Tampa Bay Lightning at Toronto Maple Leafs Picks & Betting Tips
Tampa Bay are trying their hardest this season to secure the three-peat this after winning two Stanley Cups in a row but they will have their work cut out for them here.
I can’t bet against the defending champions but it won’t be as comfortable as they want. I do think there will be goals in this game and many of them in fact.
- Tampa Bay Lightning are the reigning Stanley Cup Champions
- Tampa Bay are also 4-0-0 in December
- Toronto only lost 2 games in November out of 14 games
- Tampa Bay Lightning are 3rd in the Atlantic Division
- Toronto Maple Leafs are 2nd in the Atlantic Division
Head To Head
- Toronto Maple Leafs lead the series this season 1-0 after beating the Stars 2-1 after overtime on November 4th.
- Toronto also lead the all-time record with 57 wins out of 101 wins.
Tampa Bay Lightning Form
Tampa Bay are wanting to carry on the December form they have found so they can catch up to the league leaders Florida Panthers. The Atlantic division is very impressive with the top 3 teams in the division are in the top 6 teams in the league standings.
The main threat for the Stanley Cup holders is 31-year-old C Steven Stamkos, who leads the charts for goals and points and is 2nd in the assists tally. He is showing that he still has it even after playing 864 games in his career and being a part of both Stanley Cups in as many years.
Another threat for the Lightning is defenseman Victor Hedman. He has hit form lately getting 8 points in the last 5 games and have picked up 27 points in 24 games.
We also can’t ignore the road record that the Lightning have. They have picked up as many wins on the road as they do at home sporting an 8-2-2 record away from the Amalie Arena.
The Lightning have an 83.8% Penalty Kill rate which is the 9th highest in the league.
Andrei Vasilevskiy has a goals against average is 2.12 and a save percentage of .927. He also has 2 shutouts this season.
Toronto Maple Leafs Form
Toronto will want to kick on to forget the points they have dropped in the month of December already.
They lost to Minnesota Wild in a shootout and lost to Winnipeg Jets 6-3 a day later before beating Columbus 5-4 in normal time at the Scotiabank Arena.
Auston Matthews is staking his claim to be the main guy in this impressive Maple Leafs side after scoring 17 goals this season and got 6 of them in the last 5 outings. He also leads the points chart for Toronto.
Another threat for the Maple Leafs is their captain C John Tavares. He has 5 assists in the last 5 games and is 2nd in the goals, assists and points which shows he has brought a positive impact to the Toronto side he joined in 2018
This home record that the Maple Leafs have this year is impressive to see and shows that the fans do their part when the team returns to Toronto. They have 11 out of their 18 wins at the Scotiabank Arena and will want to add another one when the Lightning come to town.
The Maple Leafs have an 54.9% Faceoff win rate which is the 2nd highest in the league.
John Campbell has a goals against average is 1.78 and a save percentage of .942. He also has 3 shutouts this season.
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