Tampa Bay Lightning (33-16-2) vs. Dallas Stars (30-13-10)
February 11, 2023 1:00 pm EDT
The Line: Dallas Stars -120 / Tampa Bay Lightning +100; Over/Under: +5.5
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The Tampa Bay Lightning and the Dallas Stars meet in NHL action from the American Airlines Center on Saturday afternoon. Let’s dive into the odds, injuries, matchup history and make a prediction for this game.
Odds
Dallas is listed as a -120 home favorite while Tampa Bay is a +100 road underdog. The total for this game is set at 5.5 goals.
Injuries
For Tampa Bay, Nic Paul is doubtful for this game with an undisclosed injury while Dallas has Joel Kiviranta listed as out indefinitely with a lower body injury.
Matchup History
Tampa Bay’s 5-4 OT win back on November 15th, 2022, made it five straight games without back-to-back wins in this head-to-head matchup.
Trends
Tampa Bay is 9-2 in their last 11 games against the Central division and 26-11 in their last 37 games overall while the over is 3-0-1 in their last 4 road games. Dallas is 10-4 in their last 14 Saturday games and 0-4 in their last 4 games against the Eastern Conference while the over is 3-0-1 in their last 4 road games.
Pick
I’m backing the under here. I was impressed with Tampa Bay in how they dismantled Colorado, but Dallas has looked pretty good so far post all-star break and for both sides, it mostly has to do with stellar goaltending and I think we could have a clinic on our hands between Andrei Vasilevskiy and Jake Oettinger. This feels like a 3-2 game whichever way you slice it. Give me the under here.
