Tampa Bay Lightning vs Vancouver Canucks

Tampa Bay has won eight of the past nine meetings, including 4-1 on Oct. 15. The Lightning come off a dominating 8-1 victory over San Jose on Thursday when Brandon Hagel scored twice 23 seconds apart in Tampa Bay's five-goal first period to back Andrei Vasilevskiy, who stopped 20 shots. The Lightning are 6-0 their past six road games against teams with home winning percentages of less than .400 and they have won five straight with two days rest. Vancouver has lost four straight after allowing two or fewer goals its previous game and it comes off a 5-2 win over Columbus. Andrei Vasilevskiy has a 2.50 goals-against average and a .909 save percentage with two shutouts for Tampa Bay and he stopped 26 of 27 shots in its previous win against the Canucks this season. Thatcher Demko is likely to make his first start of the season for the Canucks after being out with a knee injury. Take the Lightning and the UNDER.

Tampa Bay will play only its second game of the season due to a postponement after Hurricane Milton, and the Lightning will have Andrei Vasilevskiy starting tonight after he saved 20 of 21 shots in a 4-1 win over Carolina on Friday. Vasilevskiy is looking to bounce back from the worst season of his career, although it wasn't bad by other goalie standards as he posted a 2.90 goals-against average and a .900 save percentage. Vancouver lost its first two games in overtime to Calgary, plus a shootout loss against Philadelphia. Kevin Lankinen is likely to start in net for the Canucks. Tampa Bay is 9-2 its past 11 games versus Western Conference teams dating to last season and Vancouver has lost seven of the past eight meetings. Take the Lightning.

Vancouver won its first two games while scoring 12 goals against Edmonton, and then the Canucks were stopped cold by Philadelphia and Carter Hart, who had 25 saves as the Flyers won 2-0 on Tuesday. The Canucks are on the road again versus Tampa Bay, which is seeking its first win of the season. The Lightning came close in a 3-2 overtime loss to Buffalo after erasing a two-goal deficit. Brandon Hagel scored twice for the Lightning, including the tying goal with seven seconds left in regulation, and Jonas Johansson had 28 saves for Tampa Bay, which will play a home game for the first time this season. The Lightning have won the past six meetings and Vancouver hasn't beaten them since Oct. 11, 2018. The Canucks are 10-26 versus the Eastern Conference and 5-10 against the Atlantic Division. Tampa Bay is 41-15 against the Pacific Division. Take the Lightning as a Max Play.