Golden Knights Head to Tampa as Top Teams Clash

Golden Knights Hit Tampa Off Bye Week

Fresh off of their bye week, the Tampa Bay Lightning will look to pick up where they left off against the second place Vegas Golden Knights.

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Not much was expected of the Vegas Golden Knights entering their inaugural season. They were constructed out of other teams’ castoffs. Now half way through the NHL’s regular season, the Golden Knights find themselves in first place in the Western Conference. They have the second best record in the entire NHL.

They have eight players with 20 points or more and rank third in the league in team offense. They’ve had four different starting goaltenders due to injuries. The Golden Knights have still managed to stay competitive. Seems the underdog status suits Vegas well.

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Tampa Bay was expected to be good in 2017-18. At press time, the Lightning are +600 favorites to take home the Stanley Cup this year. They’ve been basically unstoppable at both ends of the ice. They rank first in goals for per game and second in goals against per game.

Add in two of the most lethal offensive players in the league, in Steven Stamkos and Nikita Kucherov, and you have the top team in the NHL. Don’t miss this epic matchup Thursday night.

Recent Form

Team	Record	Money	Offense	Defense	Fave	Dog	O/U
Las Vegas	29-11-3	$1,821.00	3.37	2.72	12-4	17-10	23-18-2
Tampa Bay	31-10-3	$854.00	3.66	2.55	27-12	4-1	26-18

Team Records

Las Vegas Golden Knights

Name	Record	Home	Away	Fave	Dog	O/U
Overall	29-11-3	18-2-2	11-9-1	12-2-2	17-9-1	23-18-2
Last 10	7-2-1	4-0-1	3-2-0	4-0-1	3-2-0	2-8
vs Div	11-1-1	5-0-1	6-1-0	4-0-1	7-1-0	6-5-2
vs EAST	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
vs WEST	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0

Tampa Bay Lightning

Name	Record	Home	Away	Fave	Dog	O/U
Overall	31-10-3	17-4-1	14-6-2	27-9-2	4-1-1	26-18
Last 10	6-3-1	3-2-0	3-1-1	6-3-1	0-0-0	5-5
vs Div	9-3-1	4-0-0	5-3-1	9-2-1	0-1-0	6-7
vs EAST	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
vs WEST	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0

Supergrid

Title	Stat	Rank	Stat	Rank
Away Team Overall Scoring vs Home Team Overall Defense	3.37	3	2.55	2
Away Team Away Scoring vs Home Team Home Defense	3.10	7	2.68	15
Away Team Road Powerplay vs Home Team Home Penalty Kill	13.89	27	76.39	26
Home Team Overall Scoring vs Away Team Overall Defense	3.66	1	2.72	7
Home Team Home Scoring vs Away Team Road Defense	3.82	2	3.24	20
Home Team Home Power Play vs Away Team Road Penalty Kill	24.69	7	79.37	18

Head To Head Summary

Team	record	O/U	AVG	shots	power play goals	power play percentage	penalty kill percentage	power play chances
Las Vegas	1-0-0	1-0	4.00	36.00	4	80.00	50.00	5
Tampa Bay	0-1-0	1-0	3.00	38.00	2	50.00	20.00	4

Head To Head Detail

Date	Away	away score	Home	home score	line	Total	O/U	away shots	home shots	Away Power Play Goals	Home Power Play Goals	Away Power Plays	Home Power Plays	Away PP%	Home PP%	Away PK%	Home PK%
Dec 19, 2017	TB	3	LV	4	112	6	O	38	36	2	4	4	5	50	80	20	50

NHL Betting Trends

Las Vegas Golden Knights
Las Vegas is 10-2 ATS in its last 12 games
Las Vegas is 14-4 SU in its last 18 games
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Las Vegas's last 6 games
Las Vegas is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games on the road
Las Vegas is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Las Vegas's last 5 games on the road

Tampa Bay Lightning
Tampa Bay is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games
Tampa Bay is 14-5 SU in its last 19 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Tampa Bay's last 5 games
Tampa Bay is 2-5 ATS in its last 7 games at home
Tampa Bay is 9-2 SU in its last 11 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 8 of Tampa Bay's last 10 games at home

Team Last 5 Games

Las Vegas Golden Knights

Date	Opponent	score	Result	line	shots	shots against	power play	penalty kill	opposing goalie	Location
Jan 16, 2018	NAS	0-1	L	106	43	27	0/4	2/2	Juuse Saros	A
Jan 13, 2018	EDM	2-3	L	-183	36	30	0/6	3/3	Cam Talbot	H
Jan 7, 2018	NYR	2-1	W	-198	34	29	0/1	2/2	Ondrej Pavelec	H
Jan 5, 2018	CHI	5-4	W	122	43	32	0/2	2/2	Jeff Glass	A
Jan 4, 2018	STL	1-2	L	111	33	39	0/1	2/2	Carter Hutton	A

Tampa Bay Lightning

Date	Opponent	score	Result	line	shots	shots against	power play	penalty kill	opposing goalie	Location
Jan 11, 2018	CAL	1-5	L	-195	34	24	0/3	0/1	Mike Smith	H
Jan 9, 2018	CAR	5-4	W	-189	34	32	0/0	2/4	Cam Ward	H
Jan 7, 2018	DET	5-2	W	-138	24	36	0/0	4/4	Petr Mrazek	A
Jan 6, 2018	OTT	3-6	L	-195	48	33	1/5	3/3	Craig Anderson	A
Jan 4, 2018	MON	1-2	L	-170	45	38	0/2	2/2	Carey Price	A

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