Tampa Bay has great talent and balance at #13 in goals scored, #12 on the power play, while ranking in the top 2 defensively in goals allowed and penalty killing. They are the only team in the NHL not to give up a power-play goal this season. They come off a 3-1 victory over Detroit on Thursday and are 45-18 playing on one day of rest, plus 23-10 against the Western Conference. The Lightning is on a 7-1-2 run UNDER the total and goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy has a 1.56 goals against average along with a .950 save percentage against Minnesota. Minnesota is struggling on offense, #25 in goals scored, #23 on the power play. The Wild had to play last night and are 4-10 playing on no days rest. Minnesota will look to slow the pace down and is 8-2-1 UNDER the total against a team with a winning percentage above .600. The UNDER is also 10-2-1 when these teams clash, so back the rested visitors in a defensive duel. Take Tampa Bay and the UNDER.
This pick was released to clients on October 20, 2023 at 12:22PM ET.
NHL
Tampa Bay at Minnesota
October 20, 2018
8:05 PM Eastern
1 unit on Tampa Bay -133 (moneyline) (risk 1 to return 1.75)
Result:
LOSS
LOSS
1 unit on Game Total UNDER 6 -110 (risk 1 to return 1.91)
Result:
LOSS
LOSS
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