The Tampa Bay Lightning travel to take on the Toronto Maple Leafs at Scotiabank Arena on Thursday.
FACING OFF
Tampa Bay is averaging 3.46 goals per game for the season, seventh in the NHL, and they are taking on a Maple Leafs team that is allowing 2.73 goals a game (9th).
Meanwhile, Toronto has found the net 3.39 times a game on average, ninth in the league, and the Lightning are allowing opponents to score 3.07 goals per game (15th).
Power play opportunities are likely to be plentiful for the Maple Leafs, as the Lightning are averaging 4.49 penalties per game, fourth-most in the NHL.
The visitors’ 12.08 penalty minutes a game ranks second-highest. The home team has been penalized 3.71 times a game (15th) for an average of 8.53 minutes (18th).
The Lightning’s 26.13% power play percentage is the second-best in the league, while Toronto’s 26.00% conversion rate ranks third. In terms of penalty killing, Toronto has the league’s 12th-ranked PK% at 81.18%, while Tampa Bay is 15th at 79.25%.
TOP PERFORMERS:
With 113 points this season, fourth-most in the NHL, Nikita Kucherov is the top skater for the Lightning. He is among the league leaders with 83 assists (2nd) and has added 30 goals of his own. In the net, Andrei Vasilevskiy (34-22-4) is Tampa Bay’s top goaltender. He has a 2.65 GAA and a .915% save percentage.
Mitchell Marner leads the Maple Leafs in scoring with 99 points. He has 30 goals and 69 assists (5th). Ilya Samsonov (27-10-5) has the best goals against average for Toronto at 2.33, fifth-best in the league. He has a save percentage of .919%.
HOME AND AWAY
Tampa Bay is 19-22-1 away from home this season. Toronto is 27-9-6 at home this season.
SportsTips’ NHL Pick:
Toronto Maple Leafs (-160)
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