Vegas Golden Knights at Tampa Bay Lightning Preview & Picks
Tampa Bay are backed to win on the home ice.
The Lightning are firing offensively and can take advantage of a Vegas team who are struggling defensively and have cooled off in recent days.
- Tampa Bay Lightning are 5-2 in their last 7 home games
- Vegas Golden Knights are 5-7 in their last 12 road games
- The Over has cashed in 4 of the last 5 meetings
- The Over has hit in each of Vegas' last 7 games
Head To Head
- This is the first meeting between the two teams this season
Vegas Golden Knights Form
Vegas come into this matchup on the back of a defeat, but having won seven of their last 10 games to improve to 21-6-5.
The Golden Knights ended November with a 4-1 in Vancouver, and backed that up with a 4-1 home win against Washington.
They then avenged a 2-1 overtime defeat to St Louis with a 6-3 road win over the Blues, and followed that up with a 6-1 success in Dallas
Vegas then returned home to beat San Jose via a shootout and Calgary 5-4 in overtime, before seeing their win streak end via a 5-2 defeat to Buffalo.
The Golden Knights responded with a 6-3 win over Ottawa, only to fall to a 6-3 defeat when they visited Carolina on Tuesday night.
Tampa Bay Lightning Form
Tampa Bay enter this matchup in mixed form, having gone 4-3 over their last seven games to sit 14-13-5.
The Lightning stopped a four-game skid when they beat Dallas 4-0, and they were able to follow that up with a 3-1 victory over Pittsburgh.
They then went out on the road to lose 5-1 in Nashville, but rebounded quickly to win 4-3 in overtime in Seattle in their next outing.
Tampa Bay’s inconsistency continued though as they then lost 4-1 at Vancouver, before downing Edmonton 7-4.
The Lightning concluded their five-game road trip with a 4-2 defeat in Carolina, but they did bounce back in their return home, beating St Louis 6-1 on Tuesday.