team that was pummelled and humiliated by their rival on Monday to kick off the post all-star break action and I think Tampa Bay’s going to come out firing here. Give me the Lightning by a couple of goals here.