Los Angeles Kings vs Tampa Bay Lightning 10/25/22 NHL Picks, Predictions, Odds
Tampa Bay Lightning (3-3) vs. Los Angeles Kings (3-4)
October 25, 2022 10:30 pm EDT
The Line: Los Angeles Kings +110 / Tampa Bay Lightning -130; Over/Under: +6.5
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The Tampa Bay Lightning and Los Angeles Kings meet Tuesday in NHL action at the crypto.com Arena. The Tampa Bay Lightning look to get a game above a .500 record. The Los Angeles Kings look for a win after splitting their last 6 games.
The Tampa Bay Lightning are averaging 3 goals per game and are scoring on 28 percent of their power play opportunities. Steven Stamkos leads Tampa Bay with 7 goals, Nikita Kucherov has 8 assists and Victor Hedman has 19 shots on goal. Defensively, the Tampa Bay Lightning are allowing 3.1 goals per game and are killing 81.8 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Andrei Vasilevskiy has given up 10 goals on 129 shots faced, and Brian Elliott has allowed 8 goals on 79 shots.
The Los Angeles Kings are averaging 3.2 goals per game and are scoring on 15.2 percent of their power play opportunities. Gabriel Vilardi leads Los Angeles with 4 goals, Anze Kopitar has 5 assists and Trevor Moore has 22 shots on goal. Defensively, the Los Angeles Kings are allowing 4.4 goals per game and are killing 78.1 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Jonathan Quick has given up 18 goals on 162 shots faced, and Cal Petersen has allowed 12 goals on 76 shots.
The Lightning are 1-5 in their last 6 games following a win and 39-13 in their last 52 vs. Pacific. The Kings are 1-4 in their last 5 home games and 5-1 in their last 6 Tuesday games. The under is 16-7 in Lightning last 23 overall. The over is 5-0 in Kings last 5 overall. The Lightning are 5-0 in the last 5 meetings in Los Angeles and 11-1 in the last 12 meetings. The favorite is 7-0 in the last 7 meetings.
The Tampa Bay Lightning have been shaky through 6 contests and aren’t a team you automatically back until they get their act together. The Los Angeles Kings have to believe they have a shot here. However, you almost never get the Lightning at a cheap price, and the Kings defense has shown a lot of holes through 7 games. Also, the Lightning have downright owned the Kings with wins in 11 of their last 12 matchups. I’ll side with the Lightning and cheap price here.
