The Vegas Golden Knights and the Tampa Bay Lightning meet Sunday in NHL action from the Benchmark International Arena. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for this game. Here’s a Vegas Golden Knights vs. Tampa Bay Lightning prediction.
Vegas Golden Knights Recap
The Vegas Golden Knights come into this game looking to bounce back from a 3-0 loss at the hands of the Florida Panthers last time out to sit at 5-1-2 this season. After this game, Vegas will head on the road for a game against the Carolina Hurricanes.
Golden Knights Have Four-Game Win Streak Snapped
Entering Saturday, Jack Eichel leads Vegas with 16 points with 6 goals and 10 assists while Mark Stone has 13 points with a team-high 11 assists. Mitch Marner’s added 10 points with 2 goals and 8 assists and Pavel Dorofeyev’s added 8 points and a team-high 7 goals. Ivan Barbashev also has 8 points with 3 goals and 5 assists while Tomas Hertl’s added 7 points with 3 goals and 4 assists and William Karlsson’s chipped in 3 goals as well. Shea Theodore, Ben Hutton and Jeremy Lauzon’s each added 2 assists and Kaedan Korczak has a goal and an assist. In goal for Vegas so far this season, Adin Hill is 1-0-2 with a 2.73 GAA and an .888 save percentage while Akira Schmid is 4-0 with a 2.57 GAA and an .899 save percentage this season.
Why the Vegas Golden Knights will win
- The Lightning have lost five of their last six games as home favorites.
- The Golden Knights have won nine of their last 10 night games against Atlantic Division opponents.
- The Lightning have failed to cover the puck line in each of their last nine games as favorites.
- The underdogs have covered the puck line in each of the Lightning’s last eight games.
Vegas Golden Knights Player Prop Facts
- Jack Eichel has scored a goal in four of the Golden Knights’ last five games on the second leg of a back-to-back.
- Shea Theodore has recorded at least one point in 13 of his last 14 appearances with the Golden Knights as underdogs against Atlantic Division opponents.
- Jack Eichel has recorded at least one assist in each of his last seven appearances at Benchmark International Arena.
- Jack Eichel ranks 1st in the league for Points (16) this season.
Tampa Bay Lightning Recap
The Tampa Bay Lightning come into this game looking to add on to their 4-3 win over the Anaheim Ducks last time out to sit at 2-4-2 this season. After this game, Tampa Bay will head on the road for a game against the Nashville Predators.
Lightning Snap Four-Game Skid
Going into Saturday’s game, Jake Guentzel has 7 points with 2 goals and a team-high 5 assists while Victor Hedman has 5 assists. Brayden Point has 6 points with 2 goals and 4 assists and Anthony Cirelli has 4 points with a team-high 3 goals. Nikita Kucherov and Ryan McDonagh each have 5 points with Kucherov logging 2 goals while McDonagh has 3 goals and 2 assists while Oliver Bjorkstrand, Darren Raddysh and Pontus Holmberg each have 3 points with 2 assists. Maxwell Crozier and Gage Goncalves each have 3 assists while Yanni Gourde has a pair of goals. Andrei Vasilevskiy has gone 0-3-2 with a 3.41 GAA and an .885 save percentage while Jonas Johansson is 1-1 with a 3.06 GAA and a .906 save percentage this season.
Why the Tampa Bay Lightning will win
- The Lightning have won each of their last nine home games against Pacific Division opponents.
- The Golden Knights have lost each of their last three road games against Atlantic Division opponents.
- The Golden Knights have failed to cover the puck line in each of their last four road games against Atlantic Division opponents.
- The Lightning have covered the puck line in four of their last five home games against Pacific Division opponents.
Tampa Bay Lightning Player Prop Facts
- Nikita Kucherov has scored the last goal in each of the Lightning’s last three games against the Golden Knights.
- Nikita Kucherov has scored at least one goal in each of the Lightning’s last five games against the Golden Knights.
- Victor Hedman has recorded an assist in each of the Lightning’s last five games on the second leg of a back-to-back.
- Brandon Hagel has recorded at least one point in each of the Lightning’s last nine home games against Pacific Division opponents.
- Anthony Cirelli ranks T2nd in the league for multi-goal games (2) this season.
Total Goals Facts
- Each of the Lightning’s last five home games on the second leg of a back-to-back have gone OVER the total goals line.
- Four of the Golden Knights’ last five road games on the second leg of a back-to-back have gone UNDER the total goals line.
Vegas Golden Knights vs. Tampa Bay Lightning Prediction
I’m on the Golden Knights here. One win isn’t enough to erase the struggles that the Lightning have had early on this season and even then, the Lightning in a win were still given all they could handle by the Ducks in that game. It’s not often the Golden Knights get stifled the way they did on Saturday, and I think they end up bouncing back here. Give me Vegas in this one.