Tampa Bay Lightning vs San Jose Sharks 2/1/22 NHL Picks, Predictions, Odds

The San Jose Sharks and the Tampa Bay Lightning meet in NHL action from the Amalie Arena on Tuesday night.

The San Jose Sharks will look to bounce back from a 2-1 loss at the hands of Carolina in their last game. Timo Meier leads the Sharks in scoring with 47 points including 21 goals and a team-high 26 assists while Logan Couture has 32 points with 13 goals and 19 assists. Tomas Hertl has 38 points with a team-high 22 goals and 16 apples this season. Adin Hill has gone 9-11-1 with a 2.74 GAA and an .903 save percentage for the Sharks while James Reimer is 13-9-2 with a 2.81 GAA and a .916 save percentage this season.

The Tampa Bay Lightning will hope to bounce back from a 3-2 shootout loss to Tampa Bay last time out. Steven Stamkos leads the Lightning in scoring with 51 points including a team-high 20 goals along with 31 assists while Victor Hedman also has 45 points with a team-high 36 assists as well this season. Alex Killorn has 40 points with 14 goals and 26 assists for the Bolts this season. Andrei Vaslievskiy has seen the bulk of the workload between the pipes for Tampa Bay this season, posting a record of 24-7-4 with a 2.24 GAA and a .922 save percentage on the year.

San Jose is 1-9 in their last 10 games as an underdog and 1-6 in their last 7 games as a road underdog while the under is 5-1 in their last 6 road games. Tampa Bay is 85-27 in their last 112 games against a team with a losing record and 45-18 in their last 63 home games while the over is 11-5 in their last 16 games overall.

I get the case to be made either way here, but I’m going to side with the Sharks +1.5 here. The Sharks just played a couple of the East’s best tough in Carolina and Florida, and lost a pair of one-goal games against those two teams. Tampa Bay won’t be easy and are the two-time defending cup champs for a reason, but I think this is just a spot for the Sharks to compete and eep Tampa Bay close so give me San Jose +1.5 here.